Salesforce Application Development Lead - Remote

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Summary
The Salesforce Application Development Lead is that of a technical expert who provides leadership in the design, development and delivery of technology enabled applications, products and services within a computing systems environment. Technical leads provide solutions to technical issues and are responsible for meeting development schedules and ensuring the delivered solution meets the technical specifications and design requirements.

Essential Functions

• Participates and provides input into the design, redesign and development of technology products and applications
• Contributes and often leads the specification and software design phases of the software development life-cycle
• Leads and manages the design and implementation of new software development and enhancement efforts, and coordinates systems installation and software testing with other technologists
• Assists users with the isolation and resolution of software issues by leading root-cause analysis providing options for resolution and recommendations

Additional Responsibilities

• Partners with the business to establish long-term strategic business and systems objectives
• Addresses day-to-day production support fixes
• Works with team members (technical and basis) and subject matter experts (end users) to produce requirements and design documents. Documents all specifications and requirements for implementation and develop Business Process Procedures (BPPs)
• Provides support for functional testing to ensure that business requirements are being met while following technical standards
• Acts as project manager for the complete life-cycle of projects as well as for minor enhancements
• Interacts with program management, team management, Digital Marketing Team, Business Marketing Teams, and business process team members
• Reviews current functionality and processes and recommends process and system improvement especially in the areas of E-commerce (Sales, Lease and Rental).
• Documents and support disaster recovery
• participates in support packages, enhancements and system upgrades as needed
• Performs other duties as assigned

Skills and Abilities

• Possesses strong technical aptitude
• Demonstrated skills in configuration management, data management, information management, network security, IT architecture, infrastructure design, systems integration and systems life-cycle management
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to create and maintain professional relationships within all levels of the organization (peers, work groups, customers, supervisors)
• Ability to work independently and as a member of a team
• Flexibility to operate and self-driven to excel in a fast-paced environment
• Capable of multi-tasking, highly organized, with excellent time management skills
• Detail oriented with excellent follow-up practices

Knowledge

• Advanced Knowledge in SDLC Lifecycle, Source Controls Systems, Continuous Integration, Developer Reviews, Code Merging/Rollback, Change and Release Management.
• Advanced Knowledge with developing system Integrations, Web Services, SOAP and REST, and other API, Data Sources (ODBC, OLEDB, and other Drivers).
• Advanced Knowledge of web development principles and structure (HTML, JavaScript, Security, SSO, Networking/DNS, Certificates, Web Servers (Apache/IIS), Debugging/Tracing).
• Strong Fundamental Knowledge of relational database concepts and Object-oriented modeling.        
• Tool Stack: Visual Studio, Eclipse / Welkin, SVN (GIT,Subversion,TFS), SQL, DataLoader, Informatica, Compare Tools (WinMerge,KDiff), ALM Tools, Ticketing (Remedy,JIRA), Fiddler, SoapUI, Redgate, MS Office
• Language Stack (all preferred): APEX, HTML, Java/JavaScript, .NET (VB/C#), T-SQL/SQL, SOQL/SOSL
• Eloqua experience

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required preferably in Computer Science, Logistics, Transportation or Business. Relevant experience may be substituted for a degree

• Five (5) years or more in application development or technology management required

• Five (5) years or more with Sales Force hands-on experience writing APEX (Classes, Triggers, Visual Force, and using API.

• Five (5) years or more with Microsoft SQL Server, Integration Services (SSIS/ETL), and Sales Force Data Loading Techniques or Informatica.       

Travel
05 - 15%

DOT Regulated
No