Salesforce DevOps - Technical Architect

To get the best candidate experience, please consider applying for a maximum of 3 roles within 12 months to ensure you are not duplicating efforts. Job Category Customer Success Job Details About Salesforce Salesforce is the #1 AI CRM, where humans with agents drive customer success together. Here, ambition meets action. Tech meets trust. And innovation isn’t a buzzword — it’s a way of life. The world of work as we know it is changing and we're looking for Trailblazers who are passionate about bettering business and the world through AI, driving innovation, and keeping Salesforce's core values at the heart of it all. Ready to level-up your career at the company leading workforce transformation in the agentic era? You’re in the right place! Agentforce is the future of AI, and you are the future of Salesforce. The Technical Architect - DevOps is responsible for advising, designing, and managing deployment orchestration solutions for complex Salesforce implementations. This role requires close collaboration with Delivery Managers, Technical Architects, Solution Architects, and Account Teams, as well as direct client engagement to architect DevOps solutions tailored to their needs. The Technical Architect - DevOps ensures solutions align with industry best practices to drive long-term customer success. This hands-on role involves architectural work and, when necessary, deployment execution. You are both a big-picture thinker and an in-depth problem solver, with broad and deep technical expertise. You take pride in designing resilient systems that withstand high volumes and critical demands while balancing technical and enterprise-level considerations.

Collaborate with client stakeholders to define requirements, deliverables, and manage expectations. Assess existing DevOps processes, tools, and practices, recommending improvements. Design, present, and implement best-fit DevOps solutions, considering customer needs, tool preferences, and commercial constraints. Drive the selection and implementation of DevOps tools and technologies. Lead DevOps design sessions, architect solutions, and document best practices. Develop and enforce DevOps frameworks and governance models for consistency across deployments. Provide oversight and governance of Salesforce projects. Ensure successful continuous delivery deployments across environments. Support pre-sales activities, including discovery sessions, technical deep dives, and proof-of-concept (PoC) development. Collaborate with Salesforce product teams to support client implementations. Champion an AI-first development workflow by utilizing advanced AI developer assistants (e.g., Cursor, Claude, GitHub Copilot) to accelerate Salesforce Field Service solution development, Apex, Lightning Web Components, Flows, mobile application development, and integrations while maintaining platform security, performance, and Salesforce best practices. Practical fluency in using AI coding assistants and modern development ecosystems to maximize development productivity, optimize Field Service solutions, document custom implementations, and deliver secure, scalable, and high-quality customer solutions. Travel to client sites as needed (estimated 50-75%).

(Technical Skillset) 10+ years of CRM experience, with at least 8 years on the Salesforce platform. Expert knowledge of the Salesforce product suite, including Sales, Service, Experience, Industries (Vlocity), and Data Cloud. Strong understanding of environment management, release management, version control best practices, and deployment methodologies. Understanding of branching strategies such as Git Flow, Trunk-based development, Feature branching Salesforce Development Lifecycle – Metadata API, SFDX (Salesforce DX), Salesforce CLI, Apex, SOQL,  Lightning Web Components (LWC). Salesforce Release & Deployment Strategies – Sandbox management, Source-driven development, Change sets, Unlocked & Managed Packages.