What are the responsibilities and job description for the Salesforce Administrator position at Papigen?
Role Overview
We are looking for a senior Salesforce Administrator to lead platform architecture, release management, data oversight, automation, and operational excellence across a large-scale Salesforce environment. The role also involves developing user stories to strengthen collaboration capabilities and creating department-specific templates that fully leverage the Salesforce ecosystem.
Scope of Work
Platform Architecture & Strategy
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We are looking for a senior Salesforce Administrator to lead platform architecture, release management, data oversight, automation, and operational excellence across a large-scale Salesforce environment. The role also involves developing user stories to strengthen collaboration capabilities and creating department-specific templates that fully leverage the Salesforce ecosystem.
Scope of Work
Platform Architecture & Strategy
- Own and enforce platform security standards — profiles, roles, sharing rules, permission sets, and OWD.
- Monitor automated provisioning and deprovisioning; ensure adherence to least privilege.
- Monitor and investigate SSO and third-party authentication/TSP issues; implement preventive measures.
- Conduct security health checks, audit logging, and compliance reviews.
- Tools: Salesforce DX (SFDX), Metadata API, Tooling API, Scratch Orgs, Unlocked Packages (2GP), Salesforce CLI, Dev Hub.
- Own and manage release pipelines — sandbox preparation, CI/CD execution, deployment validation, rollback procedures, and production releases.
- Manage managed packages including second-generation packages (2GP), versioning, dependencies, and packaging standards.
- Coordinate with developers to ensure releases are auditable, reliable, and compliant.
- Enforce branching strategy, metadata management, and CI/CD best practices.
- Tools: Salesforce CLI, Unlocked Packages, Sandbox Management, CI/CD Pipelines, Salesforce Test Automation Frameworks.
- Oversee data quality management — validation, deduplication, and reconciliation.
- Monitor integrations across APIs, middleware, and event-driven architecture for reliability, resiliency, and compliance.
- Implement best practices for data protection, encryption, and masking in sandboxes.
- Tools: Data Loader, ETL tools, Reports, Dashboards, REST/SOAP APIs, Platform Events, Named Credentials.
- Define Flow vs Apex decision frameworks, coding standards, bulkification, and error handling strategies.
- Establish reusable patterns, reference implementations, and scalable declarative/programmatic solutions.
- Drive retirement of non-scalable or legacy automations and triggers.
- Tools: Flow Builder, Apex, Lightning Web Components (LWC), Aura, Salesforce CLI, VS Code Salesforce Extensions, Salesforce Test Execution Framework.
- Ensure platform stability, reliability, and compliance across all clouds and environments.
- Maintain process documentation, release notes, and automation standards.
- Drive adoption of best practices for automation, data quality, and release processes.
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent relevant experience.
- At least 5 years of Salesforce experience including: advanced declarative automation (Flows, Process Builder), security architecture and identity models, integration architecture (APIs, middleware, Platform Events), Apex/LWC development oversight, release management and DevOps governance including 2GP, and platform strategy and technical roadmap ownership.
- Deep Salesforce platform expertise: governor limits, metadata-driven development, event-driven patterns, and large data volume handling.
- Enterprise security and identity architecture: SSO, MFA, Shield, encryption, audit trails.
- Integration architecture: APIs, Platform Events, Change Data Capture, Middleware, OAuth, Named Credentials.
- Automation and code architecture: Flow, Apex, LWC, Aura, declarative patterns, bulkification, error handling.
- Enterprise DevOps and packaging strategy: CI/CD pipelines, Git workflows, second-generation packages, automated testing, rollback procedures.
- Experience designing solutions for large, regulated organizations with audit-ready documentation, compliance alignment, and cross-team technical leadership.
Required
- Salesforce Certified Administrator
- Salesforce Certified Advanced Administrator
- Salesforce Platform App Builder
- Salesforce Platform Developer I
- Salesforce Certified Experience Cloud Consultant (Community / Experience Cloud — mandatory)
- Certification or training in release management/DevOps tools (e.g., Copado, Gearset)
- Salesforce Certified Sharing & Visibility Architect
- Salesforce Certified Data Architecture and Management Designer
- Salesforce Certified Integration Architecture Designer
- Salesforce Platform Developer II
- Salesforce Certified Application Architect OR Salesforce Certified System Architect