Senior DevOps Architect — Enterprise Salesforce Platform

Salesforce, Inc.; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 149,000 - 314,000; Full time

Job summary

Salesforce, Inc. is seeking a DevOps-focused Technical Architect to guide large Defense & National Security engagements. You will advise on enterprise DevOps, design CI/CD pipelines, and ensure compliant, secure release processes while mentoring teams and aligning with Salesforce best practices.

This role emphasizes presales and delivery leadership, stakeholder management, and strong communication to drive architectural excellence across projects in the DC metro area.

Qualifications

• 8+ years enterprise architecture or consulting experience on the Salesforce Platform.
• Ability to define deployment orchestration plans and tactics.
• Experience setting up version control repositories and branch structures.
• Strong CI/CD maturity assessment and optimization recommendations.

Responsibilities

• Advise, design, and manage enterprise DevOps deployments and release governance.
• Lead presales and implementation engagements for large complex customers.
• Drive DevSecOps practices with automated checks and compliance validations.
• Mentor Salesforce teams and Federal clients; collaborate with Delivery Managers.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

Communication skills

Presentation skills

Problem solving

Presales guidance

Risk management

Team leadership

Leadership and mentorship

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Git

SFDX

Metadata API

Unlocked Packaging

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Salesforce, Inc. is seeking a DevOps-focused Technical Architect to guide large Defense & National Security engagements. You will advise on enterprise DevOps, design CI/CD pipelines, and ensure compliant, secure release processes while mentoring teams and aligning with Salesforce best practices.

This role emphasizes presales and delivery leadership, stakeholder management, and strong communication to drive architectural excellence across projects in the DC metro area.