Salesforce Lead Developer

You...

As a Salesforce Lead Developer at Octo, you will be responsible for supporting multiple delivery projects for the Department of Veterans Affairs. The ideal candidate for this position enjoys problem-solving, has come up through the technical ranks, and has worked as a Salesforce platform developer. Responsibilities include solving technical problems on a daily basis while handling escalated requests and mentoring Salesforce declarative and programmatic developers on solving technical issues.

Us...

We were founded as a fresh alternative in the Government Consulting Community and are dedicated to the belief that results are a product of analytical thinking, agile design principles and that solutions are built in collaboration with, not for, our customers. This mantra drives us to succeed and act as true partners in advancing our client's missions.

Program Mission...

The Digital Transformation Center (DTC) supports Veterans Affairs (VA) with onboarding and maintaining enterprise SaaS and PaaS solutions used to support the mission of serving our Veterans and their associated stakeholders. We are digitizing information and processes for improved implementation, leveraging modern tools and low code/no code for reusability and faster delivery.

Responsibilities:

• Providing Salesforce architecture best practice insight for secure application development.
• Implementation of enterprise apex patterns frameworks at scale.
• Analyzing organizational capabilities in order to suggest process and performance improvement.
• Troubleshooting of performance issues using tools like debug logs and dev console.
• Troubleshooting system configuration and data management issues.
• Partner cross-functionally on platform innovation and DevOps maturity.
• Apex and/or Jest LWC Unit testing best practice recommendations.
• Collaborating with internal and client staff in identifying, planning, executing, tracking, and reporting all activities for security and compliance-related activities.
• Ability to troubleshoot complex data loads (e.g., governor limits, performance, process builders, apex timeouts).

Requirements...

• 4 or more years' experience with Salesforce, with a minimum of 3 years of Salesforce development experience.
• BA/BS degree OR 4 years of equivalent experience.
• Deep knowledge of invokable method development, custom settings, and custom metadata types.
• Experience with Git-based version control.
• Experience with Salesforce DX CI/CD toolset, optimization & troubleshooting of relevant processes.
• Experience with multiple salesforce org environment and troubleshooting.
• Capable of conducting code reviews and architectural reviews.
• Certified Salesforce Administrator and Platform Developer I (required); other Salesforce certifications (e.g., Platform Developer II, Community Cloud. Consultant, Service Cloud Consultant) a plus.
• Experience and general understanding of networking technologies, firewalls to troubleshoot networking issues and determine root causes (i.e., Salesforce versus network cause).
• Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively on cross-functional teams.
• Skill in interpersonal and verbal/written communications, presentations, math, analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Must be able to use a computer.
• Must be able to communicate both verbally and in written form.
• Must be able to obtain a government security clearance.
• Must be eligible to work in the United States.
• Must have reliable internet service that allows for effective telecommuting.