Application Specialist III – Salesforce

Republic Services

Application Specialist III providing expert support for enterprise applications while diagnosing and solving complex issues. Mentoring other specialists and facilitating continuous improvement initiatives.

Posted 6/10/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $75,100 - $103,300 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

ITSMSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Investigates, diagnoses, and solves complex application-related issues and fulfill service requests for standard and ad-hoc offerings.
Schedules work to meet priorities and minimize business disruption.
Maintains security and functionality through the application of temporary fixes and workarounds.
Updates knowledge base to facilitate future resolution of common errors.
Keeps relevant stakeholders apprised of any new issues in a clear and timely manner.
Processes after-hours data changes on production systems.
Creates user stories and defects to be reviewed/accepted by product teams.
Trains onboarding team members to properly handle all their day-to-day responsibilities.
Serves as a mentor and resource to application specialists with lesser experience.
Actively participates in the department’s continual improvement initiatives.
Performs other job-related duties as assigned or apparent.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Minimum of 5 years of experience with ITSM processes and toolsets.
Minimum of 5 years of experience with knowledge management methodologies and toolsets.
Advanced level IT certification in a specialty area (Technical, Process, etc.).
Foundation level certification in IT Service Management.
Comprehension of ITSM frameworks in relation to service delivery.
Understanding of agile project management processes.
Minimum of 5 years of experience supporting enterprise level applications in a virtual support environment.
Minimum of 5 years of experience writing SQL queries to retrieve and manipulate data.
Minimum of 2 years of experience with problem identification techniques.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Comprehensive medical benefits coverage, dental plans and vision coverage.
Health care and dependent care spending accounts.
Short- and long-term disability.
Life insurance and accidental death & dismemberment insurance.
Employee and Family Assistance Program (EAP).
Employee discount programs.
Retirement plan with a generous company match.
Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP).
Paid Time Off (PTO)

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Hard Skills & Tools

SQLITSM processesknowledge management methodologiesagile project managementapplication supportdata manipulationproblem identification techniques

Soft Skills

communicationmentoringtrainingprioritizationstakeholder managementproblem-solving

Certifications

advanced level IT certificationfoundation level IT Service Management certification