Salesforce Developer

$106,371 - $143,750/Yr

General Dynamics - Silver Spring, MD

Full-time - Mid Level

Remote - Silver Spring, MD

10,001+ employees

Transportation Equipment Manufacturing

About the position

At GDIT, we build cutting-edge applications that help the end user accomplish their mission. We are GDIT. We stay at the forefront of innovation to solve complex technical challenges. GDIT is your place. Make it your own by discovering new ways to securely and expertly apply the latest technology. Own your opportunity at GDIT and you'll be a meaningful part of improving how agencies operate. Our work depends on a Salesforce Developer joining our team to support Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) activities. This position is 100% remote with work schedules based on Eastern Standard Time (EST). Work visa sponsorship will not be provided for this position. As a Salesforce Developer supporting CMS, you will be trusted to work on the Salesforce platform and provide IT development in support of Marketplace initiatives. In this role, a typical day will include building Salesforce applications/frameworks using Apex, Visualforce, Lightning Component Framework (Aura and LWC), SOQL, SOSL and leveraging the full capabilities of the Salesforce platform to support the program. You will implement solutions that adhere to Salesforce platform best practices and perform peer code reviews. Collaboration is key, as you will work with Solutions Architects, Development Manager, Development Team, Business Analysts, CMS, and other Agile team members to solve complex policy and system integration involving activities across several Salesforce Orgs. Your responsibilities will also include analyzing business requirements, translating those requirements into customized solutions that are highly scalable, extensible, and easy to maintain while keeping the overall end-user experience in mind. You will provide system administration support to customized applications, user permissions, security settings, custom objects, and workflow. Additionally, you will assist with in-depth analysis of technical problems, suggesting short-term and long-term resolutions and an overall roadmap for the completion of this process. Supporting post-deployment activities including knowledge transfer, process documentation, and application bug fixes will also be part of your role.

Responsibilities

• Building Salesforce applications/frameworks using Apex, Visualforce, Lightning Component Framework (Aura and LWC), SOQL, SOSL.
• Implementing solutions that adhere to Salesforce platform best practices and performing peer code reviews.
• Collaborating with Solutions Architects, Development Manager, Development Team, Business Analysts, CMS, and other Agile team members to solve complex policy and system integration.
• Analyzing business requirements and translating those requirements into customized solutions that are highly scalable, extensible, and easy to maintain.
• Providing system administration support to customized applications, user permissions, security settings, custom objects, and workflow.
• Assisting with in-depth analysis of technical problems, suggesting short-term and long-term resolutions and an overall roadmap for the completion of this process.
• Supporting post-deployment activities including knowledge transfer, process documentation, and application bug fixes.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of relevant hands-on experience.
• Possess Valid Salesforce Platform Developer I Certification.
• Possess Valid Salesforce Platform Developer II Certification.
• 8+ years of hands-on programming/custom coding experience with Salesforce platform, requiring LWC AND Apex.
• Experience with 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.
• Extensive understanding of Salesforce.com best practices, Architecture, Design, Development, Administration, and security model.
• Working knowledge and experience with complex business systems integration, such as with Copado, as well as object-oriented design patterns and development.
• Extensive understanding of Salesforce Service Cloud and Experience Cloud (Communities) development and customization.
• Experience with SFDC specific IDE and version control configurations (Github, BitBucket) for Salesforce development (VS Code, IntelliJ, SFDX).
• Candidate must have resided in the U.S. 3 out of the last 5 years.
• Candidate must be willing and able to obtain a CMS Public Trust clearance.

Nice-to-haves

• Hands-on experience with Continuous Integration/Continuous Development (CI/CD)/Copado.
• Extensive understanding of HTML, CSS, XML, JavaScript, jQuery and Bootstrap.
• Experience in development of Web Services (SOAP and REST).
• Healthcare Service Industry or Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) experience.
• Experience working with JIRA, Confluence, and SharePoint.
• Experience with infrastructure in a cloud environment (AWS preferred).
• Experience with Agile methodologies and frameworks such as SAFe, Scrum, Kanban.
• Certified SAFe Agilist, SAFe Practitioner or other Agile certification(s).
• Strong communication skills with the ability to present ideas to various levels/skillsets, both internally and externally.
• Ability to multitask between multiple projects and both business and technical stakeholders.

Benefits

• 401K with company match
• Customizable health benefits packages
• Collaborative teams of highly motivated critical thinkers and innovators
• Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you own your career
• Paid parental leave
• Paid military leave
• Paid bereavement leave
• Paid jury duty leave
• 15 days of paid leave per calendar year
• 10 paid holidays per year
• Paid Family Leave program providing up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period
• Short and long-term disability benefits
• Life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance.