[Remote] Salesforce System Administrator Principal

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. General Dynamics Information Technology is seeking a Salesforce System Administrator Principal to be part of a dynamic team delivering sophisticated applications for the Salesforce platform. The role involves standard development and customizations, managing user accounts, configuring applications, and collaborating with other technical staff to ensure quality product delivery. Responsibilities • Attend/lead team stand up meetings • Maintain Salesforce Sys Admin certifications • Pursue additional certifications such as Salesforce Platform App Builder • Manage Salesforce User accounts • Conduct high-volume data export, transformation and load into enterprise applications • Configure existing controllers, controller extensions, and triggers across all platforms • Configure reports and dashboards • Field and own support tickets from user community • Maintain system and process documentation, such as data structures, integrations, workflows, and account management • Development of best practices including application lifecycle management, integration and application development, deployment, testing (unit and systems), and iterative refinement • Responsible for providing hands on assistance to other developers (both junior and senior) on the G&O team for technical issues • Lead training for end user and customers of our Salesforce instance • Design, create and translate functional requirements into technical requirements • Participate in defect review meetings with business team leads as well as implementation lead and prioritize development tasks around project milestones • Write test scripts and QA reports for data structures and report to the project team • Configuration of custom applications using Salesforce.com and integrating salesforce.com with other systems • Create and execute unit, integration and user acceptance test plans, including use cases and test data Skills • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Business Administration, Liberal Arts or a related technical discipline, or the equivalent combination of education, technical training, certifications or work experience • 8+ years of experience • Certified Salesforce Administrator required • US Person • 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) • Experience with QA processes as part of the SDLC; Agile and traditional waterfall • Ability to communicate with stakeholders and provide consultation on Salesforce solutions • Experience in administration and development of Salesforce's Sales Cloud • Proficiency with Salesforce.com development including modification of standard objects and fields and creation of custom objects and fields • Knowledgeable in administration setup, e.g., managing users, security controls, and data as well as creating roles, profiles, and reports • Experience in designing custom objects, custom fields, picklists, page layouts, workflow, approval processes, validation rules, custom tabs, reports, dashboards, and email generation according to application requirements • Management experience or leading a support/delivery team • Understanding of application architecture and APIs (for applications like Salesforce, Mulesoft, etc.) • Apex, Visualforce, and Lightning development, design, configuration, testing and deployment of Salesforce.com solutions • Experience completing multiple application implementation projects requiring integration to legacy systems using APIs or an integration platform/enterprise service bus • Experience completing application implementation projects requiring configuration, testing, and deployment Benefits • A variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts • Dental plan options • A vision plan • 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 • Full flex work weeks where possible • A variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave • 15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness • 10 paid holidays per year • 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 • Short and long-term disability benefits • Life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance Company Overview • General Dynamics Information Technology is an IT consulting company that specializes in cyber security, AI, and quantum computing. It is a sub-organization of General Dynamics. It was founded in 1999, and is headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is https://www.gdit.com/. Company H1B Sponsorship • General Dynamics Information Technology has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 32 in 2025, 27 in 2024, 36 in 2023, 19 in 2022, 18 in 2021, 13 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Apply tot his job Apply To this Job