ICF Next

Salesforce Administrator

ICF Next • $81K — $167K *
Education, Government & Non-Profit
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 3+ years of experience administering large, production Salesforce environments.
  • 1+ year of hands-on experience configuring Salesforce platform capabilities.
  • Bachelor's degree in information technology, computer science, business, or related field.
  • Ability to obtain and maintain a federal Public Trust.
  • U.S. citizenship required, with authorization to work in the U.S.

Responsibilities

  • Configure and maintain Salesforce applications in a secure environment.
  • Manage user roles and access configurations.
  • Support administration across multiple Salesforce environments.
  • Create and validate Salesforce sandboxes in coordination with teams.
  • Configure Salesforce using low-code/no-code capabilities.
  • Support release management processes and deployment activities.
  • Troubleshoot production support issues and incidents.

Benefits

  • Remote work authorized, flexible hours are possible within the U.S. Eastern time zone.
  • Collaborate with diverse teams including developers, analysts, and federal clients.
  • Opportunity to influence the implementation of a major grants management platform.
  • Gain experience within the federal public sector, working with government stakeholders.
Full Job Description

Please note: This role is contingent upon a contract award. While it is not an immediate opening, we are actively conducting interviews and extending offers in anticipation of the award.


The Work: ICF seeks an experienced Salesforce Administrator to support the phased implementation and operation of an enterprise grants management platform built on Salesforce Agentforce Public Sector. The Salesforce Administrator will configure and maintain users, roles, permissions, objects, fields, workflows, Flows, reports, dashboards, and other platform capabilities. This role will support environment management, data quality, deployments, release activities, system monitoring, user support, and production issue resolution. Working across architects, developers, business analysts, testers, security specialists, and government stakeholders, the Administrator will help maintain a secure, accessible, reliable, and well-documented platform that supports evolving grants management requirements.


Job Location: Remote work is authorized. Must support US Eastern time zone working hours.


*If you accept this position, you should note that ICF does monitor employee work locations blocks access from foreign locations/foreign IP addresses and prohibits personal VPN connections.


What You Will Do:

  • Configure, maintain, and support Salesforce applications and platform capabilities in a secure federal Salesforce cloud environment.
  • Manage users, roles, permission sets, profiles, groups, queues, sharing rules, connected apps, service accounts, and other access/security configurations.
  • Support Salesforce administration activities across multiple environments, including Integration, Stage, Production, sandboxes, and other approved development/testing environments.
  • Create, refresh, validate, and decommission Salesforce sandboxes in coordination with application teams, release teams, and business owners.
  • Configure Salesforce using native low-code/no-code capabilities, including flows, page layouts, Lightning record pages, custom objects, fields, validation rules, reports, dashboards, email templates, and user experience enhancements.
  • Support Experience Cloud, Public Sector Solutions, Service Cloud, or other Salesforce capabilities as required by the customer environment.
  • Coordinate, schedule, validate, and execute Salesforce releases, including major releases, minor releases, hotfixes, and production changes.
  • Support release management processes, including release calendar management, deployment planning, release readiness reviews, change request preparation, rollback planning, and post-deployment validation.
  • Work with development teams to package, validate, and deploy configuration, metadata, code, and data-related changes using approved DevSecOps processes.
  • Support CI/CD pipeline activities using tools such as Salesforce CLI, Salesforce DX, Git, GitLab, GitHub, Jenkins, Copado, Gearset, or similar release automation tools.
  • Create and maintain Git repositories, branches, deployment artifacts, release notes, and environment/version control documentation.
  • Support technical design document reviews by identifying release dependencies, environment impacts, deployment risks, security impacts, regression considerations, and operational readiness needs.
  • Troubleshoot release, deployment, environment, access, configuration, integration, and production support issues.
  • Support incident response and hotfix activities by validating configuration issues, access problems, deployment defects, and platform-level concerns.
  • Support data import, export, cleanup, validation, and migration activities using Data Loader, Data Import Wizard, reports, SOQL, or approved customer tools.
  • Support occasional off-hours releases, production deployments, outages, hotfixes, or urgent operational needs.

Basic Qualifications:

  • 3+ years of experience administering large, production Salesforce environments.
  • At least 1 year of hands-on experience configuring users, roles, permission sets, sharing rules, objects, fields, validation rules, Flows, reports, dashboards, and other declarative platform capabilities.
  • Bachelors degree in information technology, computer science, business, or a related field.
  • Ability to obtain and maintain a federal Public Trust.
  • U.S. citizenship is required.
  • Must reside in and be authorized to work in the United States. All work must be performed within the United States.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Active Salesforce Administrator certification (highly preferred).
  • Experience with Salesforce Agentforce Public Sector, Experience Cloud, Service Cloud, Government Cloud, Salesforce Shield, or large multi-org environments.
  • Experience supporting environment management, release planning, source control, deployment automation, and CI/CD using Git, Salesforce DX, or comparable tools.
  • Experience with data imports, exports, cleansing, validation, duplicate management, and production support.
  • Experience supporting a federal grants management implementation or another complex government platform.
  • Experience administering OmniStudio components, including FlexCards, OmniScripts, Data Mappers, and Integration Procedures.
  • Experience with SSO, MFA, identity management, external users, email relay, certificates, connected apps, and AppExchange package management.
  • Experience supporting high-volume release environments, including scheduled releases, hotfixes, production changes, approvals, quality gates, and rollback planning.
  • Experience with Salesforce data tools, SOQL, data migration, deduplication, reconciliation, APIs, service accounts, Platform Events, or middleware integrations.
  • Familiarity with federal cybersecurity requirements, ATO support, security controls, vulnerability remediation, audit evidence, privacy, and records management.
  • Experience creating configuration guides, release playbooks, operational runbooks, user documentation, and training materials.
  • Experience supporting production incidents, root-cause analysis, hotfix validation, and post-release issue resolution.
  • Additional Salesforce certifications, such as Advanced Administrator, Platform App Builder, Identity and Access Management Architect, Sharing and Visibility Architect, or Platform Developer I.

Professional Skills:

  • Highly effective analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
  • Demonstrated critical thinking, attention to detail, and the ability to produce polished and well-organized written deliverables.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to interface effectively with team members and federal clients.
  • Organized, detail-oriented and able to prioritize and multitask.

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Bot and Third-Party Applications

Please note that this application must be submitted directly by the applicant for consideration.Failure to do so may result in the application being excluded for consideration.Applicants needing an accommodation for disability or religious purposes in connection with the application process should contactfor assistance.


Pay Range - There are multiple factors that are considered in determining final pay for a position, including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications and competencies that align to the specified role, geographic location, education and certifications as well as contract provisions regarding labor categories that are specific to the position.

The pay range for this position based on full-time employment is:

$81,499.00 - $167,644.00

About ICF Next

ICF Next is a global marketing and communications agency that provides a wide range of services to clients in various industries, including healthcare, energy, and transportation. The company was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia. ICF Next offers a comprehensive suite of services, including branding, digital marketing, public relations, and social media management. The company has a strong reputation for delivering innovative and effective solutions that help its clients achieve their business objectives. ICF Next is committed to sustainability and social responsibility, and it has received numerous awards for its work in these areas.
Learn more about ICF Next
Size
8,000 employees
Market Cap
$1.8 billion
Industry
Net Income
$54.9 million
Founded
1969
5 Year Trend
+5.6%
Revenue
$1.5 billion
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