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The ideal candidate will bring extensive hands-on expertise in Salesforce Service Cloud, Apex development, Lightning Web Components (LWC), declarative configuration, Copado CI/CD, and Agile development practices.\nThe successful candidate will collaborate with development and DevOps teams to deliver reliable Salesforce enhancements, improve application stability, and maintain effective release management processes.\nThis position requires on-site attendance every Monday and Thursday at the Glen Allen office.\nApplication:\nQualified candidates should demonstrate at least eight years of relevant Salesforce development experience, including Salesforce Service Cloud, Apex classes, Lightning Web Components, and enterprise application support.\nApplicants must have practical experience with Copado, Jira, Salesforce configuration, production defect remediation, and application deployment processes.\nCandidates must confirm their ability to work on-site in Glen Allen, Virginia, every Monday and Thursday and physically reside within the United States throughout the assignment.\nJob Description:\nThe Salesforce Programmer Analyst 4 will support the Virginia Department of Social Services by developing enhancements, troubleshooting production issues, and remediating defects in an existing Salesforce application.\nThis role requires advanced Salesforce development expertise, including Apex classes and triggers, Lightning Web Components, Salesforce Flows, and declarative configuration tools. The analyst will apply a configuration-first approach, prioritizing standard Salesforce capabilities before introducing custom code.\nThe successful candidate will use Copado to support continuous integration, deployment pipelines, source control, and release management across Salesforce environments. 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