Salesforce/AWS DevOps Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

Salesforce/AWS DevOps Engineer
Location: 3 days/week onsite in Trenton, NJ Hybrid
Duration: 6+ months contract
Interview Type: Inperson

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 like Jenkins or GitHub Actions.

• Salesforce Deployment Lifecycle and Deployment Architect or Administrator certifications.

Flexible work from home options available.