Title: Senior Salesforce DevOps EngineerLocation: Trenton, NJ (Hybrid)Duration: 10+ monthsNotes:Work Location: Hybrid (3 days onsite / 2 days remote — no exceptions)
Candidate Expectations- Must have excellent communication and problem-solving skills.
- We are only looking for candidates who exceed the required skills.
Role Overview
As a
Senior Salesforce DevOps Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in managing, optimizing, and securing release processes across the Salesforce ecosystem. You will focus on the continuous improvement of established Copado-driven automated release workflows across Salesforce teams while supporting integration points with cloud infrastructure.
Your expertise in
Copado, Salesforce metadata management, and CI/CD pipelines will drive efficient deployments and support robust release workflows. You will collaborate with development, QA, and operations teams to establish a reliable, scalable, and secure environment with an emphasis on automation, monitoring, and continuous improvement.
Key Responsibilities- Manage and optimize established Copado-driven automated release workflows and CI/CD pipelines across Salesforce teams to ensure efficient, timely deployments.
- Understand Salesforce metadata and manage complex merge conflicts using Git and Salesforce deployment tools.
- Implement quality gates for security, test coverage, and static code analysis best practices.
- Implement change governance and communication for shared production infrastructure with multiple independent internal teams and vendors.
- Develop and enforce version control and branching strategies using Git and Copado to maintain consistency across all environment phases.
- Collaborate with development and QA teams to integrate automated testing into Copado release pipelines, ensuring high code quality.
- Monitor release performance and system health using Salesforce tools, proactively identifying and resolving operational bottlenecks.
- Maintain documentation for release processes, environment configurations, and deployment pipelines to ensure transparency and knowledge sharing.
- Stay updated on industry trends and DevOps best practices across SaaS ecosystems to continuously improve release efficiency.
Required Skills & Qualifications- Proficiency in Copado and automated Salesforce release management.
- Hands-on experience with Salesforce metadata management, Git version control, and branching strategies.
- Experience establishing automated quality gates, security checks, and code coverage requirements.
- Strong scripting capabilities (Python, Bash, or Salesforce CLI) to automate operational workflows.
Desired Skills & Qualifications- Working knowledge of AWS DevOps tools and cloud infrastructure management.
- Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform.
- Experience with secondary CI/CD pipeline automation tools such as Jenkins or GitHub Actions.
- Salesforce Deployment Lifecycle and Deployment Architect or Administrator certifications.
Required skills:- Enterprise Salesforce DevOps & Release Management
- Salesforce Metadata & Change Management using SFDX, Copado, and Git
- Copado & Automated Salesforce Release Management
- Agile/Scrum Framework Methodology
- AWS DevOps Tools, Services & Cloud Architecture
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC) utilizing Terraform
- Containerization (Docker, ECS/EKS)