Salesforce Developer

General Dynamics Information Technology

20h • Remote

About The Position

Transform technology into opportunity as a Salesforce Developer at GDIT. Shape what’s next for mission-critical government projects while advancing your career in Salesforce development. MEANINGFUL WORK AND PERSONAL IMPACT As a Salesforce Developer Principal, the work you’ll do at GDIT will directly support the mission of our federal customer by delivering secure, scalable, and innovative solutions on the Salesforce platform. You will play a crucial role in architecting and implementing applications that streamline operations, enhance user experience, and ensure compliance with government standards. Lead and Support: Serve as a technical lead for Salesforce development projects, guiding design decisions and ensuring best practices are followed to meet mission objectives. Collaborate: Partner with business analysts, project managers, and cross-functional teams to translate complex requirements into robust Salesforce solutions. Drive Innovation: Lead efforts to optimize workflows, integrate third-party systems, and resolve technical challenges to deliver high-quality outcomes. Utilize Advanced Tools: Apply expertise in Apex, Visualforce, Lightning Web Components, Salesforce APIs, and modern development tools to build and maintain enterprise-grade applications. WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED Bring your engineering expertise and leadership skills to GDIT. The Salesforce Developer Principal must have:

Requirements

• Salesforce Development Expertise: Advanced proficiency in Apex, Visualforce, and Lightning Web Components (LWC) for custom development.
• Strong understanding of Salesforce APIs (REST, SOAP, Bulk, Streaming) for integrations and data synchronization.
• Platform Architecture & Security: Deep knowledge of Salesforce architecture, governor limits, and performance optimization.
• Expertise in security models, including role hierarchy, sharing rules, and field-level security.
• Experience implementing OAuth 2.0, Single Sign-On (SSO), and identity management solutions.
• Data Management & Optimization: Skilled in data modeling, schema design, and managing large datasets using Data Loader, SOQL, and SOSL.
• Ability to design and implement data migration strategies and maintain data integrity across environments.
• Salesforce Deployment & Tools: Proficient in Salesforce deployment practices, including change sets, sandbox management, and release coordination.
• Experience using Visual Studio Code for Salesforce development and source control.
• Familiarity with Agentforce for AI-driven automation and Salesforce Data Cloud for advanced data integration and customer data management.
• Knowledge of integration patterns (e.g., MuleSoft).
• Strong understanding of unit testing frameworks and test coverage requirements in Salesforce.
• Ability to troubleshoot and optimize performance issues across complex implementations.
• Excellent organizational, time management, and public speaking skills
• Ability to work independently on complex tasks which require analysis and action.
• Ability to work well with staff members and user community, especially with senior business management staff
• 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 with any of the project delivery tools: JIRA, Confluence, Agile Accelerator, MS Project 2016, MS SharePoint, MS Teams, MS Planner
• Take ownership of project work and developing client relationships (should be a confident self-starter)
• Must be a US Persons
• Ability to lead technical teams, mentor junior developers, and ensure compliance with federal security standards; may require occasional on-site support.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field or related work experience (4+ years).
• Salesforce certifications such as Platform Developer I, Salesforce Platform App Builder, Salesforce JavaScript Developer I must has at least one to be considered.
• 1+ years of Salesforce development experience, including custom coding and integrations.

Nice To Haves

• Prior experience in government or regulated environments preferred.
• Familiarity with MuleSoft, Tableau CRM, or AWS integrations.
• Exposure to Agile methodologies and DevOps practices for Salesforce.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a technical lead for Salesforce development projects, guiding design decisions and ensuring best practices are followed to meet mission objectives.
• Partner with business analysts, project managers, and cross-functional teams to translate complex requirements into robust Salesforce solutions.
• Lead efforts to optimize workflows, integrate third-party systems, and resolve technical challenges to deliver high-quality outcomes.
• Apply expertise in Apex, Visualforce, Lightning Web Components, Salesforce APIs, and modern development tools to build and maintain enterprise-grade applications.

Benefits

• Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match.
• To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave.
• GDIT typically provides new employees with 15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness and an additional 10 paid holidays per year.
• Paid leave and paid holidays are prorated based on the employee’s date of hire.
• The GDIT Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees.
• To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level