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Technical Specialist - Salesforce
Wiley
Colombo

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Technical Specialist - Salesforce at Wiley

 

Applications are invited for all candidates to fill the Technical Specialist - Salesforce Job Opening at Wiley

Closing Date : 21/10/2021

 

Wiley is a global company that specializes in academic publishing and instructional materials, online education management and corporate learning and training. For over 200 years we have been helping people and organizations develop the skills and knowledge they need to succeed. We develop digital education, learning, assessment, and certification solutions to help universities, businesses, and individuals move between education and employment and achieve their ambitions. By partnering with learned societies, we support researchers to communicate discoveries that make a difference. Our online scientific, technical, medical, and scholarly journals, books and other digital content build on a 200-year heritage of quality publishing.

Whether you are just starting out or looking to build on an already successful career, Wiley is always looking for talented, qualified people to join our global team. Our unique culture is distinguished by a collaborative environment that supports open dialogue, candid feedback and enduring relationships. We treat each other with dignity and respect — as human beings first and professionals second.

Summary

We are looking for experienced Salesforce developers to join our exciting and rapidly expanding team in Sri Lanka. This position is a hands-on development position where you will be responsible for the development of Wiley’s Student Relationship Platform on Force.com while leading the team. You will leverage your in-depth knowledge of Salesforce to work closely with architects, engineers, and product owners to create complex applications and integrations. You will also ensure your commitment to the highest quality standards both in functional and non-functional areas. With Wiley’s proven expertise as a trusted partner in higher education, you will have the opportunity to innovate and create solutions that revolutionize the landscape of higher education technology and accelerate your career.

Responsibilities:

  • Be the technology lead for the team, take the ownership of the high-quality deliverables and be accountable.
  • Be responsible for the logical and physical development of applications based on agreed user requirements and architecture.
  • Work closely with architects and BAs (Business Analysts) to design and architect application/platform.
  • Work with non-technical business colleagues to understand the functionality, composition, and user requirements.
  • Be responsible of maintaining the quality of the code and following engineering best practices.
  • Participate in storyboarding and solution design sessions. Recommend alternate approaches, define technical impacts and provide sizing estimates.
  • Create technical designs for new product functionality on Wiley’s Student Relationship Platform.
  • Liaise with the Salesforce.com and the Salesforce.com-certified service partners on solution development
  • Drive/participate PI planning and be an Agile advocate.
  • Be responsible maintaining the health of production system and attend any production incidents providing quick fixes/work arounds.
  • Identify system vulnerabilities/tech debts and assist prioritize them for the team.
  • Collaborate on and inform cross-functional teams of new feature technical design, technical requirements, limitations and implementation.
  • Continually refine business acumen and establish domain/industry vertical expertise.
  • Assist performance appraisals and provide guidance and mentoring the team members.
  • Helping on interviews and hiring process of new team member

Requirements:

  • Minimum of a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or an equivalent qualification.
  • A candidate either having 6 or more years of Salesforce experience or, 3 or more years of Salesforce experience and overall 6 or more years of experience in Software development in any language.
  • Minimum 1-year experience in managing a team and being accountable for team deliveries.
  • Solid experience in Salesforce.com design and development.
  • Proven history with software and Salesforce application architecture, Database design & modelling, and related technologies.
  • Proficiency on Salesforce.com platform, APEX, Visual Force, Salesforce APIs, SOAP or REST based web services and SOQL.
  • Knowledge of the following: SQL/MySQL, PuTTY, Git, JavaScript.
  • Ability to guide/mentor junior developers while working with leads and architects on designing applications.
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills including making presentations to varied teams and stakeholders.
  • Familiarity with CI/CD build/deploy pipelines.
  • Understanding of technology methodologies including Agile (SCRUM), continuous integration/ continuous development and automation.
  • Familiarity with JIRA and writing user stories.

About Wiley

We are in one of the most dynamic periods in our history as technology, globalism and economic diversity create far-reaching changes in the world. As a learning business, Wiley makes meaningful contributions to research discovery and lifelong learning by helping organizations achieve their goals and people achieve success from education through their career. We may have been founded over two centuries ago, but our secret to success remains the same: change with the times and adapt to meet the ever-evolving needs of our customers. The company’s headquarters are located in Hoboken, New Jersey, with operations in the U.S., Europe, Asia, Australia, and Canada

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