Salesforce Administrator - Contract Role

Scaled Agile Inc; United States; Remote; USD 143,270,000 - 166,690,000; Full time

Job summary

Scaled Agile Inc in the United States is seeking a contract Salesforce Administrator to join a high-performing Agile engineering team responsible for our Salesforce ecosystem, including Sales Cloud and Salesforce Experience Cloud.

You will manage user access, configurations, data quality, and deployment pipelines, while delivering reports and dashboards to support business decisions. The role emphasizes proactive process optimization and collaboration across stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of Salesforce experience including configuration and support of Sales Cloud and Experience Cloud.
• Strong understanding of Salesforce administration, including user management, security settings, and data management.
• Hands-on experience with Salesforce Flow.
• Expertise in Salesforce reports and dashboards for data-driven decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Configure and manage core Salesforce functionality to align with business requirements.
• Maintain and improve business process best practices within a Salesforce environment.
• Apply data governance for high data quality and scalable information architectures.
• Develop and maintain reports and dashboards to support business processes and decision-making.
• Manage user access, monitor login and activity logs, deactivate users as needed, and audit field/profile access and permissions.
• Data cleanup and manipulation using Data Loader or third-party applications.
• Ship changes through a deployment pipeline, rather than configuring production directly.
• Provide timely support for Salesforce-related inquiries and troubleshoot issues to maintain high user satisfaction, providing first-line support through to completion.
• Use AI assistants to accelerate day-to-day admin work, such as impact analysis and investigating issues.
• Stay up-to-date with Salesforce configurations, system capabilities, and release updates, assessing their impact on business operations.
• Support onboarding activities for new and existing employees, ensuring proper Salesforce training and adoption.
• Evaluate and drive the adoption of new technologies, processes, and procedures that enhance Salesforce efficiency.
• Document system configurations, processes, and procedures for future reference and training purposes.
• Assist with special assignments and strategic initiatives as needed.

Tools

Data Loader

Job description

As a contract Salesforce Administrator at Scaled Agile, you will be a key member of a high-performing, Agile engineering team responsible for managing and enhancing our established Salesforce ecosystem. This includes the customer-facing SAFe Community built on Salesforce Experience Cloud, as well as Sales Cloud. Your responsibilities will focus on user management, configuration and automation, data integrity, security, and day-to-day support for our internal users. Strong technical expertise in Salesforce administration and a proactive approach to optimizing business processes are essential.

What you’ll be doing:

• Configure and manage core Salesforce functionality (custom objects, advanced flows, validation rules), to align with business requirements.
• Maintain and improve business process best practices within a robust Salesforce environment.
• Apply sound data governance principles to ensure high data quality and implement scalable information architectures.
• Develop and maintain reports and dashboards to support business processes and decision-making.
• Maintain security by managing user access, monitoring login and activity logs, deactivating users as needed, and auditing field/profile access and permissions.
• Perform data cleanup and manipulation using Data Loader or third-party applications.
• Ship changes through a deployment pipeline, rather than configuring production directly.
• Provide timely support for Salesforce-related inquiries and troubleshoot issues to maintain high user satisfaction, providing first-line support through to completion.
• Use AI assistants to accelerate day-to-day admin work, such as impact analysis and investigating issues.
• Stay up-to-date with Salesforce configurations, system capabilities, and release updates, assessing their impact on business operations.
• Support onboarding activities for new and existing employees, ensuring proper Salesforce training and adoption.
• Evaluate and drive the adoption of new technologies, processes, and procedures that enhance Salesforce efficiency.
• Document system configurations, processes, and procedures for future reference and training purposes.
• Assist with special assignments and strategic initiatives as needed.

A successful candidate will have:

• 4+ years of Salesforce experience, including configuration and support of Sales Cloud and Salesforce Experience Cloud.
• Strong understanding of Salesforce administration, including user management, security settings, and data management.
• Hands-on experience with Salesforce Flow.
• Expertise in Salesforce reports and dashboards for data-driven decision-making.
• Hands-on experience using AI assistants in technical work.
• Experience training and onboarding new Salesforce users.
• Strong ability to collaborate with stakeholders to implement new features via configuration, development, or technology evaluations.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to document processes clearly and collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Excellent problem-solving skills with the ability to diagnose and resolve technical issues.
• Self-motivated team player with excellent organizational skills.
• Understanding of Agile principles and practices, with a strong desire to work in a fully Agile team.

Nice to Have:

• Salesforce Administrator Certification
• Advanced Administrator Certification
• Platform App Builder
• SAFe Agilist Certification
• Experience with Salesforce development tools and techniques
• Exposure to version-controlled deployment
• Experience with applications and tools that integrate with or interact with Salesforce, such as Marketo, Tableau, Intercom, and PandaDoc

Where you’ll be working:

This role requires you to be located in the United States. We proudly support a collaborative remote environment for our globally distributed teammates. Compensation will depend on your location and experience level. Our hourly range for an independent contractor (1099) is $50 - $58 per hour. We are not seeking agency support to welcome this contractor.

We Welcome All:

Scaled Agile Inc (SAI) is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a diverse and inclusive work environment. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or any other classification protected by law.

AI Use:

At SAI we use technology, including artificial intelligence (AI), to support our recruiters in streamlining our hiring process. You can rest easy knowing that an actual human reviews your qualifications, compares it to the needs of each open role, and makes recommendations regarding your candidacy. Throughout the process decisions are made my people, not AI.

Work Differently. Build the Future.

Scaled Agile, Inc., (SAI) is a global training and enablement platform equipping enterprises with the capabilities needed to compete in an era defined by rapid change, digital complexity, and AI-driven work. Through SAFe®, the world’s most trusted system for enterprise agility, and a growing portfolio of enterprise AI education and enablement programs, we help organizations make better decisions, accelerate value delivery, and build adaptable, high-performing teams.

Originally posted on Himalayas