Senior Salesforce Developer

Job Description

Job Title: Senior Salesforce Azure DevOps Engineer with HealthCloud experience

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Location: Chicago, IL (Onsite)

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About the Role:

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• We are seeking an experienced Senior Salesforce DevOps Engineer to join a large-scale,

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• enterprise Salesforce delivery organization operating with 10+ POD/Scrum teams.

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• This role is critical to modernizing, stabilizing, and scaling our Salesforce DevOps practices on Azure DevOps.

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• The ideal candidate will bring deep Salesforce CI/CD expertise, strong problem-solving skills, and a passion for engineering excellence.

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• They will be responsible for diagnosing and resolving significant existing challenges in our release pipeline and driving long-term improvements across the DevOps lifecycle.

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Key Responsibilities

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Repository & Org Synchronization

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• Establish and enforce a reliable, automated source of truth between Salesforce orgs and the Azure DevOps Git repository

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• Design and implement processes to ensure the Production org and Master branch are always in sync

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• Eliminate code overwrite and rework caused by org/repo inconsistencies

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• Architect org-from-repo deployment strategies to ensure environments are always created/refreshed from version-controlled source

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• Pipeline Optimization & Performance

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• Redesign and optimize CI/CD pipelines to significantly reduce overall execution time (current baseline: 20–30 minutes for single-component deployments)

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• Implement shallow clones, artifact caching, and incremental checkout strategies to address large repository sizes (~4.5GB)

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• Introduce dedicated build agents/runners to eliminate shared-agent contention

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• Optimize dependency installation, SonarQube, and SNYK scan execution within pipelines

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• Implement Git delta deployment strategies (branch-to-branch comparison) for efficient, component-level deployments

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• Reduce Apex test class execution time (current baseline: ~6 hours) through parallel test execution, test selection optimization, and test impact analysis strategies

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• Release Management & Multi-Train Support

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• Design and manage DevOps processes supporting multiple release trains: Major Release (6- week), Short Sprint (2-week), Anytime/Micro, Hotfix, and Hypercare (1-week post-MR)

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• Architect environment strategies to isolate different release streams — eliminating the risk of shared UAT environment conflicts across concurrent release tracks

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• Establish clear environment promotion paths and minimize back-sync conflicts when syncing changes from Production

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• Support increasing release frequency and volume with scalable, repeatable pipeline automation

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Training & Knowledge Enablement

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• Bridge knowledge gaps across development teams in CI/CD tooling, conflict resolution, and DevOps best practices

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• Develop and deliver training sessions, workshops, and documentation for Salesforce developers across POD teams

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• Build a DevOps community of practice to share knowledge and standardize practices across the 10+ scrum teams

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Required Qualifications

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• 12+ years of experience in Salesforce DevOps engineering, platform engineering, or release engineering

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• Deep hands-on expertise with Azure DevOps (Pipelines, Repos, Boards, Artifacts)

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• Strong experience with Salesforce DX (SFDX), Salesforce CLI, and metadata API-based deployments

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• Proficiency in Git version control, branching strategies (GitFlow, trunk-based), and merge conflict resolution

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• Experience with delta deployment tools (e.g., SFDX Git Delta, Copado, Gearset, or equivalent)

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• Experience in establishing, building and maintaining DevOps process & Governance in a large enterprise Salesforce org (1000+ end users) delivery with 5+ POD/Scrum teams

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• Hands-on experience with SonarQube and SNYK (or equivalent SAST/SCA tools) integration in CI/CD pipelines

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• Experience managing Salesforce sandbox environments, refreshes, and org strategy design

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• Strong scripting skills: Bash, Python, or PowerShell for pipeline automation

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• Demonstrated experience supporting multi-team, multi-release-train delivery models

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• Familiarity with feature flags / dark deployment patterns in Salesforce

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• Strong understanding of Salesforce metadata types, component relationships, and dependency management

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Preferred Qualifications

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• Experience with Salesforce release management tools such as Copado, Gearset, AutoRABIT, or Flosum

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• Familiarity with YAML-based pipeline authoring in Azure DevOps

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• Experience with self-hosted Azure DevOps agents configuration and maintenance

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• Knowledge of Apex test optimization, parallel test execution, and test impact analysis

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• Salesforce certifications (e.g., Salesforce Administrator, Platform Developer I/II, DevOps Center)

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• Experience with AI-assisted code review tools or GitHub Copilot integrations

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• Familiarity with Salesforce Flow, OmniStudio, or industry cloud deployments

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