Principal Salesforce DevOps Engineer / DevOps Lead at Sky Solutions in Tysons Corner, VA

Job description

• Join Sky Solutions, LLC - Pioneering Digital Transformation Excellence!
• Sky Solutions is a trusted partner in government contracting, empowering federal agencies with cutting-edge IT solutions. Our expertise spans AI-first enablement, delivering innovative solutions and advanced cybersecurity, fortifying digital ecosystems against emerging threats and digital transformation through low-code/no-code development, cloud solutions, and agile methodologies. We simplify complex processes and deliver breakthrough results for federal clients across healthcare, financial services, and national security.
• Job Title: Principal Salesforce DevOps Engineer / DevOps Lead
• Location: Tysons Corner, VA (Hybrid / Remote)
• Employment Type: Full-Time
• We are seeking a highly experienced Principal Salesforce DevOps Engineer / DevOps Lead to design, establish, and implement the DevOps architecture and CI/CD framework supporting a large-scale Salesforce Health Cloud platform.
• This is a highly hands-on engineering role. The successful candidate will be responsible for establishing the Git-based development model, repository strategy, branching approach, CI/CD pipelines, environment promotion processes, deployment automation, and engineering standards used by multiple Salesforce development teams.
• The immediate priority is to evaluate the existing Salesforce DevOps approach and establish a more scalable, developer-friendly GitHub/GitLab-based CI/CD model, including the potential transition from Salesforce-specific deployment tools such as Flosum, Gearset, or Copado to custom automated pipelines.
• This role requires someone who has personally architected and built enterprise CI/CD pipelines, not simply managed releases or coordinated deployment activities.
• We are specifically looking for a Principal-level DevOps engineer with strong Salesforce experience, rather than a Salesforce Architect, Administrator, Developer, or traditional Release Manager who has only participated in deployments.
• The ideal candidate should be able to sit down with the Salesforce engineering team, assess the current environment, and personally begin building:
• Git repositories → branching strategy → YAML workflows → automated validation → automated testing → Salesforce deployments → environment promotion → production pipeline.
• They should be equally comfortable discussing the architecture with leadership and then going hands-on keyboard to build the solution.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement the overall Salesforce DevOps and CI/CD architecture.
• Establish Git-based source control and repository structures supporting Salesforce development teams.
• Build YAML-based CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, or similar technologies.
• Develop reusable scripts, workflows, and automation supporting Salesforce deployments.
• Establish appropriate branching, pull request, merging, validation, and code promotion processes.
• Automate deployments across Development, QA, SIT, UAT, Staging, and Production environments.
• Design the DevOps approach for a multi-org, multi-application Salesforce environment.
• Establish appropriate Salesforce sandbox and environment strategies for multiple development teams.
• Address developer productivity issues including merge conflicts, overwritten changes, code synchronization, and parallel development.
• Evaluate the existing use of Flosum, Gearset, Copado, and Salesforce-native deployment capabilities and recommend the appropriate long-term DevOps approach.
• Lead the transition from the current deployment model toward a standardized Git-centric engineering model.
• Build automation using Salesforce CLI (SF CLI) for validation, testing, metadata deployment, and environment promotion.
• Establish automated quality gates including code validation, automated testing, deployment validation, and approval workflows.
• Support Salesforce metadata and configuration deployments across multiple environments and organizations.
• Establish processes for delta/incremental deployments, dependency management, rollback, hotfixes, and production recovery.
• Integrate automated testing into the CI/CD pipeline and help establish the organization's test automation framework.
• Develop reusable pipeline components and standardized workflows that can support additional Salesforce applications and organizations.
• Troubleshoot complex Salesforce deployment, Git, pipeline, metadata, and environment issues.
• Provide hands-on technical leadership and guidance to senior Salesforce engineers.
• Define DevOps standards, documentation, governance, and engineering best practices while remaining actively involved in implementation.
• We are looking for someone who can actually set up the repository, developer feature-branch process, and pipeline all the way through production, rather than merely define the strategy.

Requirements

• Extensive experience as a Senior, Lead, Principal, or Architect-level DevOps Engineer.
• Strong hands-on experience designing and building CI/CD pipelines from the ground up.
• Strong experience supporting Salesforce development and deployment environments.
• Experience with Salesforce Health Cloud or other enterprise Salesforce Cloud platforms.
• Advanced experience with GitHub and/or GitLab.
• Hands-on experience building GitHub Actions and/or GitLab CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong experience developing YAML-based CI/CD workflows.
• Repository architecture
• Feature branching
• Pull requests
• Merging
• Version control
• Conflict resolution
• Branch protection and governance
• Hands-on experience with Salesforce CLI / SF CLI and Salesforce deployment automation.
• Strong understanding of Salesforce metadata, Apex, Flows, configuration, dependencies, and deployment processes.
• Experience designing pipelines supporting multiple environments including Dev, QA, SIT, UAT, Staging, and Production.
• Experience supporting multi-org and multi-application Salesforce environments.
• Experience implementing automated build validation, testing, code quality checks, and deployment controls.
• Experience solving complex merge-conflict and parallel-development challenges within Salesforce.
• Strong scripting and automation background.
• Ability to work directly with experienced Salesforce engineers and build tooling that improves the developer experience.
• Demonstrated ability to operate at both the architecture and hands-on engineering level.
• Hands-on experience with one or more Salesforce DevOps platforms such as:
• Flosum
• Gearset
• Copado
• Experience migrating or transitioning teams from Salesforce-specific DevOps products toward GitHub/GitLab-based CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience building reusable CI/CD components, workflows, actions, and deployment frameworks.
• Experience with automated regression and integration testing.
• Experience with tools such as Playwright, Selenium, or equivalent test automation frameworks.
• Experience with static code analysis, pipeline quality gates, and automated code validation.
• Experience with deployment rollback, hotfix environments, and production recovery strategies.
• Experience supporting large engineering organizations with multiple Scrum teams and parallel development streams.
• Experience handling PII/PHI or healthcare-related data environments is beneficial.

Skills

Required

• CI/CD pipeline design and implementation
• GitHub Actions
• GitLab CI/CD
• YAML-based CI/CD workflows
• Salesforce CLI / SF CLI
• Salesforce deployment automation
• Scripting and automation

Preferred

• Flosum
• Gearset
• Copado
• Playwright
• Selenium
• Static code analysis
• Pipeline quality gates
• Automated code validation

Benefits

• Healthcare & Wellness
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage tailored to your needs.
• Supplemental options like life insurance, disability, HSA/FSA available.
• Time Off & Work-Life Balance
• Starting at 15 PTO days per year, increasing with tenure.
• Plus 11 paid holidays to recharge and spend time with loved ones.
• Professional Growth & Development
• Annual education stipend.
• Access to thousands of online courses.
• Formal mentorship programs for career advancement.
• Inclusive Culture
• "One Team” mentality focused on collaboration and belonging.
• Recognized as a Great Place to Work® for six years straight.
• To learn more about life at Sky Solutions, visit our Careers page: Careers - Sky Solutions
• The expected compensation range for this position is $120,000 - $180,000 annually. Compensation is determined in good faith and may vary based on job-related factors, including relevant experience, skills, education, certifications, clearance level, labor category alignment, contract requirements, work location, internal equity, and business needs.
• The posted range reflects the Sky's reasonable estimate at the time of posting and does not guarantee a specific salary or rate. Final compensation will be determined based on the selected candidate's qualifications and applicable contractual and business considerations.