Salesforce Developer

Yolk Digital; Canberra; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Yolk Digital is engaged by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) to provide an experienced Senior Salesforce Developer to the Commercial Application Delivery Section, within the Business Solutions Branch of DFAT's Information Management and Technology Division. You'll support projects that build and enhance the department's Salesforce applications.

Working in a project delivery team, you'll implement and deliver solutions that meet clients' business requirements.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience designing, building and delivering enterprise-level Salesforce solutions.
• Demonstrated experience configuring Salesforce: custom objects, flows, permission sets, sharing and related settings.
• Track and troubleshoot errors in development and configuration.
• Public Sector Solutions and Experience Cloud experience.
• Experience in using version control and advanced CI/CD tooling.
• Strong understanding of Salesforce best practices and functionality.
• Certifications: Platform Developer I and OmniStudio Developer/Consultant.

Responsibilities

• Participate in planning/analysis of business requirements for system changes and enhancements.
• Remain current with Salesforce technologies and best practices.
• Translate application designs into functional configurations and code, in line with development and configuration standards.
• Support quality assurance and release management to ensure artefacts can be properly tested and deployed.
• Produce design, solution and technical documentation as required by the project.

Skills

Salesforce configuration

Apex/Lightning development

Enterprise integration design

CI/CD tooling

Version control

Public Sector Solutions

Education

Certified Salesforce Platform Developer I

OmniStudio Developer/Consultant

Certified Salesforce Platform Developer II

Public Sector Solutions (PSS)

Salesforce Data Cloud Consultant

Tools

Experience Cloud

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Applications Close: 11:59pm Monday 5 October 2026

Yolk Digital is engaged by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) to provide an experienced Senior Salesforce Developer to the Commercial Application Delivery Section, within the Business Solutions Branch of DFAT's Information Management and Technology Division. You'll support projects that build and enhance the department's Salesforce applications.

Working in a project delivery team, you'll implement and deliver solutions that meet clients' business requirements. You'll collaborate with the Solution Lead to prepare designs, favour out-of-the-box features and configuration to maximise value and sustainability, and follow best practice when customising with code. You'll work closely with the business analyst so your releases meet business requirements and acceptance criteria, with the tester so they meet quality assurance standards, and with the release manager to take releases through the DevOps pipeline, meeting quality standards at each step.

This is a delivery and ongoing support role. Day to day you'll take part in the planning and analysis of business requirements for system changes and enhancements, translate application designs into functional configurations and code in line with DFAT's development and configuration standards, support quality assurance and release management so artefacts can be properly tested and deployed, produce the design, solution and technical documentation the project needs, and stay current with Salesforce technologies and best practices.

Location

ACT. This is an on-site role: DFAT has a strong preference for Canberra-based work, 5 days a week in the office. Remote arrangements may be considered at DFAT's full discretion. If you are located interstate, you'll need to spend a minimum of 2 consecutive days per month at DFAT's Canberra office at your own expense.

Duration

12 months, commencing 7 December 2026, with 2 x 12 month extension options.

Clearance

NV1

Key Responsibilities

• Participate in the planning/analysis of business requirements for system changes and enhancements.
• Remain current with Salesforce technologies and best practices.
• Translate application designs into functional configurations and code, in line with development and configuration standards.
• Support quality assurance and release management operations to ensure artefacts can be properly tested and deployed.
• Produce design, solution and technical documentation as required by the project.

SFIA skills and levels

• Development and Implementation, Systems Development, Programming/Software Development (PROG), Level 4
• Development and Implementation, Systems Development, Software Configuration (PORT), Level 4

Skills & Experience

• Demonstrated experience to design, build and deliver enterprise level integrated solutions.
• Demonstrated experience in configuring Salesforce. Ability to build/modify custom Objects, Flows, Permission sets, sharing and other related configuration and settings.
• Demonstrated experience in tracking and troubleshooting errors in development and configuration.
• Public Sector Solutions and Experience Cloud.
• Experience in using version control and advanced CI/CD tooling.
• Strong understanding of Salesforce best practice and functionality.
• Certified Salesforce Platform Developer I and OmniStudio Developer/Consultant.
• Demonstrated experience to design, build and deliver enterprise level integrated solutions and follow Salesforce best practices.
• Demonstrated experience in configuring Salesforce. Ability to build/modify custom Objects, Flows, Permission sets, sharing and other related configuration and settings.
• Public Sector Solutions and Experience Cloud.
• Experience in using version control and advanced CI/CD tooling.

3. Certifications: Certified Salesforce Platform Developer I and OmniStudio Developer/Consultant.

• Advanced Salesforce certification: Certified Salesforce Platform Developer II or any Salesforce Architect certification such as Data Designer or Sharing and Visibility Designer.
• Public sector or Data Cloud certification: Certified Salesforce Public Sector Solutions (PSS) or Salesforce Data Cloud Consultant.