Senior Salesforce Software Developer (REMOTE)

We are GDIT. We build cutting-edge applications for the most complex government, defense, and intelligence projects across the country. Bring your creativity to help us find solutions to complex problems and play an essential part in preparing our nation for the future.

At GDIT, people are our differentiator We are looking for a Sr. Software Developer/Salesforce Developer. As a Developer, you will be part of a dynamic team delivering the most creative, sophisticated, and challenging applications on the force.com (Salesforce) MuleSoft, and other cloud based platforms. 

You will be responsible for all types of standard development and customizations for applications under the Growth & Operations team’s portfolio; including coding, unit testing, building applications, and creating and modifying existing applications. This position will work alongside other developers, system administrators, and solution/technical architects in the G&O team (part of the Business Solutions Group, OCIO). You will be working with other engineers and developers on different layers of the infrastructure. Therefore, a commitment to collaborative problem solving, sophisticated design, and creating quality products is essential.

*Due to the nature of the work performed and the privileged user access for this position, U.S. Citizenship is required.*

In this role, a typical day will include the responsibilities below:

• Design, create and translate functional requirements into technical requirements
• Design and build high-performance, reusable, and reliable Apex code with best practices
• Take ownership of project work and developing client relationships (should be a confident self-starter)
• Identify bugs and align with requirements during debugging
• 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
• Responsible for developing in Apex, Lightning, Visualforce, React, JavaScript, HTML, SQL/SOQL, and other technologies to build customized solutions that support business requirements and drive key business decisions
• Create/modify existing controllers, controller extensions, and triggers across all platforms.
• Design and develop integrations between applications and other systems as may be required by customers
• Develop highly interactive UI using Lightning, Visualforce, JavaScript and JQuery technologies.
• Develop custom applications using Salesforce. com and integrating salesforce.com with other systems
• Create and execute unit, integration and user acceptance test plans, including use cases and test data
• Knowledge of best practices including application lifecycle management, integration and application development, deployment, testing (unit and systems), and iterative refinement
• Responsible for providing hands on assistance to other developers (both junior and senior) on the G&O team for technical issues.
• Ensure the best possible quality of the application

Requirements:

• 5+ years experience in Software Design/Development
• 3-5 years of experience in Salesforce Design and Development including Apex, Visualforce, and Lightning development, design, configuration, testing and deployment of Salesforce.com solutions
• BA/BS in relevant field or AS +7 years of experience or 9+ relevant years of experience (with no degree)
• Experience in administration and development of Salesforce’s Sales, Service, and Marketing Cloud Functionality
• Proficiency with Salesforce.com development including modification of standard objects and fields and creation of custom objects and fields
• Solid understanding of and detailed experience with application architecture and APIs (for applications like Salesforce, Mulesoft, etc.)
• Experience in customization, configuration, Eclipse IDE, Apex, Visualforce pages with JavaScript and tools like Apex Data loader, Workbench, etc…
• In depth knowledge of REST/SOAP APIs and experience building integrations
• Excellent organizational and time management skills
• Ability to be highly productive, both working alone and in close collaboration within a team, able to multi-process and thrive in a fast-paced and sometimes unpredictable, always engaging environment
• Experience completing multiple application implementation projects requiring integration to legacy systems using APIs or an integration platform/enterprise service bus.
• Experience completing application implementation projects requiring original code development
• Ability to communicate with stakeholders and provide consultation on Salesforce solutions
• Competent problem-solving skills and ability to give optimal solutions
• Hands-on experience in administration setup, e.g., managing users, security controls, and data as well as creating roles, profiles, and reports
• Experience in designing custom objects, custom fields, picklists, page layouts, workflow, approval processes, validation rules, custom tabs, reports, dashboards, and email generation according to application requirements
• Competency with Microsoft Office suite, as well as Microsoft Project
• Experience developing mobile, hybrid, and/or native iOS applications
• Knowledge of software development processes and best practices
• Certified Force.com Developer (DEV-401), Platform Developer I or equivalent experience
• Certified Salesforce Administrator or equivalent experience
• Certified Salesforce Platform App Builder or equivalent experience

Preferred, but not required

• 10-12 years of related information systems experience, including management experience.
• Certified Force.com Advanced Developer (DEV-501), Platform Developer II or equivalent experience

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WHAT GDIT CAN OFFER YOU:

401K with company match

Customizable health benefits packages

Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you own your career

Challenging work that makes a real impact on the world around you

Full-flex work week

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GDIT CAREERS

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The likely salary range for this position is $100,000 - $150,000, this is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary; rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

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