General Dynamics Information Technology · 8 hours ago
Salesforce System Administrator Principal
Falls Church, VA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$124K/yr - $146K/yr
8+ years expGeneral Dynamics Information Technology is a global technology and professional services company that delivers consulting, technology, and mission services to U.S. government agencies. They are seeking a Salesforce System Administrator Principal to manage Salesforce applications, support user accounts, and collaborate with development teams to deliver technical solutions.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Cloud ComputingCyber SecurityConsultingInformation Technology
No H1B
U.S. Citizen Only
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
Qualification
Required
Salesforce Administration
Salesforce Analytics
Salesforce Einstein
Salesforce Solutions
Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
8 + years of related experience
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
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
This position is hybrid you must be able to go into our Falls Church, VA office
Preferred
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
Short and long-term disability benefits
Life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance
Company
General Dynamics Information Technology
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.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Paul Nedzbala
Senior Vice President
Ben Buckley
Vice President and General Manager
Recent News
2026-02-05
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