DevOps Architect

About the role

Slalom is looking for a Salesforce DevOps expert to help grow our DevOps capability within our Global Enterprise Architecture Salesforce Team. This hands-on role will work with product owners, engineers, and architects to develop, implement, and mature a DevOps culture for some of our largest enterprise clients. You will support build teams by setting up CI/CD processes, establishing a release cadence, and ensuring efficient deployments. Additionally, you will provide feedback and suggestions on process improvement and tooling recommendations.

As a DevOps Architect, you will help pursue new business opportunities by detailing assessment and delivery proposals. Your expertise will benefit the rest of Slalom through thought leadership and mentorship of our DevOps and Salesforce teams. You will also manage Salesforce DevOps Engineers in their careers, develop strong relationships with team members, and guide their professional growth.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement complex automation tasks and cloud architecture
• Advocate DevOps culture, tooling, delivery methods, and cultural practices within Slalom and with our clients
• Assist with estimating work efforts and story pointing required for each phase of an agile project
• Provide technical guidance and mentoring to peers, less experienced engineers, and client personnel
• Identify, qualify, and raise technical risks and issues
• Troubleshoot problems and automate responses for recurrent issues
• Design and build innovative, high-value CI/CD pipelines to deploy and manage Salesforce solutions
• Work with clients to meet business needs and solve problems
• Help develop project case studies, technology documentation, and training
• Grow our culture of learning by participating in and coordinating opportunities such as presenting at technical conferences, community groups, writing blog articles, and contributing to partner-coordinated workshops
• Identify opportunities for growth/maturation of DevOps offerings and help set the direction for that growth
• Be a trusted advisor to client enterprise architects and program managers
• Build and develop relationships with DevOps Alliance partners as Slalom Global team leads and market practice leaders
• Support recruiting and onboarding of new employees

Requirements

• Minimum 5 years working on the Salesforce Platform in Development
• 3+ years of experience in Salesforce Release Management
• Experience in sandbox and environment management
• Experience managing Salesforce DevOps processes across multiple organizations and business units
• Experience designing and implementing end-to-end Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines
• Experience implementing and using tools such as GIT (or other version control systems), Jenkins, AutoRABIT, Copado, Flosum, Gearset, Azure DevOps, Salesforce DX, or other equivalent tools
• Active certifications or ability to achieve relevant certifications upon hire
• Experience collaborating across multiple functional and/or technical teams to deliver an Agile-based project
• Ability to communicate with clients on a business level and translate their needs into technical solutions
• Excellent mentoring and leadership skills

About Us

Slalom is a fiercely human business and technology consulting company that leads with outcomes to bring more value, in all ways, always. From strategy through delivery, our agile teams across 52 offices in 12 countries collaborate with clients to bring powerful customer experiences, innovative ways of working, and new products and services to life. We are trusted by leaders across the Global 1000, many successful enterprise and mid-market companies, and 500+ public sector organizations to improve operations, drive growth, and create value.

Pay

Slalom is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The targeted base pay salary ranges for this role are as follows:

• East Bay, San Francisco, Silicon Valley: $159,000 - $194,000
• San Diego, Los Angeles, Orange County, Seattle, Boston, Houston, New Jersey, New York City, Washington DC, Westchester: $146,000 - $178,000
• All other locations: $135,000 - $165,000

In addition, individuals may be eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. Actual compensation will depend upon an individual’s skills, experience, qualifications, location, and other relevant factors.

Benefits

• Meaningful time off and paid holidays
• Parental leave
• 401(k) with a match
• Highly subsidized health, dental, and vision coverage
• Adoption and fertility assistance
• Short/long-term disability
• Yearly $350 reimbursement account for well-being-related expenses
• Discounted home, auto, and pet insurance