Salesforce Developer

About The Company

Hays is recruiting on behalf of a major Federal Government department that delivers services across Australia and internationally. Its technology group supports a broad portfolio of critical business applications serving areas such as crisis response, consular services, trade, international aid and scholarships. These systems help the department deliver important services to people and communities, both locally and around the world.

The department’s technology teams work across complex enterprise environments and value collaboration, transparency, respect and sustainable delivery practices. You will join an established, multidisciplinary project team focused on delivering secure and dependable digital solutions.

About The Role

As a Senior Salesforce Developer, you will design, develop, enhance and support enterprise Salesforce applications. Working closely with solution leads, business analysts, testers and release managers, you will help translate business needs and solution designs into secure, scalable and maintainable Salesforce implementations.

This is a long-term contract based in Canberra, with an initial 12-month term and two potential 12-month extensions. The position is offered at 40 hours per week, with a strong preference for working five days per week from the Canberra office. You must hold a current MV1 security clearance to be considered.

The role suits an experienced developer who can contribute across the Salesforce development lifecycle, collaborate effectively with technical and business stakeholders, and support high-quality releases within an enterprise government environment.

Qualifications To be successful, you will bring at least three years of Salesforce development experience and a strong understanding of enterprise delivery practices, Salesforce development standards and platform best practice. You must hold an MV1 security clearance and be able to work from the Canberra office in line with the team’s onsite preference.

You Will Also Demonstrate Experience With

• Apex, Lightning Web Components, OmniStudio and Aura.
• JavaScript, CSS and HTML.
• Salesforce configuration, including custom objects, flows, permission sets and sharing settings.
• Public Sector Solutions, Experience Cloud and enterprise-level integrated Salesforce solutions.
• Version control and advanced continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) tooling.
• Testing, quality assurance, release practices and technical documentation.

A Salesforce Platform Developer I certification is expected. An OmniStudio Developer or Consultant certification is also relevant.

Salesforce Platform

Developer II, Salesforce Architect, Public Sector Solutions or Data Cloud certifications will strengthen your application.

Responsibilities

• Analyse business requirements and identify the technical changes needed to deliver system enhancements.
• Translate application and solution designs into Salesforce configuration and code.
• Build and modify custom objects, flows, permission sets and sharing settings.
• Develop and maintain solutions using Apex, Lightning Web Components, OmniStudio and Aura.
• Collaborate with solution leads, business analysts, testers and release managers throughout delivery.
• Support testing, quality assurance and release management activities.
• Investigate and troubleshoot development, integration and configuration issues.
• Deploy changes through established DevOps pipelines and follow agreed development standards.
• Prepare clear technical, solution and design documentation to support ongoing maintenance.

Benefits Join a long-term government technology engagement with an initial 12-month contract and two possible 12-month extensions. You will work 40 hours per week alongside an established multidisciplinary team and contribute to Salesforce applications supporting significant government functions. The position offers the opportunity to apply your skills to complex enterprise solutions in a collaborative delivery environment.

Equal Opportunity

Hays is committed to fair and inclusive recruitment. Applications are welcomed from suitably qualified candidates, regardless of background or identity. Selection will be based on relevant experience, capabilities, role requirements and the required security clearance. If you are interested, submit an up-to-date CV through the application process. For a confidential discussion about this opportunity or other roles, contact Hays.