Salesforce Administrator Developer

Job description

Salesforce Administrator Developer

As a Salesforce Admin/Developer you will be building and maintaining applications on MassDOT Salesforce org. The Massachusetts Department of Transportation currently uses Salesforce to build applications for various MassDOT divisions. We are looking to expand the power of Salesforce and develop new apps for our business units at MassDOT. You will be challenged by a wide variety of projects including legacy database transformation, new custom apps, and more.
We are seeking someone with excellent technical and communication skills who can interface directly with internal stakeholders, understand their needs, configure, and customize the platform to meet new/changing business requirements. This position will be responsible for ensuring that we are maximizing efficiency and capitalizing on all the features and benefits of the system based on various business needs. This position will promote adoption, keep current on new releases and AppExchange solutions, and act as the primary contact and a subject matter expert on complex and/or critical system issues and processes for MassDOT's Salesforce environment.
Who you are:
Solutions Oriented
Technically Diverse
Innovative
Critical Thinker
Independent
Excellent Communicator

Qualifications
5+ years of experience building on Salesforce platform
Hands-on experience defining system architecture, identifying gaps between current and desired end-states, and delivering a comprehensive solution that will enable achievement of the desired business outcomes
Hands-on experience in administration setup, e.g., managing users, security controls, and data as well as creating roles and profiles
Experience with Salesforce Third-party tools: , Explorer, Data Loader, Apache Ant Excel, Workbench Connector, SOQL Xplore, Platform connector (Sandbox, and Production)
Experience with Salesforce Technology: Apex Language, Salesforce CRM, Classes and Controllers
Must have extensively worked on: Triggers, SOQL, SOSL, VisualForce Pages / Components, Apex Web Services, Workflow, Approvals and Lightning components
Experience in designing custom objects, custom fields, picklists, page layouts, workflow, approval processes, validation rules, custom tabs, Visualforce pages and email generation according to application requirements
Functional knowledge of data integration tools and data flows
Experience or knowledge integrating Salesforce with different business systems and APIs
Experience with Salesforce reporting and dashboards

Strong understanding of Salesforce configuration capabilities and the ability to recommend best practices and identify areas where custom development is required
Experience authoring requirements, definition, design, and other related project and system documentation
Strong understanding of environment management, release management, code versioning best practices, and deployment methodologies
Experience with Agile methodologies and running projects on Agile
Ability to communicate with customers and provide consultation on Salesforce solutions
Good problem-solving skills and ability to give optimal solutions
Active Salesforce certifications: Admin and Developer

Responsibilities:
Serve as primary System developer for the Salesforce environments
Handle administrative functions including user account maintenance, reports and dashboards, workflows, and other routine tasks
Respond to end user issues, enhancement requests and other administrative needs
Coordinate the evaluation, scope, and completion of new development requests
Manage existing and new integration of applications to Salesforce
Work independently with members of the user community to define and document development requirements
Effectively act as the liaison between our users and application development team
Complete regular internal system audits and prepare for upgrades
Work with line of business partners to establish suitable processes to support development and change management activities
Assist in training of new users, and grow the Salesforce skill set and adoption across the organization
Design and build high-performance, reusable, and reliable Apex code with best practices
Write test classes for the class that you develop and ensure more than 80% code coverage
Test bug fixes to make sure they work as per requirements, then deploy them to production
Take ownership of project work and developing client relationships