Salesforce Lead Developer

Type of Requisition:

Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

None

Public Trust/Other Required:

MBI (T2)

Job Family:

Programming

Job Qualifications:

Skills:

Agile Methodology, Salesforce (Software), Salesforce Platform

Certifications:

None

Experience:

10 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

No

Job Description:

Seize your opportunity to make a personal impact as a Salesforce Lead Developer supporting the United States Postal Service. GDIT is your place to make meaningful contributions to challenging projects and grow a rewarding career.

At GDIT, people are our differentiator. As a Salesforce Lead Developer, you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work depends on a Salesforce Lead Developer joining our team to analyze design, develop, implement, and support code for our government customer, the United States Postal Service.

   

HOW A Salesforce Lead Developer WILL MAKE AN IMPACT

• Act as a lead developer subject matter expert in support of CFR (Panorama) for USPS Commerce & Marketing Tech Apps
• Ensure Salesforce best practices are implemented and make recommendations, where appropriate
• Lead upgrade initiatives and ensure platform currency
• Ensure proper documentation of Salesforce solutions according to standards
• Keep up to date on Salesforce functionality and make recommendations on how new features can be used to enhance business processes
• Continuously improve methods and practices to achieve increased quality and value delivery
• Analyzes systems and procedures to refine their formulation and converts them to programmable formats
• Writes or updates software specifications
• Creates logical data models based on functional requirements
• Performs quality assurance review of specifications for internal and external delivery
• Troubleshoots and provides technical support and solutions to users
• Develops analytical tools for use in the design and redesign of systems
• Analyzes detail systems factors, including input and output requirements, information flow, hardware and software requirements, and reliability characteristics
• Prepares and updates documentation for new or existing systems
• Monitors system effectiveness in satisfying user needs
• May provide guidance and work leadership to less-experienced resources.
• Maintains current knowledge of relevant technologies as assigned
• Participates in special projects as required

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED:

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in a Computer Science or related technical discipline; OR the equivalent combination of education, technical certifications or training, or work experience.
• Valid Salesforce Platform Developer I Certification

Required Experience:

• 8+ years of hands-on programming/custom coding experience with Salesforce platform, requiring LWC AND Apex.
  • Experience should also include: SLDS, Visualforce, Triggers, Batch classes, SOQL, SOSL and declarative platform tools (Flows, Process builder, Lightning App Builder, etc.).
• 3+ years of hands-on experience supporting the implementation of custom solutions on the Salesforce platform in Lightning and have advanced level working knowledge on major Salesforce.com technologies, data modeling, integration, and data migration.

Required Skills & Abilities:

• Proficiency/expert in programming, using Apex, Salesforce lightning component (AURA/LWC), JavaScript, and other development languages and tools once fully onboarded.
• Develop Lightning components both by writing custom LWC in JavaScript with Aura framework and within the Salesforce Lightning Design System, maintaining fluency with Apex, Salesforce query, and Salesforce Search language (SOQL and SOSL).
• Support the Product Owner in gathering requirements by providing solution options and highlighting dependencies with the existing implementation.
• Oversee the end-to-end architecture of the Salesforce Platform {Salesforce Service Cloud, Experience Cloud (Portals), and Tableau CRM} and integrations.
• Develop and configure solutions using Salesforce functionality/Lightning Components (AURA and LWC), APEX