Job Description

*Position Summary
The Salesforce System Administrator administers a large-scale (~3000 user) Salesforce Sales and Service Cloud implementation at Republic Services. The Salesforce System Administrator performs key functions such as configuration changes, creation of roles and permissions, administration of application level resources, and data administration. This is a very technical role that requires a thorough understanding of the entire CRM application and associated applications.


Timeline: Thursday morning, September 11


*Principal Responsibilities
Performs daily administration and end-user support of Salesforce applications. This includes managing multiple user setups, user roles, profiles, security, business rules, and permission sets, customization of objects, fields, record types, page layouts, formulas, validations, data backups, configure workflows, knowledge management, and create Reports/Dashboards.
Creates and maintains documentation on processes, policies, application configuration and user guides as needed.
Assists CRM development team with projects as assigned
Performs data imports, data integrity and data manipulation tasks, ensuring proper ownership of existing accounts and contacts.
Follows predefined team development to produce clean, efficient and maintainable platform configurations.
Follows good development practices by testing rigorously configuration changes within the Salesforce sandbox before deploying to production.
Simplifies and reduces technical debt by identifying and deleting unused fields, workflows, validation rules, reports, dashboards, objects, users and more.
Maintains data quality by identifying and deleting or merging duplicate records, cleansing and updating inaccurate data.
Assists in the implementation of security practices by monitoring login and user activity, deactivating unused users, and auditing field and profile access and security permissions.
Installs and maintains managed and unmanaged packages.
Manages configuration changes made in Salesforce into source code repository.
Stays current on Salesforce technology and releases.
Participates in SFDC Production related issues/downtime.
Works with Salesforce Support to resolve platform related issues (case management).
Follows all required Company policies and practices relating to the System Development Life Cycle.
Provides Tier 3 support and resolution of open IT issues escalated by IT Customer Support.
Performs other job-related duties as assigned or apparent.


The statements used herein are intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed by an employee in this position, and are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of responsibilities, duties and skills required by an incumbent so classified. Furthermore, they do not establish a contract for employment and are subject to change at the discretion of the Company.


*Preferred Qualifications
Certified Salesforce Developer.
Development experience on Salesforce.com and Force.com platforms using APEX and Visualforce.
Experience in release and change management.
Minimum of 2 years of experience administering Salesforce in a mid to large size organization (at least 500 users).
Minimum of 2 years of experience with data migration tools like Apex Data Loader, Excel Connector to import and export the data to the Salesforce.com platform.
Experience using Salesforce security model, including sharing rules, roles, profiles, and sharing settings.
Certified Salesforce Administrator.


*Minimum Qualifications
None


*Other Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Excellent analysis and problem solving abilities.
Strong technical knowledge of best practices for integrating Salesforce.com with internal and external applications using SOA.
Ability to interact with IT personnel on all levels to resolve issues and provide solutions in a timely manner.
Understands the need for and consistently practices effective teamwork with others.
Demonstrated expert knowledge of the entire Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC).
Capable of prioritizing and managing assignments, tasks, and significant projects to completion with minimal supervision.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to maintain a detail oriented approach while multitasking in a fast paced environment.
Ability to become proficient in all currently supported application development standards in use at the client
Ability to provide assistance with creation and maintenance of development standards in use at the client

Job Tags

Contract work, Day shift,

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