Engineer I, IT - Salesforce DevOps
Job Overview
PenFed is hiring a (Hybrid) Engineer I, IT Salesforce DevOps at our Tysons, Virginia location. The primary purpose of this job is to support Salesforce release management, CI/CD automation, and platform observability. This role focuses on production deployments, environment migrations, deployment automation, and enabling Salesforce development teams through standardized DevOps practices. The role also supports enterprise automation initiatives, including Java and MuleSoft applications, and works closely with onshore and offshore development teams to deliver reliable, scalable, and compliant releases.
Responsibilities
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. This is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of job duties and the position will perform other duties as assigned.
- Execute and manage Salesforce production deployments and environment migrations.
- Support Salesforce development teams with CI/CD pipelines, branching strategies, and release governance.
- Automate manual and repetitive processes to improve deployment reliability and operational efficiency.
- Define, implement, and maintain observability, monitoring, and deployment dashboards using Dynatrace for Salesforce and integrated platforms.
- Maintain and enhance CI/CD pipelines using Salesforce DevOps tools (AutoRabit preferred) and enterprise tooling.
- Implement CI/CD workflows using GitHub Actions, TeamCity, and related tools.
- Support deployment automation for Mobile, MuleSoft and Java applications.
- Ensure compliance with change management, audit, and operational controls.
- Work closely with onshore and offshore development teams, coordinating release activities, deployment schedules, and CI/CD support across time zones.
- Communicate release status, risks, and improvements clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Key Relationships
- Manager
- Escalate release risks, deployment concerns, and automation gaps.
- Provide regular updates on deployment health, observability, and CI/CD maturity.
- Receive priorities and guidance for DevOps and platform initiatives.
- Team
- Collaborate with Salesforce developers, platform engineers, and operations teams.
- Enable teams through standardized DevOps tooling, automation, and best practices.
- Promote continuous improvement in release management and operational readiness.
Qualifications
Equivalent combination of education and experience is considered.
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
- Salesforce Certified Administrator – Required.
- 3+ years of experience in Salesforce DevOps, Release Management, or CI/CD.
- Strong understanding of Salesforce DevOps practices, Salesforce architecture, Governor Limits, and security scanning.
- Good understanding of Salesforce releases and platform upgrades.
- Hands-on experience using VS Code, Git, Apex Data Loader, and code review processes.
- Strong experience with GitHub, including branching strategies, pull requests, and GitHub Actions.
- Strong understanding of CI/CD pipeline tools such as TeamCity, artifact management tools (e.g., JFrog), and deployment automation.
- Working knowledge of Windows, Linux, and server automation.
- Very strong written and oral communication skills.
- Experience working with or coordinating offshore development teams.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with Salesforce CI/CD tools (AutoRabit preferred).
- Prior Salesforce development experience (to better enable DevOps and release support).
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS preferred).
- Experience developing automation workflows using open-source tools.
- Experience supporting large-scale enterprise systems (high availability, high transaction volume).
- Working knowledge of scripting languages (Python, Bash, Ruby, etc.).
- Experience or working knowledge of Dynatrace.
- Familiarity with Java and MuleSoft application deployments.
- Experience using A.I. tools preferred.
Supervisory Responsibility
This position will not supervise employees.
Licenses and Certifications Preferred:
- Salesforce Certified Platform Developer I
- Salesforce Certified Data Cloud Consultant
- Salesforce Certified Agentforce Specialist
- Salesforce Certified Platform App Builder
- Salesforce Certified Marketing Cloud Engagement Consultant
Work Environment
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to an indoor office setting with moderate noise.
*Most roles require working in an office setting with moderate noise and the ability to lift 25 pounds.*
Travel
Ability to travel to various worksites and be on-call is required.
Pay Transparency
The anticipated starting salary range for this role is $69,000.00 - $122,137.00
This position is eligible for an organizational performance based annual bonus, subject to board discretion and approval.
This position is eligible for an individual performance based annual bonus.
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Benefits
At PenFed, we offer a robust benefits package designed to support you both personally and professionally. You’ll have access to comprehensive health, dental, and vision plans; paid time off; and family-friendly benefits like paid parental leave, care support, and fitness center access. Financial wellness is encouraged through features like a 401(k) match, employee loan discounts, and fully paid life and disability coverage. We also support growth via education assistance, community involvement, and volunteer opportunities.
Our Purpose
Helping members achieve their dreams since 1935.
Pentagon Federal Credit Union (PenFed) is one of America's largest federal credit unions, serving 2.8 million members worldwide with $29 billion in assets. PenFed offers market-leading certificates, checking and savings, credit cards, personal loans, mortgages, auto loans, and a wide range of other financial services, always with members' interests in mind. PenFed is federally insured by the NCUA and is an Equal Housing Lender.
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices PenFed Realty, LLC is a full-service real estate company ready to assist our clients with buying, selling and renting a home. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of PenFed Credit Union and is the largest independently-owned brokerage in the Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices network, placing us in the top 1% of all real estate brokerages in the country.
With almost 60 offices and nearly 2,000 world-class sales professionals, we offer complete service coverage in Virginia, Maryland, the District of Columbia, Delaware, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Florida, Tennessee, Kansas and Texas. In addition, we also offer specialized client services which include management of vacation properties and long-term rentals, corporate relocation services and national referral network.
Equal Employment Opportunity
PenFed management will maintain and observe personnel policies which will not discriminate or permit harassment or retaliation against a person because of race, color, creed, age, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital status, military or veteran status or obligation, the presence of a physical and/or mental disability or medical condition, genetic information, sexual orientation, and all statuses protected by applicable state or local law in all recruiting, hiring, training, compensation, overtime, position classifications, work assignments, facilities, promotions, transfers, employee treatment, and in all other terms and conditions of employment. PenFed will also prohibit retaliation against individuals for raising a complaint of discrimination or harassment or participating in an investigation of same.
PenFed will also reasonably accommodate qualified individuals with a disability so that they can apply for a job or perform the essential functions of a job unless doing so causes a direct threat to these individuals or others in the workplace and the threat cannot be eliminated by reasonable accommodation or if the accommodation creates an undue hardship to PenFed. Contact human resources (HR) with any questions or requests for accommodation at Careers@PenFed.org.
