Salesforce Administrator; Security & DevOps

Halvik Corp delivers a wide range of services to 13 executive agencies and 15 independent agencies. Halvik is a highly successful WOB business with more than 50 prime contracts and 500+ professionals delivering Digital Services, Advanced Analytics, Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning, Cyber Security and Cutting-Edge Technology across the US Government. Be a part of something special.

Halvik is seeking an experienced Salesforce Administrator with a strong Dev Ops and security focus to join Team 4 (Integration, Data, Dev Ops & Support) in support of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) Grants Portal (NGP). The NGP is a Salesforce-based platform administering $48.2 billion in federal broadband grants under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), including BEAD ($42.45B), Digital Equity, Middle Mile, and Tribal Broadband Connectivity programs.

This role is the platform's Salesforce Dev Ops and security authority. The administrator will own the CI/CD pipeline for Salesforce deployments using Salesforce DX and Git Hub Actions, manage sandbox and environment strategy, enforce security configurations aligned with FedRAMP and NTIA/DOC ATO requirements, and serve as the primary administrator for Own Backup data protection. The role bridges platform administration and Dev Ops engineering, ensuring reliable, secure, and auditable releases across all five development teams.

• Salesforce Dev Ops & CI/CD: Own and maintain the end-to-end Salesforce CI/CD pipeline using Salesforce DX (SFDX), Git Hub Actions, and source-driven deployment workflows. Manage branching strategies, merge conflict resolution, and automated deployment scripts across sandbox tiers (Dev, QA, UAT, Staging, Production).
• Environment & Sandbox Management: Administer and maintain Salesforce sandbox environments including full, partial, and developer sandboxes. Coordinate sandbox refresh schedules, seed data management, and environment parity across all five delivery teams.
• Security Configuration & Compliance: Implement and maintain Salesforce security configurations including profiles, permission sets, permission set groups, sharing rules, field-level security, session settings, MFA enforcement, and enhanced domain configurations. Ensure compliance with FedRAMP, NTIA/DOC security policies, and ATO requirements.
• Platform Release Management: Manage Salesforce’s three annual platform releases (Spring, Summer, Winter). Review release notes for impacts, test customizations in preview sandboxes, identify deprecated APIs and governor limit changes, communicate maintenance windows, and validate post-upgrade functionality.
• Security Monitoring & ATO Support: Monitor  and Salesforce security bulletins. Support ATO package maintenance, coordinate security assessments and audits, and maintain security documentation. Implement security configuration changes (enhanced domains, session settings, API retirement) with sandbox testing before production deployment.
• Own Backup Administration: Serve as primary administrator for the Own Backup data protection suite. Configure backup policies, manage retention schedules, execute data restore operations when required, and maintain backup compliance documentation.
• Deployment Governance: Establish and enforce deployment governance standards including code review gates, minimum test coverage thresholds (85%+), deployment approval workflows, and rollback procedures. Maintain deployment logs and change management records for audit purposes.
• Technical Debt & Health Monitoring: Proactively identify and remediate technical debt including deprecated API usage, governor limit risks, unused custom fields/objects, and permission set sprawl. Monitor Salesforce Optimizer and Health Check scores, driving continuous improvement.
• Agile Participation: Participate in sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives within the SAFe Scrum of Scrums framework. Contribute an estimated 15 story points per sprint (240 annually).

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, or related field.
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