Salesforce Devops Engineer

Gigaclear - Abingdon-On-Thames, England, United Kingdom

Posted 3 days ago

We are transforming a growing Fibre Broadband (FTTP/FTTH) company, developing our fibre-to-the-premises broadband infrastructure to some of the most difficult to reach areas of the UK.

Senior DevOps Engineer - Salesforce

Lead our DevOps practices and infrastructure solutions for our Salesforce product. Collaborate with technical teams to deliver highly automated, secure and scalable platforms that support software delivery at pace.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and deliver platform improvement initiatives to enhance reliability, scalability, and developer experience.
• Promote DevOps best practices across teams, including Salesforce-specific workflows and deployment strategies.
• Evaluate feasibility of platform/process improvements, including Salesforce Comms Cloud and Lightning implementations.
• Design and optimize CI/CD pipelines for diverse platforms, incorporating tools like Jenkins, GitLab CI, and Gearset for Salesforce metadata deployments.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, Ansible, and Helm.
• Automate environment provisioning and application deployment across cloud and on-premise systems.
• Lead Salesforce-specific automation strategies including sandbox seeding, scratch org management, and metadata rollback.
• Integrate security controls into CI/CD pipelines, including Salesforce-specific checks for Apex code, Lightning components, and metadata.
• Conduct technical risk assessments and support audits across platforms.
• Ensure compliance with Salesforce security standards (e.g., permission sets, field-level security, data classification).
• Lead incident response and post-incident reviews to improve platform resilience.
• Define and manage service monitoring, alerting, and error budgets.
• Champion secure change management practices across all environments, including Salesforce deployments.
• Collaborate with software engineering, IT operations, and security teams to deliver robust technical solutions.
• Partner with Salesforce developers, admins, and architects to align DevOps practices with platform capabilities.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance delivery speed and reliability.
• Support execution of the DevOps Transformation Roadmap, including Salesforce DevOps maturity.
• Maintain comprehensive technical documentation, including deployment runbooks and system architecture.
• Document Salesforce deployment processes, Gearset pipelines, and rollback strategies.
• Establish and report on operational and delivery metrics such as deployment frequency, system reliability, and incident response times.
• Mentor DevOps Engineers and lead knowledge-sharing sessions.
• Promote a culture of continuous learning and technical excellence.
• Implement automated testing strategies including Apex unit tests, Lightning component tests, and UI testing with tools like Provar or Selenium.
• Manage data and metadata backup and restore strategies using Gearset.
• Version Control: Git workflows, branching strategies.
• Security: Role-based access, metadata audits.
• Certifications: Salesforce Certified DevOps Engineer, Platform Developer I/II.
• Skilled in monitoring and observability tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK).

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in Salesforce DevOps, including automation of Salesforce deployments, environment management, and CI/CD pipelines.

• Proficiency with IaC tools such as Terraform, Ansible and Helm.

• Strong knowledge of security best practices and Salesforce security configuration.

• Familiarity with monitoring and observability platforms (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK).

• Demonstrated ability to lead technical teams, mentor engineers and drive process improvements.

• Salesforce Certified DevOps Engineer, Platform Developer I/II (or equivalent).

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Information Technology

Industries

Telecommunications

• Extensive experience in Salesforce DevOps, including automation of Salesforce deployments, environment management, and CI/CD pipelines.

• Proficiency with IaC tools such as Terraform, Ansible and Helm.

• Strong knowledge of security best practices and Salesforce security configuration.

• Familiarity with monitoring and observability platforms (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK).

• Demonstrated ability to lead technical teams, mentor engineers and drive process improvements.

• Salesforce Certified DevOps Engineer, Platform Developer I/II (or equivalent).