[Hiring] Sr Salesforce Developer @General Dynamics Information Technology

Role Description

At GDIT we build cutting-edge applications that help the end user accomplish their mission. We are GDIT. We stay at the forefront of innovation to solve complex technical challenges.

Our work depends on a Sr. Salesforce Developer joining our team to support Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) activities. This position is 100% remote with work schedules based on Eastern Standard Time (EST).

In this role, a typical day will include:

• 75% of this role involves programming, using Apex, Salesforce lightning component (AURA/LWC), JavaScript, and other development languages and tools once fully onboarded.
• Develop Lightning components by writing custom LWC in JavaScript with Aura framework and within the Salesforce Lightning Design System.
• 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.
• 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.
• Collaborate with Solutions Architects, Development Manager, Development Team, Business Analysts, CMS, and other Agile team members.
• Mentor and provide guidance to the development team members.
• May manage team members, monitoring work assignments and managing performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 5+ years of relevant hands-on experience with 10+ 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.).
• Possess Valid Salesforce Platform Developer I Certification.
• Possess Valid Salesforce Platform Developer II Certification.
• 3+ years of hands-on experience supporting the implementation of custom solutions on the Salesforce platform in Lightning.
• Extensive understanding of Salesforce.com best practices, Architecture, Design, Development, Administration, and security model.
• Working knowledge and experience with complex business systems integration.
• Extensive understanding of Salesforce Service Cloud and Experience Cloud (Communities) development and customization.
• Hands-on experience enabling AI-driven automation through Agentforce, Einstein AI, and/or retrieval-augmented generation (RAG).
• Experience using AI-assisted development tools (like Cursor, GitHub Copilot).
• Experience with SFDC specific IDE and version control configurations (Github, BitBucket).
• Consistent quality performance rated valued or higher.
• Candidate must have resided in the U.S. 3 out of the last 5 years.
• Candidate must be willing and able to obtain a CMS Public Trust clearance.

Requirements

• Hands-on experience with Continuous Integration/Continuous Development (CI/CD)/Copado.
• Extensive understanding of HTML, CSS, XML, JavaScript, jQuery and Bootstrap.
• Experience in development of Web Services (SOAP and REST).
• Healthcare Service Industry or Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) experience.
• Experience working with JIRA, Confluence, and SharePoint.
• Experience with infrastructure in a cloud environment (AWS preferred).
• Experience with Agile methodologies and frameworks such as SAFe, Scrum, Kanban.
• Certified SAFe Agilist, SAFe Practitioner or other Agile certification(s).
• Strong communication skills with the ability to present ideas to various levels/skillsets.
• Ability to multitask between multiple projects and both business and technical stakeholders.

Benefits

• 401K with company match.
• Customizable health benefits packages.
• Collaborative teams of highly motivated critical thinkers and innovators.
• Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you own your career.
• Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40.
• Travel Required: None.
• Telecommuting Options: Remote.
• 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.
• Short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance.