About the Job
Salesforce is the engine behind how Lightspeed runs - and we need someone to keep it humming.
As our Salesforce Administrator, you’ll own the day-to-day of our Salesforce platform: user setup, data quality, reports and dashboards, automation, and the projects that make our internal teams faster and smarter. You’ll report to our Senior Director, MIS, with technical mentorship from our Salesforce Product Manager. This is a hands-on role for someone who wants to own the platform, not just tickets - and grow into bigger automation, integration, and AI-driven work as you go.
As the Salesforce Administrator, you will:
- Be the go-to for Salesforce support - triaging, resolving, and escalating tickets, and driving issues to resolution
- Keep the platform running clean - user admin, data hygiene, reports, dashboards, and declarative automation
- Own projects end to end - configuration, testing, documentation, deployment
- Help us work smarter - supporting AI-driven automations and integrations across Salesforce and connected tools
About the Role
Essential functions (not exhaustive, may be supplemented):
- Serve as primary point of contact for Salesforce service desk requests
- Administer Salesforce - user setup, profiles, permission sets, roles, groups, licenses
- Maintain data quality through imports, updates, dedup, and hygiene processes
- Build and maintain reports, dashboards, list views, and automation (flows, validation rules, approval processes, page layouts)
- Own assigned Salesforce projects end to end, partnering with the Product Manager on bigger initiatives
- Support onboarding, offboarding, and end-user training Monitor integrations with connected systems (e.g., NetSuite) and test releases and upgrades
- Support, test, and maintain AI-driven automations and integrations
- Document processes, configurations, and solutions in the team knowledge base
- Follow and help enforce security, access, and change-management policies
- Take on progressively more complex admin, automation, and integration work as you grow
About You
- Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Business Administration, or equivalent experience
- 2+ years hands-on Salesforce administration (or comparable business-app admin) - stepping up from a junior/associate role? Apply anyway
- Hands-on with declarative config and automation - flows, validation rules, page layouts, approval processes
- Comfortable owning data quality and building reports/dashboards independently
- Experience with tools like Adobe Sign, ChurnZero, Zapier, or n8n a plus
- Comfortable using AI tools (Claude, ChatGPT) day-to-day, with interest in applying AI to automate admin work
- Jira or similar project management experience
- Strong documentation and QA habits
- Salesforce Certified Administrator preferred, or working toward it
- NetSuite or similar ERP exposure, plus general IT literacy (macOS, Microsoft 365, identity/access), a plus
- Self-starter, sharp communicator, comfortable prioritizing multiple requests in a fast-paced, highgrowth environment
- Available for flexible hours and occasional on-call support
ABOUT US
With more than 25 years of serving education, Lightspeed Systems delivers the most in-depth visibility and control to power exceptional schools where students are safe and engaged; technology is compliant and easily managed; and resources are secure and optimized. Purpose-built for school networks and devices, Lightspeed’s cloud-managed solutions include the most effective web filtering, student safety monitoring, classroom management, device management, and data analytics software available. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, with a European office in London, UK, Lightspeed serves over 23 million students across 31,000 schools in 43 countries, utilizing 15 million devices. Learn more at www.lightspeedsystems.com.
We love our employees, and we show it. Our benefits and perks are built to support your overall wellbeing—at work and beyond. Offerings vary by country.
ABOUT OUR ATX HQ
If your role includes spending time onsite, you will LOVE being at the ranch. Our uniquely Lightspeed (and totally Texas) corporate headquarters has everything Lightspeeders need to get the job done – and a whole lot more.
- 15,000 sq. ft. of open work area, offices, and huddle rooms
- Snacks galore and a private chef serving up lunch Tuesday through Thursday every week
- A state-of-the-art fitness center (with outfitted locker rooms)
- Physical therapist onsite regularly
- Indoor and outdoor casual collaboration spots
- Pet-friendly office environment
- A golf simulator, go-carts, shuffleboard, corn hole, and MORE fun
All within 31 sprawling acres of Live Oak trees that foster a natural habitat for local wildlife. It is not uncommon to be greeted daily by whitetail deer. (Maybe it wants to join your meeting?)
Lightspeed Systems is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to a work environment that supports, inspires, and respects all individuals and in which personnel processes are merit-based and applied without discrimination on the basis of race, color religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, age, disability, national or ethnic origin, military service status, or other protected characteristic.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Business Administration, or equivalent experience
- At least 2 years of hands-on Salesforce administration or comparable business-application administration experience
- Experience with declarative Salesforce configuration and automation, including flows, validation rules, page layouts, and approval processes
- Ability to maintain data quality and independently build reports and dashboards
- Experience using Jira or a similar project-management tool
- Strong documentation and quality-assurance practices
- Ability to use AI tools such as Claude or ChatGPT and interest in applying AI to administration automation
- Strong communication, prioritization, and self-direction in a fast-paced environment
- Availability for flexible hours and occasional on-call support
- Salesforce Certified Administrator certification or active progress toward certification
- Experience with Adobe Sign, ChurnZero, Zapier, or n8n
- NetSuite or similar ERP experience and general IT literacy, including macOS, Microsoft 365, and identity/access systems
What We Do
For over 20 years, Lightspeed Systems® has been a leader in the ever-changing landscape of K-12 learning technology. Lightspeed Systems works with tens of thousands of schools to maximize the safety, mobility, and effectiveness of their students’ learning experience. Every device can be covered with the most effective web filter, student safety monitor, classroom management software, device management tool, and analytics program available. Why Work Here? We work diligently and intelligently as a team to create innovative solutions and better ways of doing things. Every day, every employee has an opportunity to change the world in the most meaningful way: by improving education. Lightspeed Systems has the mentality of a start-up (collaboration, access, innovation) with the stability of a company that’s been around since 1999 — and we get bigger and smarter every day.
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