DevOps/Platform Engineer
Remote for Non Local candidates - prefer - Columbia, MD or Lisle, IL or Minneapolis, MN- hybrid 4x/week.
Contract Duration:
6 Month Contract to Hire
W2
We have confirmed Interview times on the calendar for 10/21 and 10/22 this week.
We're looking for someone who can
bridge traditional DevOps/Platform Engineering and Salesforce DevOps. The ideal candidate should come from a strong hands-on DevOps background with experience across
cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes/Docker, Terraform, CI/CD, automation, and production support, while also having experience supporting
Salesforce deployments through Gearset.
We are not looking for a pure Salesforce Release Manager/Gearset resource. Think of this as a Sr. DevOps/Platform Engineer first, with Gearset/Salesforce deployment knowledge layered on top.
Required skills: - Strong hands-on DevOps / Platform Engineering background
- Experience supporting cloud infrastructure, preferably GCP / Open to AWS or Azure
- Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and Docker/containerized environments
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC) experience, preferably Terraform
- Strong CI/CD pipeline experience with tools such as GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, ArgoCD, or similar
- Experience with automation/scripting, such as Python or Bash
- Experience supporting and troubleshooting production environments, including incident response/root-cause analysis
- Experience with monitoring/observability tooling
- Hands-on Salesforce deployment/release management experience
- Gearset experience, specifically supporting Salesforce deployments, release processes, and/or CI/CD
- Strong understanding of Git/source control and modern DevOps practices
Job Description:
Key Responsibilities- Design, support, and enhance cloud platform infrastructure within a Google Cloud Platform (GCP) environment. Open to experience AWS, Azure
- Build, maintain, and troubleshoot CI/CD pipelines supporting application and infrastructure deployments.
- Support Kubernetes-based containerized workloads and platform services.
- Monitor system health, investigate incidents, and perform root cause analysis for production issues.
- Partner with development teams to improve application reliability, deployment consistency, and operational efficiency.
- Implement infrastructure automation and operational tooling through scripting and engineering best practices.
- Support cloud networking and security configurations, including DNS, routing, VPN connectivity, load balancing, and security policies.
- Manage observability solutions and proactively identify opportunities for improved platform performance and reliability.
- Support Salesforce release management activities utilizing Gearset.
- Participate in deployment troubleshooting and production support initiatives.
- Contribute to platform engineering standards, cloud governance, and operational best practices.
Required QualificationsPlatform Engineering / DevOps- 5+ years of experience in Platform Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), DevOps Engineering, Cloud Engineering, or Infrastructure Engineering.
- Experience supporting highly available production environments.
- Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving capabilities.
Kubernetes & Containerization- Experience administering and supporting Kubernetes environments.
- Hands-on Docker experience.
- Experience troubleshooting containerized workloads in production.
CI/CD & Automation- Experience building and supporting CI/CD pipelines.
- Experience automating operational tasks and deployment workflows.
Monitoring & Observability- Hands-on experience with New Relic (Required).
- Experience performing incident response and root cause analysis.
- Strong understanding of observability and production monitoring practices.
Salesforce DevOps- Hands-on experience with Gearset (Required).
- Experience supporting Salesforce deployment processes.
- Ability to troubleshoot deployment issues and release management activities.