Job Description

Public Trust: MBI (T2)

Requisition Type: Regular

Your Impact

Own your opportunity to work alongside federal civilian agencies. Make an impact by providing services that help the government ensure the well being of U.S. citizens.

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, Visualforce Pages, SOQL, and SOSL etc.
• Lead the complete development process from requirement analysis to deployment.
• Review and provide feedback on technical implementations and documents and ensure that Salesforce best-practices and standards are followed
• Collaborate with junior developers to perform code reviews and provide feedback.
• Create and maintain technical documentation including process documentation, naming, and commenting conventions and Salesforce policies/procedures.
• Participate in the full application life cycle - design, development, testing, and deployment.
• Assist in identifying, troubleshooting, and resolving defects encountered during various stages of project delivery, including during the deployment and implementation of the solution in production environments.
• Collaborate 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.
• Mentor and provide guidance to the development team members.
• 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)

Security Clearance Level :

• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance and successfully pass a thorough Government background screening process requiring the completion of detailed forms and fingerprinting
• This position has a U.S. residency requirement. The USPS security clearance process requires the selected candidate to have resided in the U.S. (including U.S. Territories) for the last five years as follows: U.S. Citizens cannot have left the U.S. (including U.S. Territories) for longer than 6 months consecutively in the last 3 years (unless they meet certain exceptions). Non-U.S. Citizens cannot have left the U.S. (including U.S. Territories) for longer than 90 days consecutively in the last 3 years.

Location :

• 100% remote in the U.S.

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE:

• 401K with company match
• Comprehensive health and wellness packages
• Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you own your career.
• Professional growth opportunities including paid education and certifications.
• Cutting-edge technology you can learn from
• Rest and recharge with paid vacation and holidays

Work Requirements

Years of Experience

10 + years of related experience

* may vary based on technical training, certification(s), or degree

Certification

Salesforce Certified Platform Developer I - Salesforce

Travel Required

Less than 10%

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