Engineer I, IT - Salesforce DevOps

Polluxa, Inc.; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Polluxa, Inc. in McLean, VA seeks an experienced Salesforce DevOps Engineer to lead deployments, automate CI/CD, and enable release governance across onshore and offshore teams.

You will work with GitHub Actions, TeamCity, and Dynatrace-based observability to improve deployment reliability and operational efficiency for Salesforce, Mobile, MuleSoft and Java applications. Ideal candidates have 3+ years in Salesforce DevOps, strong communication skills, and a Salesforce Administrator

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• Salesforce Certified Administrator is required.
• 3+ years in Salesforce DevOps, Release Management, or CI/CD.
• Hands-on with VS Code, Git, Apex Data Loader, code reviews.
• Experience with GitHub, branching strategies, PRs, and GitHub Actions.
• Familiar with TeamCity and deployment automation tools.

Responsibilities

• Execute and manage Salesforce production deployments and environment migrations.
• Support CI/CD pipelines, branching strategies, and release governance.
• Automate manual processes to improve deployment reliability.
• Define and maintain observability and deployment dashboards.
• Maintain CI/CD pipelines with Salesforce DevOps tools and tooling.
• Implement CI/CD workflows using GitHub Actions and TeamCity.
• Coordinate deployment automation for Mobile, MuleSoft and Java apps.
• Ensure change management, audit, and controls compliance.
• Collaborate with onshore and offshore teams across time zones.

Skills

Salesforce DevOps

CI/CD pipelines

Branching strategies

Release governance

GitHub Actions

TeamCity

Apex Data Loader

Open-source automation

Windows/Linux knowledge

Strong communication

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

VS Code

Git

Artifact management tools

Job description

Responsibilities

• Execute and manage Salesforce production deployments and environment migrations.
• Support Salesforce development teams with CI/CD pipelines, branching strategies, and release governance.
• Automate manual and repetitive processes to improve deployment reliability and operational efficiency.
• Define, implement, and maintain observability, monitoring, and deployment dashboards using Dynatrace for Salesforce and integrated platforms.
• Maintain and enhance CI/CD pipelines using Salesforce DevOps tools (AutoRabit preferred) and enterprise tooling.
• Implement CI/CD workflows using GitHub Actions, TeamCity, and related tools.
• Support deployment automation for Mobile, MuleSoft and Java applications.
• Ensure compliance with change management, audit, and operational controls.
• Work closely with onshore and offshore development teams, coordinating release activities, deployment schedules, and CI/CD support across time zones.
• Communicate release status, risks, and improvements clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Escalate release risks, deployment concerns, and automation gaps.
• Provide regular updates on deployment health, observability, and CI/CD maturity.
• Receive priorities and guidance for DevOps and platform initiatives.
• Collaborate with Salesforce developers, platform engineers, and operations teams.
• Enable teams through standardized DevOps tooling, automation, and best practices.
• Promote continuous improvement in release management and operational readiness.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• Salesforce Certified Administrator - Required.
• 3+ years of experience in Salesforce DevOps, Release Management, or CI/CD.
• Strong understanding of Salesforce DevOps practices, Salesforce architecture, Governor Limits, and security scanning.
• Good understanding of Salesforce releases and platform upgrades.
• Hands-on experience using VS Code, Git, Apex Data Loader, and code review processes.
• Strong experience with GitHub, including branching strategies, pull requests, and GitHub Actions.
• Strong understanding of CI/CD pipeline tools such as TeamCity, artifact management tools (e.g., JFrog), and deployment automation.
• Working knowledge of Windows, Linux, and server automation.
• Very strong written and oral communication skills.
• Experience working with or coordinating offshore development teams.
• Experience with Salesforce CI/CD tools (AutoRabit preferred).
• Prior Salesforce development experience (to better enable DevOps and release support).
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS preferred).
• Experience developing automation workflows using open-source tools.
• Experience supporting large-scale enterprise systems (high availability, high transaction volume).