Senior IT Analyst Applications (Salesforce DevOps Lead/Engineer)
Caterpillar5 days ago
Chennai, IndiaStaff+
Responsibilities
- Manage GitHub repositories, branching strategies, pull requests, merge policies, code governance, reviews, and quality gates.
- Automate Salesforce build, validation, packaging, deployment, and rollback processes using Azure DevOps pipelines, scripting, VS Code, and Salesforce tooling.
- Own Salesforce sandbox strategy, environment readiness, metadata and configuration changes, deployment packages, and platform security practices.
- Plan and execute Salesforce releases across development, test, UAT, and production environments, including approvals, cutovers, troubleshooting, and post-release support.
- Partner with architects, developers, QA, and business teams to resolve dependencies and merge conflicts and remove delivery blockers.
- Coach administrators and developers and drive continuous improvement in CI/CD, release reliability, deployment frequency, and auditability.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related STEM field.
- At least 9 years of hands-on Salesforce administration and environment management experience.
- At least 9 years leading Salesforce DevOps and release management and at least 8 years managing Salesforce metadata and code in Git.
- At least 9 years implementing CI/CD automation with Azure DevOps pipelines, scripting, and developer tooling and collaborating on enterprise releases.
- Experience with Copado, Jenkins, Gearset, Bitbucket, SourceTree, SFDX, and ANT Migration Tool.
- At least 3 years of Salesforce solution development experience with Apex, LWC, workflows, reports, and dashboards.
- Proficiency in Salesforce security, administration, data loads, Workbench, Apex, Aura, and Triggers.
- Required certifications include Salesforce Certified Administrator, Platform Developer I, Platform App Builder, Sales Cloud Consultant, Data Cloud Consultant, AI Specialist, and Copado Fundamentals I and II.
- Preferred qualifications include 8+ years of software development lifecycle implementation, production support, technical solutioning, and experience with performance tuning, scalable architecture, multi-tier systems, and manufacturing.
Benefits
- Earned and medical leave.
- Relocation assistance.
- Employee resource groups and personal and professional development opportunities with global career prospects.
- Medical, life, and personal accident coverage and an employee mental wellness assistance program.
- Employee investment plan and annual performance incentive bonus plan.
- Requires working onsite five days per week in Chennai, with a 01:00-Noon -10:00PM IST shift.
About Caterpillar
Caterpillar Inc. designs, manufactures, and services construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines, and diesel-electric locomotives for infrastructure, resource, and energy customers. The public company, founded in 1925 and headquartered in Irving, Texas, sells primarily through an independent worldwide dealer network and provides equipment financing. It operates through Construction Industries, Resource Industries, and Energy & Transportation segments, with shares traded on the NYSE and Euronext Paris.