Salesforce Release Manager

Type of Requisition:

Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

None

Suitability:

Public Trust/Other Required:

Other

Job Family:

Cloud

Job Qualifications:

Skills:

Copado (Platform), DevOps, Git, People Management, Salesforce (Software)

Certifications:

Experience:

8 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

No

Job Description:

At GDIT we build cutting-edge applications that help the end user accomplish their mission.

We are GDIT. We stay at the forefront of innovation to solve complex technical challenges. 

GDIT is your place. Make it your own by discovering new ways to securely and expertly apply the latest technology. Own your opportunity at GDIT and you’ll be a meaningful part of improving how agencies operate. Our work depends on a Salesforce Release Manager joining our team to remotely support Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Work visa sponsorship will not be provided for this role.

At GDIT, we foster a people-centric environment. As a Salesforce Release Manager supporting CMS, you will be trusted to leads the Salesforce DevOps strategy including, but not limited to, source code control, Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery (CI/CD), testing, monitoring and automate Salesforce deployments using Copado. In this role, a typical day will be M-F 9AM-5PM EST unless otherwise coordinated with leaderhip, and will include:

• Overseeing the DevOps release process for Salesforce instances and assist our developers throughout their release process.
• Developing, maintaining, and advancing our CI/CD pipeline from scratch and env setup using Copado and related tools.
• Maintaining GIT repositories and deployment of all software releases.
• Creating CI/CD processes, standards, and training for other team members to streamline releases.
• Ensuring code delivery through the development lifecycle is simple, seamless, and consistent and long-term resolutions and an overall roadmap for the completion of this process.
• Coordinating with Scrum Teams, Dev Leads, and Project Managers to understand the road map, prepare release schedules and coordinate deployments across the program.
• Deeply understanding our release process and think strategically about continuous improvement and automation that enables our developers to release on-time.
• Supporting post deployment activities including knowledge transfer, process documentation and application bug fixes.
• Collaborating with Development Team to ensure safe and secure environments for development, quality assurance, user acceptance testing, and deployment.
• Acting as a single point of contact to plan, coordinate, and oversee our releases, patches, and emergency change requests.
• Refreshing a sandbox, packaging and deploying metadata components, providing expertise on release branching strategies, code merging and conflict resolution strategies.
• Managing DevOps/Release team, inclusive of performance management, merit and compensation, corporate and program compliance, and coaching.
• May need to work off-hours for deployment support to accommodate business needs; production support will usually be pre-arranged.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher
• Copado Fundamentals I certification AND Copado Fundamentals II certification (please provide Trailhead link in resume)
• 6+ years as a Salesforce Release Manager, working with Salesforce deployments and DevOps/release management, with an understanding of CI/CD processes, integration concepts in an enterprise IT software development environment.
• 8+ years of hands-on experience developing custom code and/or administering code on the Salesforce platform and Salesforce.com technology-based solutions, including experience with Salesforce configuration, such as managing users, profiles and permission sets.
• Implemented complex Salesforce DevOps pipeline for Salesforce releases with Copado
• Expertise with branching strategies, version control, pipeline automation and orchestration utilizing Copado
• Mastery of advanced Git (e.g. conflict resolution, cherry-picking, rebasing) , one or more popular CI/CD tools, such as Jenkins, BitBucket, GitHub, or Ant
• Experience coor