Salesforce Technical Developer

Role Title: Salesforce Technical Developer

Location: United Kingdom – Newcastle

Salary: Competitive salary and package dependent on experience

Career Level: Team Lead to Specialist

Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services in strategy and consulting, interactive, technology and operations, with digital capabilities across all of these services. With our thought leadership and culture of innovation, we apply industry expertise, diverse skill sets and next-generation technology to each business challenge.

We believe in inclusion and diversity and supporting the whole person. Our core values comprise of Stewardship, Best People, Client Value Creation, One Global Network, Respect for the Individual and Integrity. Year after year, Accenture is recognized worldwide for business performance and inclusion and diversity.

“Across the globe, one thing is universally true of the people of Accenture: We care deeply about what we do and the impact we have with our clients and with the communities in which we work and live. It is personal to all of us.” – Julie Sweet, Accenture CEO

About the Accenture Salesforce Business Group:

Accenture has established a global commitment to Salesforce called the Salesforce Business Group (SFBG); a focused executive-level effort between Salesforce and Accenture, to turbo-charge our joint business, and deliver outstanding customer experiences for our clients. You will be part of an exciting environment – we have the energy and pace of a start-up, merged with the stability of a well-established Salesforce capability (Accenture has been delivering Salesforce-powered transformation for over 15 years).

The Accenture Salesforce Business Group exists to help our clients create the best customer and employee experiences on the planet. We do this through leveraging the best aspects of our deep knowledge of how to modernise organisations selling, service and operational functions across all key industries. With deep knowledge in the power of Salesforce’s multiple cloud offerings we help clients transform their employee and customer experiences. We believe that for organisations to be digital on the outside they must first optimise how they run their business with a clean digital core on which to conduct their operations. As a major global user of Salesforce ourselves we lead by example and are a great example of how we have modernised our sales, forecasting and commercial governance with Salesforce tools.

You will learn, grow and advance in an innovative culture that thrives on shared success and diverse ways of thinking. It is in that way we believe that our customers get the best results from their partnership with us. If you’re looking for a challenging career working in a vibrant environment with access to training and a global network of experts, this could be the role for you. As part of our global team, you'll be working with cutting-edge technologies and will have the opportunity to develop a wide range of new skills on the job.

As a Salesforce Technical Architect you will:

• Work as part of an integrated Accenture and client team, designing, developing and deploying leading Salesforce-based solutions to our clients

• Develop your leadership and consulting skills whilst delivering Salesforce at scale, to deliver measurable client value in some of the most dynamic and challenging environments

• Drive creativity and innovation in solutions to deliver value for clients and Accenture

We are looking for experience in the following skills:

• Hands-on experience designing, building and delivering integrated solutions based on Salesforce clouds and/or leading Salesforce ecosystem products

• Salesforce Platform App Builder certified progressing towards Application Architect and/or System Architect certification

• Proven ability to participate in a dynamic team-oriented environment

• Experience within project settings of collaborating with others to validate, elaborate and clarify requirements

• Ability to identify and select Salesforce technical solutions addressing requirements

• Proven experience in collaborative solution design, proposing, validating and refining designs based on feedback

• Hands-on Salesforce solution development with extensive proven knowledge and experience across both advanced declarative configuration and programmatic development

• Experience contributing to testing and assurance activities including unit testing, defect investigation and resolution, and participating in end to end and acceptance testing

• Experience with technical deployments and modern engineering practices and tooling such as DevOps and test automation

• Proficiency in DevOps CI/CD processes, and for Tech Leads and DevOps specialists proven expertise in defining, implementing and championing advanced DevOps pipelines and processes applying leading practices and technologies

• Proven ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment

• Strong communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills

Set yourself apart :

• Advanced Salesforce development proficiency encompassing platform technologies such as Flows, Lightning Web Components (LWC), DX or Salesforce Industries features (e.g., Business Rules Engine)

• Direct client-facing Salesforce delivery experience

• Salesforce Application Architect, Application Developer II or System Architect certifications

• Industry-specific knowledge and experience leveraging leading Salesforce industry solutions (e.g., Public Sector Solutions)

• Proven ability to work in an agile manner applying leading methods and techniques such as Design Thinking

• Active Salesforce community participation and contributions

• Evidence of bringing emerging solutions and innovations to deliver value for clients

• Desire to mentor, teach, and help develop next generation of Salesforce developers and architects.

What’s in it for you

At Accenture in addition to a competitive basic salary, you will also have an extensive benefits package.

Closing Date for Applications 31/11/2024

Accenture reserves the right to close the role before this date should a suitable applicant be found.

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with 750,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. We are uniquely able to deliver tangible outcomes because of our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song. These capabilities, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities. Visit us at www.accenture.com

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