Salesforce DevOps Engineer
Posted Today by McGregor Boyall
Negotiable
Undetermined
Onsite
London, UK
Summary: The Salesforce Copado DevOps Engineer role involves leading the DevOps strategy for Salesforce releases, focusing on automation and CI/CD pipeline management. The position requires hands-on experience with Salesforce DevOps tools, particularly Copado, and emphasizes improving release quality and deployment efficiency. This is a contract position based in London, requiring on-site work five days a week. The role is integral to shaping the DevOps strategy and ensuring alignment with software development lifecycle controls.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead Salesforce DevOps strategy using Copado (or similar tools)
- Design and manage CI/CD pipelines integrated with Git-based version control (eg GitHub)
- Oversee environment management, including sandbox strategy, data seeding, and deployment sequencing
- Implement automation for deployments, testing, and validation using Copado and SFDX
- Enforce code quality, governance, and security standards within the release process
- Troubleshoot deployment issues and ensure smooth, stable releases
- Promote best practices in version control, release management, and rollback strategies
- Mentor teams and build reusable DevOps playbooks
Key Skills:
- Strong hands-on experience in Salesforce DevOps, ideally using Copado or similar CI/CD tools
- Proven ability to build and manage CI/CD pipelines, preferably in regulated environments
- Solid knowledge of Git-based version control (eg GitHub), including branching and merge management
- Experience with Salesforce metadata, environment management, and multi-org deployments
- Familiarity with SFDX, automation tools, and integrating testing into CI/CD pipelines
- Understanding of Apex testing, code coverage, and deployment validation
- Knowledge of code quality, security checks, and release governance
- Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to troubleshoot deployment issues
- Experience working in Agile teams with good communication and stakeholder collaboration
- A proactive mindset focused on automation, continuous improvement, and best practices
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: London
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: on-site
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Detailed Description From Employer:
Salesforce Copado DevOps Engineer
Contract: 3 months (extension likely)
Location: London (Onsite 5 days, non-negotiable)
We're looking for a Salesforce Copado DevOps Engineer to join a high-performing team delivering scalable, secure, and automated Salesforce releases across Sales Cloud and Service Cloud.
In this role, you'll take ownership of the end-to-end DevOps life cycle, designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines, improving release quality, and driving automation across multiple Salesforce environments. You'll play a key role in shaping DevOps strategy, ensuring alignment with SDLC controls, and enabling faster, more reliable deployments
Key responsibilities:
- Lead Salesforce DevOps strategy using Copado (or similar tools)
- Design and manage CI/CD pipelines integrated with Git-based version control (eg GitHub)
- Oversee environment management, including sandbox strategy, data seeding, and deployment sequencing
- Implement automation for deployments, testing, and validation using Copado and SFDX
- Enforce code quality, governance, and security standards within the release process
- Troubleshoot deployment issues and ensure smooth, stable releases
- Promote best practices in version control, release management, and rollback strategies
- Mentor teams and build reusable DevOps playbooks
What we're looking for:
- Strong hands-on experience in Salesforce DevOps, ideally using Copado or similar CI/CD tools
- Proven ability to build and manage CI/CD pipelines, preferably in regulated environments
- Solid knowledge of Git-based version control (eg GitHub), including branching and merge management
- Experience with Salesforce metadata, environment management, and multi-org deployments
- Familiarity with SFDX, automation tools, and integrating testing into CI/CD pipelines
- Understanding of Apex testing, code coverage, and deployment validation
- Knowledge of code quality, security checks, and release governance
- Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to troubleshoot deployment issues
- Experience working in Agile teams with good communication and stakeholder collaboration
- A proactive mindset focused on automation, continuous improvement, and best practices
Please apply today to be considered
McGregor Boyall is an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on any grounds.
