Sr. Release Engineer & Administration Manager (Salesforce)

About the role

The Sr. Release Engineer & Administration Manager (Salesforce) is responsible for owning the end-to-end Salesforce release lifecycle and core platform administration. This role serves as a technical expert and execution leader, ensuring reliable deployments, platform stability, and strong governance across a complex Salesforce ecosystem.

Responsibilities

• Manage DevOps across multiple Salesforce orgs including: Pipelines, environments, and promotion paths
• User stories, commits, and deployment artifacts
• Automated validations, test level enforcement, and rollback strategies
• Define and enforce branching and deployment strategies aligned with DevOps best practices
• Manage release cycles, including planned releases, hotfixes, emergency fixes, and freeze windows
• Ensure all deployments meet quality gates (test coverage, static code analysis, approvals)
• Troubleshoot Copado deployment failures, conflicts, and metadata issues
• Partner with Copado support and Salesforce teams for upgrades, enhancements, and best practices
• Act as a senior technical advisor to Product, Development, QA, and Business teams on release feasibility and platform constraints
• Participate in design and planning discussions to influence solutions that align with release strategy and platform best practices

Requirements

• Minimum 8 years progressive IT experience with 5+ years’ experience with the Salesforce platform and supporting enterprise-scale Salesforce implementations with multiple stakeholders
• Experience with Copado DevOps tool in an enterprise environment
• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering or related discipline
• Strong knowledge of: Salesforce metadata and deployment dependencies, Copado pipelines, user stories, and quality gates, CI/CD concepts and release governance
• Strong troubleshooting skills with the ability to resolve complex release issues
• Exceptional attention to detail and quality
• Ability to work autonomously and in a team environment
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to influence without authority
• Excellent interpersonal skills to successfully collaborate with cross functional departments
• Strong orientation toward results coupled with reputation for integrity, creativity and good judgment
• Ability to challenge, when appropriate, existing practices
• Strong background in Agile delivery and enterprise governance

Qualifications

• Proven experience managing Salesforce releases using Copado DevOps tool across multiple teams and orgs

Skills

• Strong knowledge of Salesforce metadata and deployment dependencies
• Strong troubleshooting skills with the ability to resolve complex release issues
• Exceptional attention to detail and quality
• Ability to work autonomously and in a team environment
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to influence without authority
• Excellent interpersonal skills to successfully collaborate with cross functional departments
• Strong orientation toward results coupled with reputation for integrity, creativity and good judgment
• Ability to challenge, when appropriate, existing practices
• Strong background in Agile delivery and enterprise governance

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision plans with no-cost and low-cost options
• Annual employer HSA contribution
• 401(k) matching and immediate vesting
• Vehicle purchase and lease discounts, plus monthly vehicle allowances by job level
• No-cost health and wellbeing programs, including a gym benefit
• Six weeks of paid parental leave
• Paid Volunteer Time Off, plus a company donation to a charity of your choice

Pay

$132,000.00 - $204,600.00

Schedule

Full-time