Associate/Journey Salesforce Developer, Information Technology (REMOTE AVAILABLE) [R0147424]

University of Nevada, Las Vegas • Las Vegas, NV

251d • $91,700 - $105,100 • Hybrid

About The Position

The University of Nevada, Las Vegas invites applications for Associate/Journey Salesforce Developer, Information Technology (REMOTE AVAILABLE) [R0147424]. The Office of Information Technology will consider candidates for either Associate/Journey Developer based on relevant skills and required experience. The Associate Salesforce Developer (ASFD) will play a key role within the applications development team, which is responsible for a highly customized salesforce instance. The ASFD will work with the Digital Enablement (DE) leadership team to ensure ideas of the business leaders are brought to reality. The ASFD will recommend ways to improve processes and system efficiencies and will work with other key staff members to ensure that team goals are attained. The person in this position will collaborate with internal teams to develop custom solutions to fit business goals across the entire campus. The incumbent will work with clients to translate business rules and functional specifications into requirements, before acting on those requirements to build solutions. This position is an entry-level contributor to department brainstorming and design meetings. The Journey Salesforce Developer (JSFD) will play a contributing role within the applications development team, which is responsible for a highly customized salesforce instance. The JSFD will contribute to the Digital Enablement (DE) leadership team to ensure ideas of the business leaders are brought to reality. The JSFD will proactively seek out ways to improve processes and system efficiencies and will work with other key staff members to ensure that team goals are attained. The person in this position will collaborate with internal teams to develop custom solutions to fit business goals across the entire campus. The incumbent will work with clients to translate business rules and functional specifications into requirements, before acting on those requirements to build solutions. This position is a main contributor to department brainstorming and design meetings.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university.
• For Associate Salesforce Developer: Minimum of 1 year experience with Salesforce Ecosystem systems and best practices, 1 year experience with application and software development, and 1 year of experience with Apex and the Lightning Component Framework.
• For Journey Salesforce Developer: Minimum of 2+ years experience with Salesforce Ecosystem systems and best practices and a Salesforce App Builder Certification.
• Basic understanding of software engineering concepts.
• Good communication and collaboration skills.
• Adequate troubleshooting skills.
• Entry-level knowledge of all levels of the SDLC and all testing phases.
• Working knowledge of using modern IDEs (VSCode, IntelliJ) and Source Control tools (Git, SVN).
• Basic understanding of relational databases.

Nice To Haves

• Salesforce Platform Developer 1 and Salesforce App Builder certifications.
• Experience in a higher education environment, particularly in a 4-year, large public R1 university.
• Some experience with the greater Force.com developer toolkit (Visualforce, Force.com IDE, Workbench, Force.com Migration Tool and Metadata APIs).
• Basic knowledge of Agile Accelerator, Jira, or Confluence to project manage.
• Entry-level experience developing Lightning Components (Aura) and/or Lightning Web Components.
• Basic knowledge of and experience with CI/CD methodologies and specifically, the Gitlab/Salesforce CI/CD pipeline setup and configuration.
• Experience with the Education Data Architecture (EDA) and Student Success Hub (SSH) managed Salesforce packages and/or Salesforce Education Cloud.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to developing, designing, and configuring the UNLV Salesforce organization to effectively support business processes leveraging Salesforce best practices and alignment with overall sales and service requirements.
• Build Salesforce applications using Apex and Lightning Component Framework and leverage the full capabilities of the Salesforce platform to support the university's programs.
• Apply best practices and design patterns of best-of-breed applications developed on the Salesforce.com platform.
• Develop proofs of concept (POC) as needed, integrating new components with back-office systems during the design and requirements phase to evaluate products and integration strategies.
• Assist in creating testing and implementation plans, including user training and documentation.
• Remain current with Salesforce technologies and best practices.
• Assist in identifying, troubleshooting, and resolving defects encountered during different stages of project delivery, including during the deployment and implementation of the solution in production environments.
• Interact directly with customer, project team, and other stakeholders to ensure customer success.
• Own support cases that require advanced problem solving for our diverse user base.
• Assign day-to-day work for assigned Graduate Assistants.

Benefits

• Comprehensive retirement plan with 100% match.
• Flexible work schedule (subject to approval).
• Competitive total rewards package including paid time off, sick leave, and holidays.
• Excellent health insurance including medical, dental and vision.
• Comprehensive retirement plans and voluntary benefits programs.
• No state income tax for Nevada Residents.
• Tuition discounts at Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE) schools.
• Tuition discounts for spouses, domestic partners, and dependents.
• Employee recognition and appreciation programs.
• Connect with colleagues with shared interests.
• Personal and professional development opportunities.
• UNLV athletics ticket discounts.
• Statewide employee purchase program discounts.
• RebelCard discounts on and off campus.
• Wellness programming for all UNLV faculty and staff at no cost.
• A comprehensive onboarding program, Rebels: Onboard.
• Opportunity for career advancements to leadership roles.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: Educational Services
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree