Salesforce DevOps

Job Description: Salesforce DevOps Engineer

Job Title

Salesforce DevOps Engineer Copado & Gearset

Role Overview

We are looking for an experienced Salesforce DevOps Engineer with mandatory hands-on experience in both Copado and Gearset. The candidate will be responsible for Salesforce deployment automation, CI/CD pipeline management, release management, source control, and environment management across multiple Salesforce environments.

The ideal candidate must have practical experience implementing and managing Salesforce DevOps processes using Copado and Gearset, along with Salesforce DX, Git, and CI/CD best practices.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain Salesforce CI/CD pipelines using Copado and Gearset.
• Manage Salesforce deployments across development, testing, UAT, staging, and production environments.
• Configure and maintain Copado pipelines, user stories, promotion processes, and deployment workflows.
• Use Gearset for Salesforce metadata deployments, comparison, validation, conflict resolution, and release management.
• Manage source control and versioning using Git, GitHub, GitLab, or Bitbucket.
• Work with Salesforce DX (SFDX), Salesforce CLI, and Metadata API.
• Automate Salesforce releases and streamline deployment processes across multiple environments.
• Troubleshoot deployment failures, resolve metadata conflicts, and implement rollback strategies.
• Integrate automated testing and code quality checks into Salesforce CI/CD pipelines.
• Collaborate with Salesforce developers, administrators, QA teams, and architects to ensure successful releases.
• Manage Salesforce sandbox environments, refreshes, and deployment dependencies.
• Implement release governance, deployment approvals, and security best practices.
• Maintain release documentation, deployment procedures, and technical documentation.

Mandatory Technical Skills

• Hands-on experience with Salesforce DevOps and release management.
• Mandatory hands-on experience with Copado.
• Mandatory hands-on experience with Gearset.
• Strong knowledge of Salesforce CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation.
• Experience with Salesforce DX (SFDX) and Salesforce CLI.
• Strong understanding of Git-based version control and branching strategies.
• Experience with Salesforce metadata deployment and Metadata API.
• Knowledge of Salesforce sandboxes and multi-environment release management.
• Understanding of Salesforce Apex, Lightning Web Components (LWC), and Salesforce metadata.
• Experience troubleshooting deployment failures and resolving metadata conflicts.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, or Azure DevOps.
• Knowledge of automated Salesforce testing and code quality tools.
• Experience with Salesforce DevOps Center.
• Knowledge of Agile methodologies and software development lifecycle practices.
• Experience managing enterprise Salesforce releases.

Experience Required

• 4–8 years of overall IT experience.
• Relevant experience in Salesforce DevOps, CI/CD, and release management.
• Practical experience working with both Copado and Gearset in Salesforce projects.

Ideal Candidate Profile

Candidates must have hands-on experience with both Copado and Gearset. Experience with only one of these tools is not sufficient.

Candidates with Salesforce development or administration experience alone, without Salesforce DevOps and deployment automation experience, will not be suitable.

Key Skills for Recruitment

Salesforce DevOps, Copado, Gearset, Salesforce CI/CD, Salesforce DX, SFDX, Salesforce CLI, Git, Metadata API, Salesforce Deployment Automation, Release Management.