Senior Salesforce DevOps Engineer

Minnesota IT Services; Saint Paul (MN); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Minnesota IT Services (MNIT) seeks a Salesforce DevOps Engineer to own the architecture, design, implementation, and maintenance of the Salesforce DevOps environment for MNIT DHS and MNsure. You will optimize the development, testing, and deployment processes to ensure secure, reliable delivery of Salesforce applications that align with agency goals.

Role requires deep GitHub Actions/CI/CD knowledge, scripting skills (Python, Bash, PowerShell, Java, Apex), and the ability to lead troubleshooting

Qualifications

• Minimum five years of hands-on IT CI/CD experience.
• Experience with GitHub DevOps and deployment processes.
• Experience managing environments across the development lifecycle.
• Experience with git-based version control and CI/CD technologies.
• Experience developing automation using Python, Bash, PowerShell, Java, Apex.
• Strong communication and stakeholder collaboration skills.
• Customer-focused approach with problem-solving.

Responsibilities

• Architect, design, implement, and maintain the Salesforce DevOps environment for MNIT DHS and MNsure.
• Ensure efficient, secure, and reliable delivery of Salesforce applications.
• Establish standardized DevOps practices across development, testing, and deployment processes.
• Provide leadership and troubleshooting support and communicate decisions to stakeholders.

Skills

Communication

Technical leadership

CI/CD

Scripting

Python

Bash

PowerShell

Java

Apex

Customer focus

Tools

GitHub DevOps

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Join the 2,800+ professionals of Minnesota IT Services (MNIT) who connect Minnesotans to services that will improve their lives. This position serves our partners at Minnesota’s largest state agency, the Department of Human Services (DHS). The MNIT DHS team supports complex and varied technical needs, including systems that provide health care coverage, deliver child protection and welfare services, and provide support for Minnesotans with special needs including mental illness, chemical dependencies, and physical or developmental disabilities.

Job Summary

Salesforce is a complex, cloud-based platform requiring specialized expertise to optimize its utilization as an application development environment. The production of efficient, stable, and secure Salesforce applications demands a deep understanding of both declarative and programmatic development, as well as robust DevOps practices. As the Salesforce DevOps Engineer you are responsible for the architecture, design, implementation, and ongoing maintenance of the Salesforce DevOps environment within the MNIT DHS and MNsure enterprise. This position is pivotal in ensuring the efficient, secure, and reliable delivery of Salesforce applications that align with agency strategic objectives. By establishing and maintaining standardized DevOps practices, this position will contribute to the optimization of development, testing, and deployment processes. This position requires a deep understanding of GitHub CI/CD capabilities, DevOps methodologies, and industry best practices to effectively support the agency's mission.

This position requires an employee to work onsite at 540 Cedar St. Saint Paul, Minnesota at least 50% [or more or less if space limitations remain] of the time, with limited telework available. Telework eligibility depends on residence:

• Candidates living in Minnesota or within 50 miles of the worksite in a bordering state (Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin) may telework up to 50%.
• Minnesota residents living more than 50 miles from the worksite may be eligible to telework more than 50%.
• Candidates living 50 miles or more from the worksite in a bordering state may work onsite 100% or may be telework eligible if relocating within 50 miles.

Qualifications

Position requires a minimum of five (5) years of hands‑on IT CI/CD experience supporting the development, configuration, deployment, administration, integration, or ongoing maintenance of enterprise applications in development, testing, and production environments.

Experience must include:

• Experience with GitHub DevOps and application deployment processes, including designing, implementing, maintaining, or troubleshooting CI/CD pipelines used to validate, test, and deploy application changes.
• Experience managing environments throughout the application development lifecycle, including sandboxes, development, test, and production environments; environment provisioning and configuration; sandbox refreshes; access and permissions; deployment coordination; environment governance; and resolution of environment‑related issues.
• Experience using git-based version control and CI/CD technologies in a development environment, including source control, branching strategies, pull‑request workflows, code or metadata integration, automated validation, and deployment using Azure DevOps, GitHub, GitHub Actions, GitLab, Jenkins, Gearset, Copado, or comparable enterprise DevOps technologies.
• Experience developing or maintaining automation supporting development, administration, or deployment activities using scripting or programming languages such as Python, Bash, PowerShell, Java, Apex, or comparable technologies, including integration of automation into CI/CD processes.
• Experience providing technical leadership and troubleshooting support for application delivery, including diagnosing deployment, pipeline, environment, application, or production issues; coordinating resolution across development, testing, operations, security, and business teams; providing technical guidance; and communicating technical decisions, risks, and implementation activities to affected stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate clearly and effectively in a manner that facilitates mutual understanding.
• Customer‑focused approach grounded in active listening, empathy, and solution‑oriented problem‑solving to deliver positive user experiences.

Education in Information Technology (IT) or an IT related field may substitute for experience as follows: a master’s degree for eighteen (18) months of experience; a bachelor’s degree for one (1) year; and an associate’s degree for six (6) months.

Minnesota IT Services does not participate in the federal E‑Verify program. Minnesota IT Services is unable to sponsor applicants for work visas, including F‑1 STEM OPT extensions, and cannot complete Form I‑9 or any other documentation requiring employer participation in E‑Verify. All applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States at the time of application.