Salesforce Technical Consultant

Datacom

New Zealand

Hybrid

NZD 90,000 - 130,000

Full time

2 days ago

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Job summary

Datacom is seeking a Salesforce Technical Consultant to lead design and delivery of Salesforce solutions from Wellington, NZ. This hybrid role combines hands-on development with solution architecture and stakeholder collaboration to drive secure, scalable digital transformations.

You will guide platform governance, performance optimization, and modern integration strategies while mentoring team members and promoting best practices across projects.

Qualifications

3+ years of Salesforce consulting, development, or delivery experience.
Strong hands-on experience with Salesforce Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, and platform capabilities.
Experience with Apex, Lightning Web Components (LWC), Flows, and Salesforce integrations.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related discipline, or equivalent industry experience.

Responsibilities

Lead the design, development, configuration, testing, and deployment of Salesforce solutions across complex customer environments.
Provide technical leadership across Salesforce platform capabilities, custom development, integrations, and automation.
Collaborate with customers, project managers, business analysts, and stakeholders to gather requirements and translate them into scalable technical solutions.
Produce technical designs, architecture recommendations, and implementation plans aligned with best practice.
Design and deliver integrations between Salesforce and enterprise applications using APIs and integration platforms.
Support operational excellence through platform optimisation, performance tuning, and ongoing enhancements.
Contribute to solution governance, technical standards, and future Salesforce platform roadmaps.
Provide expert advice on Salesforce capabilities, emerging technologies, and innovation opportunities.
Mentor team members and support the resolution of complex technical challenges.
Promote security, compliance, data integrity, and platform governance best practices.

Skills

Salesforce Apex

Lightning Web Components

Sales Cloud/Service Cloud

Integrations

Architectural leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Documentation skills

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Information Technology

Tools

MuleSoft

Salesforce DX

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Salesforce Technical Consultant

Company : Datacom
Job Type : Full Time
New Zealand

Position: Salesforce Technical Consulant

Datacom Location: Wellington

Security Requirements: Citizens and Residents of New Zealand only

Full Time, Permanent, Hybrid Position.

About Us

At Datacom, we combine technology,expertise, and talented people to helporganisationsthrive in a rapidly changing world. As one of Australasia's leading technology providers, we work with customers across industries to solve real-world problems and deliver meaningful outcomes.

Whetherwe'resupporting governments, enterpriseorganisations, or growing businesses,we'recommitted to creating meaningful outcomes for our customers, communities, and each other.

About the Role

As a Technical Consultant - Salesforce, you will provide technical leadership across Salesforce platform delivery, solution design, integration, automation, and operational excellence. Working closely with customers, project teams, and business stakeholders, you will design, develop, and optimise Salesforce solutions that help organisations achieve their strategic objectives. This role combines hands‑on Salesforce expertise with leadership, consulting, and solution architecture responsibilities, ensuring platforms remain secure, scalable, and aligned to business needs while supporting long‑term digital transformation outcomes.

Our offices are based in Wellington. We like to bring people together in person when we can, but we are mindful of the benefits of working from home for work/life balance. We therefore leave it to you and the team you join to figure out what works best!

What You’ll Do

At the moment, as Technical Consultant - Salesforceyou will be focused on:

Leading the design, development, configuration, testing, and deployment of Salesforce solutions across complex customer environments.
Providing technical leadership and guidance across Salesforce platform capabilities, custom development, integrations, and automation.
Collaborating with customers, project managers, business analysts, and stakeholders to gather requirements and translate them into scalable technical solutions.
Producing technical designs, architecture recommendations, and implementation plans aligned with best practice.
Designing and delivering integrations between Salesforce and enterprise applications using APIs and integration platforms.
Supporting operational excellence through platform optimisation, performance tuning, and ongoing enhancements.
Contributing to solution governance, technical standards, and future Salesforce platform roadmaps.
Providing expert advice on Salesforce capabilities, emerging technologies, and innovation opportunities.
Mentoring team members and supporting the resolution of complex technical challenges.
Promoting security, compliance, data integrity, and platform governance best practices.
Ensuring adherence to Datacom health and safety policies and procedures.

We are a pretty agile company, and are keen to respond to customer, technology and internal stakeholders’ changing requirements and this can mean we evolve in our roles to meet those needs.

Requirements

What You’ll Bring

Required experience:

3+ years of Salesforce consulting, development, or technical delivery experience.
Strong hands‑on experience with Salesforce Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, and platform capabilities.
Proven experience delivering complex Salesforce implementations and enhancements.
Experience with Apex, Lightning Web Components (LWC), Flows, and Salesforce integrations.
Strong understanding of Salesforce architecture, security models, and data management.
Experience integrating Salesforce with enterprise applications and third‑party platforms.
Technical leadership experience within complex customer environments.
Excellent analytical, problem‑solving, and decision‑making skills.
Strong customer relationship management and stakeholder engagement skills.
Exceptional communication, presentation, planning, and documentation skills.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related discipline, or equivalent industry experience.

Nice to have:

Salesforce Platform Developer I or II certification.
Salesforce Administrator or Advanced Administrator certification.
Salesforce Application Architect or System Architect certification.
Experience with MuleSoft or other integration platforms.
Experience delivering Salesforce solutions within enterprise or government environments.
Exposure to DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines within Salesforce ecosystems.
Knowledge of Agile delivery methodologies.
Experience with Salesforce Experience Cloud, Marketing Cloud, or Data Cloud.
Strong mentoring and people leadership experience.

Benefits

Culture and Benefits

Join a team where you'll be supported to grow your career, prioritise your wellbeing, and make a genuine impact. From industry-leading learning and development opportunities to parental leave, wellbeing support, and employee benefits, we're committed to helping our people thrive both professionally and personally.

We're passionate about creating a workplace where people feel supported, empowered, and inspired to do their best work. Whether you're developing new skills, tackling complex challenges, or collaborating with some of the best minds in the industry, you'll be part of a team that values curiosity, innovation, inclusion, and making a genuine difference.

Why you will love working here: