Salesforce Administrator

Job Title: Salesforce Administrator/Developer
Job Code: PA 804859
Client: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania – DEP
Location: Dauphin County, PA (Remote – Local Candidates Only)
Duration: Until 12/31/2026

Position Overview
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is seeking an experienced Salesforce Administrator to serve as the agency’s senior Salesforce Platform Administrator. This role will be responsible for platform administration, configuration, support, governance, user enablement, and continuous improvement of the Salesforce ecosystem. The selected candidate will partner with business stakeholders and technical teams to deliver scalable Salesforce solutions while establishing internal Salesforce expertise and reducing reliance on external vendors.

Key Responsibilities

Administer and maintain Salesforce user accounts, profiles, permission sets, role hierarchies, sharing rules, and security controls.

Configure Salesforce using declarative tools including Flows, validation rules, approval processes, record types, page layouts, and custom objects.

Gather business requirements and translate them into scalable Salesforce solutions.

Serve as a trusted advisor to business units and recommend process improvements.

Develop reports, dashboards, and analytics for operational and executive reporting.

Manage data quality initiatives including imports, exports, cleansing, deduplication, and migrations.

Coordinate Salesforce releases, testing, deployments, and change management activities.

Troubleshoot platform, security, configuration, and integration issues.

Support integrations between Salesforce and internal/external systems using APIs and integration tools.

Create and maintain technical documentation, standards, procedures, and knowledge base materials.

Develop end-user training materials and provide ongoing user support.

Mentor junior administrators and internal support staff.

Assist in establishing Salesforce governance, security, compliance, and support frameworks.

Ensure compliance with Commonwealth security, accessibility, records management, and data governance requirements.

Required Skills

5+ years of experience administering, configuring, supporting, or developing enterprise applications.

3+ years of hands-on Salesforce Administration experience in a complex enterprise environment.

Experience configuring Salesforce using:

Flows

Validation Rules

Approval Processes

Reports & Dashboards

Custom Objects

Security Models

Experience gathering business requirements and translating them into technical solutions.

Experience conducting stakeholder meetings and providing customer-facing support.

Experience with Salesforce security, user provisioning, permission sets, profiles, and role hierarchies.

Experience supporting data migration, data quality, and system integrations.

Experience with software testing, release management, and deployment activities.

Experience creating training materials and providing end-user support.

Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Highly Preferred Qualifications

Salesforce Certified Administrator

Salesforce Advanced Administrator Certification

Salesforce Platform App Builder Certification

Salesforce Business Analyst Certification

Salesforce Platform Developer I Certification

Experience with Salesforce Industries (Vlocity)

OmniStudio, DataRaptors, Integration Procedures, and FlexCards

Experience Cloud, Service Cloud, Public Sector Solutions, or Government Cloud

Copado, Git, DevOps, and CI/CD experience

Salesforce Flows and low-code automation solutions

Working knowledge of Apex, Lightning Web Components (LWC), APIs, and integration patterns

Experience supporting Salesforce implementations, migrations, and platform modernization projects

Experience mentoring Salesforce Administrators and support teams

Experience in government, healthcare, public sector, or highly regulated environments

Primary Skills

Salesforce Administration, Salesforce Flows, Salesforce Security, Reports & Dashboards, Data Migration, Data Quality, User Provisioning, Stakeholder Management, Business Requirements Gathering, Salesforce Platform Administration, Apex, LWC, APIs, OmniStudio, Vlocity, Copado, Git, CI/CD, Experience Cloud, Service Cloud, Public Sector Solutions, Government Cloud.