Salesforce DevOps Lead

Job Title: Salesforce DevOps Lead

Job Type: Full Time
Location: Toronto, ON (Onsite)

Primary Skills: Salesforce DevOps, CI/CD Pipeline Automation, Salesforce DX/Git

Job Description

We are seeking an experienced Salesforce DevOps Lead to lead CI/CD pipeline implementation, release automation, environment management, and DevOps governance for enterprise Salesforce programs. The ideal candidate will combine strong Salesforce platform knowledge with hands-on experience implementing scalable deployment automation, source control, and release management practices.

The candidate will drive DevOps standardization, improve deployment reliability, establish governance processes, and mentor teams to enhance automation and release efficiency across multiple Salesforce delivery teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and manage Salesforce CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation.

• Define Git branching strategies, source control practices, release processes, and environment management strategies.

• Establish DevOps standards and release governance across multiple Salesforce delivery teams.

• Automate build, validation, testing, and deployment processes.

• Manage Salesforce metadata dependencies, merge conflicts, and deployment issues.

• Implement quality gates, static code analysis, automated testing, and release controls.

• Drive adoption of Salesforce DX, Salesforce CLI, and source-driven development practices.

• Lead production release planning, deployment readiness assessments, rollback strategies, and post-deployment validation.

• Collaborate with developers, architects, QA teams, and business stakeholders to ensure successful releases.

• Troubleshoot CI/CD pipeline failures and resolve deployment and environment-related issues.

• Mentor team members and continuously improve DevOps maturity, automation, and release reliability.

Required Skills and Qualifications

• Strong experience in Salesforce engineering, DevOps, or release management.

• Expertise in Salesforce DX, Salesforce CLI, Git, Metadata API, Apex, and Lightning Web Components (LWC).

• Strong understanding of Salesforce security and configuration.

• Hands-on experience with Salesforce DevOps tools such as Copado, Gearset, AutoRABIT, or Flosum.

• Experience with Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or GitLab CI/CD.

• Strong knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, branching strategies, sandbox and environment management, and automated testing.

• Experience with release governance and large-scale, multi-team Salesforce programs.

• Strong troubleshooting, stakeholder management, communication, and technical leadership skills.

Job Details

• Job Type: Full Time

• Location: Toronto, ON

• Work Model: Onsite