Salesforce Technical Architect - DevOps(13+yrs)

This is a remote position.

Job Title

Salesforce Technical Architect – DevOps

Experience

10–15+ Years

Employment Type

Contract Role Remote

Job Summary

We are looking for a highly experienced Salesforce Technical Architect with strong expertise in Salesforce DevOps to lead enterprise-scale Salesforce delivery and release management. The ideal candidate must have deep hands-on experience designing scalable Salesforce architecture, implementing CI/CD pipelines, managing multi-org environments, and driving DevOps best practices using tools such as Copado, Gearset, AutoRABIT, Azure DevOps, Git, GitHub/GitLab, and Jenkins.

The architect will collaborate with business stakeholders, solution architects, developers, QA, and release teams to ensure secure, automated, and high-quality Salesforce deployments.

Mandatory Skills

• Salesforce Technical Architecture
  

• Salesforce DevOps (Mandatory)
  

• CI/CD Pipeline Implementation
  

• Copado / Gearset / AutoRABIT (at least one mandatory)
  

• Azure DevOps or Jenkins
  

• Git, GitHub/GitLab, Bitbucket
  

• Salesforce DX (SFDX)
  

• Apex, LWC, Visualforce
  

• Experience Cloud
  

• Integration Architecture (REST/SOAP, Platform Events)
  

• Release & Environment Management
  

• Agile / Scrum methodology
  

Key Responsibilities

Salesforce Architecture

• Design scalable and secure Salesforce architecture across multiple orgs.
  

• Define technical standards, governance, and coding best practices.
  

• Review solution designs and provide architectural guidance.
  

• Ensure platform scalability, performance, and maintainability.
  

DevOps & CI/CD (Primary Responsibility)

• Design and implement end-to-end Salesforce CI/CD pipelines.
  

• Automate deployments across Development, QA, UAT, and Production environments.
  

• Manage branching strategies using Git (GitFlow/Trunk-based).
  

• Configure deployment validation, automated testing, and rollback strategies.
  

• Implement version control and release governance.
  

• Build reusable deployment templates and automation scripts.
  

• Ensure zero-downtime deployment practices wherever applicable.
  

Environment & Release Management

• Manage multiple Salesforce sandboxes and production environments.
  

• Coordinate release planning and deployment schedules.
  

• Resolve deployment conflicts and metadata dependencies.
  

• Perform impact analysis for releases and hotfixes.
  

Technical Leadership

• Mentor Salesforce developers and DevOps engineers.
  

• Conduct code reviews and architecture reviews.
  

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams for enterprise integrations.
  

• Drive DevSecOps and quality engineering practices.
  

Required Technical Skills

Mandatory Qualifications

• 14+ years of overall IT experience.
  

• 6+ years in Salesforce Architecture.
  

• 4+ years of Salesforce DevOps implementation experience.
  

• Hands-on experience with Copado, Gearset, or AutoRABIT.
  

• Strong experience with Azure DevOps/Jenkins and Git.
  

• Expertise in Salesforce DX and metadata deployment.
  

• Excellent stakeholder communication and leadership skills.
  

Preferred Certifications

• Salesforce Certified Application Architect
  

• Salesforce Certified System Architect
  

• Salesforce Certified Development Lifecycle & Deployment Architect (Preferred)
  

• Salesforce Platform Developer I & II
  

• Copado Fundamentals / Copado DevOps Certification (Preferred)
  

Nice to Have

• Experience with Health Cloud, Financial Services Cloud, or CPQ.
  

• Kubernetes/Docker exposure for enterprise DevOps.
  

• SonarQube, PMD, or static code analysis implementation.
  

• Infrastructure as Code concepts.
  

Roles & Responsibilities Snapshot

• Architect enterprise Salesforce solutions.
  

• Lead Salesforce DevOps strategy and governance.
  

• Implement automated CI/CD pipelines.
  

• Manage Git branching and release lifecycle.
  

• Drive deployment automation and environment management.
  

• Mentor development teams and enforce best practices.
  

• Ensure secure, scalable, and high-quality Salesforce release