Platform Engineer III

Aflac, Incorporated•Columbus, GA

5d•$88,000 - $140,000•Hybrid

About The Position

We’ve Got You Under Our Wing We are the duck. We develop and empower our people, cultivate relationships, give back to our community, and celebrate every success along the way. We do it all…The Aflac Way. Aflac, a Fortune 500 company, is an industry leader in voluntary insurance products that pay cash directly to policyholders and one of America's best-known brands. Aflac has been recognized as Fortune’s 50 Best Workplaces for Diversity and as one of World’s Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere.com. Our business is about being there for people in need. So, ask yourself, are you the duck? If so, there’s a home, and a flourishing career for you at Aflac. Work Designation. Depending on your location within the continental US, this role may be hybrid or remote. If you live within 50 miles of the Aflac offices located in Columbus, GA or Columbia, SC, this role will be hybrid. This means you will be expected to work in the office for at least 60% of the work week. You will work from your home (within the continental US) for the remaining portion of the work week. Details of this schedule will be discussed with your leadership. If you live more than 50 miles from the Aflac offices located in Columbus, GA or Columbia, SC, this role will be remote. This means you will be expected to work from your home, within the continental US. If the role is remote, there may be occasions that you are requested to come to the office based on business need. Any requests to come to the office would be communicated with you in advance. What does it take to be successful at Aflac? Acting with Integrity Communicating Effectively Pursuing Self-Development Serving Customers Supporting Change Supporting Organizational Goals Working with Diverse Populations

Requirements

Advanced experience with Salesforce configuration and best practices.
Experience with Salesforce administrative functions such as managing user profiles, permissions, permission sets, roles, etc.
Knowledge of and experience with Salesforce and related licensing.
Willingness and ability to stay current with Salesforce updates and provide strategic recommendations
Strong analytical skills including the ability to troubleshoot challenging problems across the platform & its HW/SW components
Proven experience in Scrum and DevOps methodologies
Ability to guide and mentor junior team members
Solid communication skills including the ability to effectively communicate with internal clients and stakeholders at all levels of the company.
Lead small & medium projects
Bachelor's Degree Computer Science, Information Systems or other related experience
Four or more years of experience in release practices and environments or other related experience
Candidates for this role must be authorized to work in the United States without the need for current or future visa sponsorship. We are unable to sponsor or assume sponsorship for employment visas related to this role at this time.

Nice To Haves

Salesforce Administrator Certification or other Salesforce certifications

Responsibilities

Provides support on architectural design and maintenance of the platform’s (COTS, SaaS, ERP) environment with distributed components
Ensures compliance with the organization's requirements through the implementation of, auditing of, and adherence to policies, procedures, and security standards
Plans software upgrades, patching, & plugin installations in accordance with established policies and procedures
Monitors performance, resolves problems, & manages component capacity issues
Design, test, develop, configure, & maintain integrations to platform’s applications
Adhere to the platform’s security and coding standards for resilience, data, and security
Review business requirements to deploy the best solution, including configuring, coding, & debugging
Work closely with cross-functional departments to communicate statuses & technical proposals
Deploy and configure platform applications tailored to company needs
Design technical solutions, configure/customize, test, maintain the platform applications to meet company requirements
Performs other duties as required

Benefits

medical, dental, and vision coverage
prescription drug coverage
health care flexible spending
dependent care flexible spending
Aflac supplemental policies (Accident, Cancer, Critical Illness and Hospital Indemnity offered at no costs to employee)
401(k) plans
annual bonuses
an opportunity to purchase company stock
11 paid holidays
up to 20 days PTO
state-mandated sick leave (Washington employees accrue 1-hour sick leave for every 40 hours worked)