Senior Solutions Engineer

Bright Purple Resourcing; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 54,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

Bright Purple Resourcing is seeking an experienced Salesforce Administrator to own day-to-day administration across Sales, Service and Field Service Clouds. You will configure and maintain the platform, build automation with Flow Builder and declarative tools, and review Apex/Lightning changes as needed.

You will lead a small team of admins and support analysts, triage complex user issues, and collaborate with a Solutions Architect to translate designs into tested platform changes, while

Qualifications

• Salesforce Certified Administrator is essential.
• Senior-level experience as a Salesforce Administrator with day-to-day platform ownership.
• Experience mentoring more junior team members.
• Strong hands-on configuration skills, including Flow Builder, validation rules, page layouts, reports and dashboards, and the security model.
• Working knowledge of Apex and Lightning Components sufficient to review and QA changes.
• Familiarity with deployment tools such as Copado or Gearset.
• Comfortable working within Agile ways of working and structured change control processes.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills across technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience working with Salesforce managed packages is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Own day-to-day Salesforce administration, configuration and maintenance across Sales, Service and Field Service Clouds.
• Build and maintain complex automation using Flow Builder, validation rules and other declarative tools.
• Review Apex and Lightning Component changes where required.
• Manage and mentor a small team of Salesforce administrators and support analysts, overseeing workload, quality of output and professional development.
• Triage and resolve complex user support escalations across Salesforce and integrated systems.
• Partner with the Solutions Architect to translate architecture and solution designs into configured, tested platform changes.
• Manage user access, the security model, profiles, permission sets and data integrity.
• Deploy platform changes through the development pipeline in line with change control protocols.
• Maintain up-to-date system documentation, configuration records and standard operating procedures.
• Support release management activities and assess the impact of new Salesforce releases on existing configuration.
• Engage with external partners and vendors on delivery standards and timelines.
• Identify opportunities for process improvement, automation and technical debt reduction.

Skills

Stakeholder engagement

Communication

Salesforce configuration

Flow Builder

Validation rules

Page layouts

Reports and dashboards

Security model

Apex knowledge

Lightning Components knowledge

Mentoring

Agile

Education

Salesforce Certified Administrator

Advanced Administrator or Platform App Builder

Tools

Copado

Gearset

Job description

Salary: £60,000 - 60,000 per year

Requirements:

• Salesforce Certified Administrator (essential)
• Advanced Administrator or Platform App Builder certification desirable
• Substantial, senior-level experience as a Salesforce Administrator with day-to-day platform ownership
• Strong hands-on configuration skills, including Flow Builder, validation rules, page layouts, reports and dashboards, and the security model
• Experience managing or mentoring more junior team members, formally or informally
• Working knowledge of Apex and Lightning Components sufficient to review and QA changes
• Familiarity with deployment tools such as Copado or Gearset
• Comfortable working within Agile ways of working and structured change control processes
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills across technical and non-technical audiences
• Experience working with Salesforce managed packages is a plus

Responsibilities:

• Own day-to-day Salesforce administration, configuration and maintenance across Sales, Service and Field Service Clouds
• Build and maintain complex automation using Flow Builder, validation rules and other declarative tools
• Review Apex and Lightning Component changes where required
• Manage and mentor a small team of Salesforce administrators and support analysts, overseeing workload, quality of output and professional development
• Triage and resolve complex user support escalations across Salesforce and integrated systems
• Partner with the Solutions Architect to translate architecture and solution designs into configured, tested platform changes
• Manage user access, the security model, profiles, permission sets and data integrity
• Deploy platform changes through the development pipeline in line with change control protocols
• Maintain up-to-date system documentation, configuration records and standard operating procedures
• Support release management activities and assess the impact of new Salesforce releases on existing configuration
• Engage with external partners and vendors on delivery standards and timelines
• Identify opportunities for process improvement, automation and technical debt reduction

Technologies:

• Apex
• Architect
• Flow
• Support
• Salesforce
• Security
• Cloud

More:

Our client is a major UK housebuilder with an ambitious technology transformation underway, and this is a brand-new role at the heart of a growing Salesforce team. The position is hybrid in Edinburgh, with a minimum of two days per week on-site, and offers a salary of up to £62,000. The role sits within a Salesforce function investing seriously in modern tooling and process, and it offers the opportunity to take ownership of the platform, work closely with a Solutions Architect, and help build and mentor a team around you.

last updated 38 week of 2026