Sr. Dev Ops Engnr - Salesforce - Maximus

We are seeking a DevOps Engineer with expertise in designing, building, and maintaining robust CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure that power our development and deployment processes. This individual will play a pivotal role in ensuring seamless integration and delivery of software, fostering a culture of automation, scalability, and efficiency. The ideal candidate will possess a strong background in DevOps principles and pipeline management and have a passion for automation and continuous improvement.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Work with development teams throughout the software life cycle ensuring sustainable software releases.
- Perform hands on management of cloud infrastructure and automation tools.
- Document cloud architecture, security measures, and participate in client audits.
- Mentor and train other members of the dedicated DevOps team on AWS and automation technologies, and collaborate with other cloud support teams that support the overall organization.
- Serve as the primary technical point of contact for all cloud services consumed by the business.
- Lead performance testing, chaos engineering and remediation efforts for continual improvement.

• Design, set up, monitor, and improve DevOps processes for CI/CD, test automation, and monitoring for both our Salesforce platform and legacy application ensuring they are optimized for performance, scalability, and reliability.

• Partner with development, engineering, QA teams, and release managers to ensure seamless integration and delivery processes.

• Evaluate and recommend DevOps tools and technologies to improve efficiency and effectiveness.

• Investigate and resolve issues related to build pipelines, deployment failures, and environment discrepancies.

• Administer source code repositories (e.g., Git, Azure DevOps), ensuring proper version control and access management.

• Collaborate with DevOps team, release management, and development teams to enforce coding standards, branching strategies, and merge processes.

• Monitor and optimize the performance of source code management tools.

• Implement security controls and best practices in pipelines and infrastructure.

• Implement and maintain tools for monitoring, alerting, and reporting on release and source code management activities.

• Collaborate with Salesforce DevOps, QA, and development teams to coordinate branches, metadata changes, and feature deployments.

• Train team members on DevOps tools and processes, promoting a culture of continuous improvement and DevOps maturity.

• Provide technical guidance and support to the development team on DevOps best practices.

• Troubleshoot and resolve deployment issues and environment-related problems.

• Work with developers to accurately resolve conflicts, deployment errors and meet code coverage.

• Work closely with DevOps Release Manager to coordinate deployments across all tiers and environments and when needed manage the release.

• Oversee the DevOps process including backups, data deployments (sandbox seeding), sandbox refreshes, and defining and DevOps KPIs.

• Implement streamlined procedures for successful Salesforce deployments with minimal rework.

• Partner with Release Manager on cross-team coordination of production issues to ensure quick resolution of Salesforce-specific bugs or deployment challenges.

• Stay current with Salesforce best practices, trends, and platform updates to ensure processes remain aligned with platform innovations.

• Flexible with off-hours work as needed for critical deployments

Minimum Requirements

- Bachelor's degree in relevant field of study and 5+ years of relevant professional experience required, or equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Minimum of bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Mathematics, or related field required

• Minimum 7 years of experience as a DevOps Engineer building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines with the most recent hands on experience in Salesforce.

• Strong experience with source code management tools (e.g., Git, Bitbucket) and CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, Bamboo)

• Solid understanding of software development lifecycle (SDLC) and DevOps practices

• Experience with Salesforce deployment tools (e.g., Flosum, Copado, Salesforce DX)

• Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools like Git, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, or Copado.

• Experience with CI/CD pipeline setup and branching strategy (e.g., Git, Jenkins, Bitbucket), code reviews, pull requests, and merge conflict management.

• Proven ability to manage multiple Salesforce release cycles simultaneously.

• Team player that can adapt in a fast pace and changing environment

• Experience with risk management in Salesforce cloud deployments.

• Superior organizational skills to produce technical governance documentation and establish standardized processes.

• Familiarity with containerization and orchestration tools (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes) is a plus

• Solid understanding of software development lifecycle (SDLC) and DevOps practices

• Experience with version control systems (e.g., Git) and branching strategies.

• Ability to think strategically and deliver tactically

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong background in Salesforce deployment processes and tools

• Experience setting up development orgs and data seeding.

• Salesforce certifications such as Administrator, DevOps Fundamentals or demonstrated knowledge of Salesforce architecture

• Proficiency in scripting languages (e.g., Bash, Python) for automation purposes

• Familiarity with containerization and orchestration tools (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes) is a plus

• Previous release management experience

• Experience with Mulesoft, Marketing Cloud, and .Net applications is a plus.

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EEO Statement

Active military service members, their spouses, and veteran candidates often embody the core competencies Maximus deems essential, and bring a resiliency and dependability that greatly enhances our workforce. We recognize your unique skills and experiences, and want to provide you with a career path that allows you to continue making a difference for our country. We're proud of our connections to organizations dedicated to serving veterans and their families. If you are transitioning from military to civilian life, have prior service, are a retired veteran or a member of the National Guard or Reserves, or a spouse of an active military service member, we have challenging and rewarding career opportunities available for you. A committed and diverse workforce is our most important resource. Maximus is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Maximus provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status or disabled status.

Pay Transparency

Maximus compensation is based on various factors including but not limited to job location, a candidate's education, training, experience, expected quality and quantity of work, required travel (if any), external market and internal value analysis including seniority and merit systems, as well as internal pay alignment. Annual salary is just one component of Maximus's total compensation package. Other rewards may include short- and long-term incentives as well as program-specific awards. Additionally, Maximus provides a variety of benefits to employees, including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, a retirement savings plan, paid holidays and paid time off. Compensation ranges may differ based on contract value but will be commensurate with job duties and relevant work experience. An applicant's salary history will not be used in determining compensation. Maximus will comply with regulatory minimum wage rates and exempt salary thresholds in all instances.

Minimum Salary

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96,500.00

Maximum Salary

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170,000.00