Salesforce DevOps Engineer

Hellokindred; Staines-upon-Thames; Hybrid; GBP 92,000 - 148,000; Part time

Job summary

Hellokindred is seeking a Salesforce DevOps Engineer to enable secure delivery of Salesforce solutions through DevOps practices, automation, and release management. You will design and maintain CI/CD pipelines, manage Salesforce environments, and support deployment across development, testing, and production with governance and reliability in mind.

The role collaborates with Salesforce developers, administrators, architects, testers, and business stakeholders in a hybrid setup (60% in office,

Qualifications

• Proven experience with Salesforce platform delivery, release management and DevOps.
• Strong understanding of Salesforce deployment and configuration management.
• Experience with multiple CI/CD tools and DevOps platforms.
• Git-based version control and branching strategies.
• Experience with Salesforce DX and modern Salesforce development lifecycle.
• Strong analytical and stakeholder management skills.
• Agile delivery experience.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, maintain, and optimise Salesforce CI/CD pipelines to support automated and repeatable deployments.
• Accelerate deployment automation by reducing manual processes and improving delivery efficiency across Salesforce environments.
• Support and coordinate Salesforce release management activities to ensure releases are planned, tested, approved, and deployed successfully.
• Manage the movement of Salesforce metadata, configuration, and code across multiple environments using established DevOps practices.
• Provide ongoing environment support, including provisioning, refreshes, issue resolution, and maintenance activities.
• Collaborate with development, testing, and business teams to align deployment and release activities with project objectives and delivery schedules.
• Maintain and administer version control repositories, branching strategies, and source-driven development processes.
• Monitor and enhance deployment performance to improve reliability, quality, and speed of delivery.
• Support change management and governance processes to ensure deployments comply with organisational standards, security requirements, and audit controls.
• Troubleshoot deployment issues, environment challenges, and release-related incidents to minimise business impact.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation, deployment procedures, and operational standards.
• Promote DevOps best practices and continuous improvement initiatives across Salesforce delivery teams.
• Support the implementation and optimisation of Salesforce DevOps tools and associated platform capabilities.
• Provide deployment metrics, reporting, and insights to support effective decision-making and risk management.

Skills

Salesforce DevOps

Salesforce environments

CI/CD pipelines

Git versioning

Agile delivery

Stakeholder comms

Problem solving

Education

Salesforce certifications (Admin, App Builder, Platform Developer)

Tools

Gearset

Copado

AutoRABIT

Azure DevOps

GitHub

GitLab

Jenkins

Job description

Anticipated Contract End Date/Length: Approximately 3 months

Work Setup: Hybrid (60% in office, 40% remote)

Clearance Required: BPSS eligibility

Our client in the Information Technology and Services industry is looking for a Salesforce DevOps Engineer to enable the efficient, reliable, and secure delivery of Salesforce solutions through the adoption of DevOps principles, automation, and best-practice release management processes. Working closely with Salesforce developers, administrators, architects, testers, and business stakeholders, the successful candidate will support the end-to-end software development lifecycle across the Salesforce platform.

The role will play a key part in accelerating deployment automation, release management, environment support, and Salesforce platform delivery activities. The successful candidate will design and maintain CI/CD pipelines, manage Salesforce environments, improve deployment processes, and ensure changes are delivered consistently and effectively across development, testing, and production environments, with a strong focus on continuous improvement, platform stability, governance, and operational excellence.

What you will do:

• Design, implement, maintain, and optimise Salesforce CI/CD pipelines to support automated and repeatable deployments.
• Accelerate deployment automation by reducing manual processes and improving delivery efficiency across Salesforce environments.
• Support and coordinate Salesforce release management activities to ensure releases are planned, tested, approved, and deployed successfully.
• Manage the movement of Salesforce metadata, configuration, and code across multiple environments using established DevOps practices.
• Provide ongoing environment support, including provisioning, refreshes, issue resolution, and maintenance activities.
• Collaborate with development, testing, and business teams to align deployment and release activities with project objectives and delivery schedules.
• Maintain and administer version control repositories, branching strategies, and source-driven development processes.
• Monitor and enhance deployment performance to improve reliability, quality, and speed of delivery.
• Support change management and governance processes to ensure deployments comply with organisational standards, security requirements, and audit controls.
• Troubleshoot deployment issues, environment challenges, and release-related incidents to minimise business impact.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation, deployment procedures, and operational standards.
• Promote DevOps best practices and continuous improvement initiatives across Salesforce delivery teams.
• Support the implementation and optimisation of Salesforce DevOps tools and associated platform capabilities.
• Provide deployment metrics, reporting, and insights to support effective decision-making and risk management.

Requirements

• Bring proven experience working with Salesforce platform delivery, release management, and DevOps practices.
• Possess strong understanding of Salesforce environments, metadata deployment, and configuration management.
• Bring experience with CI/CD tools and DevOps platforms such as Gearset, Copado, AutoRABIT, Azure DevOps, GitHub, GitLab, Jenkins, or similar technologies.
• Possess strong knowledge of version control systems and branching strategies, particularly Git-based repositories.
• Bring experience supporting complex deployments across multiple Salesforce environments.
• Possess understanding of Salesforce DX and modern Salesforce development lifecycle practices.
• Demonstrate strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to identify and resolve technical issues efficiently.
• Possess excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively across technical and non-technical teams.
• Bring experience working within Agile delivery methodologies and collaborative development environments.
• Demonstrate the ability to prioritise workloads, manage competing deadlines, and maintain attention to detail.
• Possess a strong commitment to quality, governance, security, and continuous improvement.
• Hold Salesforce certifications such as Salesforce Administrator, Platform App Builder, Platform Developer, or Salesforce DevOps-related certifications, desirable.
• Bring experience operating within enterprise-scale Salesforce environments, desirable.
• Possess knowledge of automated testing frameworks and deployment validation processes, desirable.
• Bring familiarity with integration platforms, APIs, and enterprise application landscapes, desirable.
• Possess experience implementing DevOps transformation initiatives and delivery process improvements, desirable.
• Bring understanding of change management, risk management, and IT service management principles, desirable.
• Possess exposure to cloud technologies and broader DevOps toolsets beyond Salesforce, desirable.
• Bring experience mentoring team members and promoting DevOps best practices across delivery teams, desi