Rapid7 - Salesforce Releases / DevOps Engineer

Job Description :

We are looking for a Salesforce Release Engineer with hands-on experience using Gearset to manage, streamline, and continuously improve our Salesforce release process.

This role is critical in ensuring the safe, predictable, and auditable deployment of changes across multiple Salesforce environments.

The ideal candidate will have a background in release management, DevOps best practices, Salesforce configuration / development lifecycle, and cross-functional coordination.

You will collaborate closely with Admins, Developers, QA, and Business Stakeholders to plan, test, and execute releases with high quality and minimal disruption.

About The Role :

In this role, you will :

• Own and manage the end-to-end release lifecycle for Salesforce environments using Gearset as the primary deployment tool.
• Define and enforce release schedules, environments, and branching strategies to align with project and business timelines.
• Build and maintain deployment pipelines in Gearset, ensuring automated testing, validations, and backup processes are in place.
• Coordinate deployment activities across sandbox and production environments with Admins, Developers, and QA teams.
• Troubleshoot and resolve deployment issues, merge conflicts, and metadata inconsistencies.
• Establish and improve release governance, including change tracking, rollback plans, and environment audits.
• Create and maintain documentation for release processes, Git workflows, and Gearset configuration standards.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure clear communication of release scope, timing, and risks.

The Skills You Will Bring Include :

About Rapid7 :

Rapid7 is creating a more secure digital future for all by helping organizations strengthen their security programs in the face of accelerating digital transformation.

Our portfolio of best-in-class solutions empowers security professionals to manage risk and eliminate threats across the entire threat landscape from apps to the cloud to traditional infrastructure to the dark web.

We foster open source communities and cutting-edge research using these insights to optimize our products and arm the global security community with the latest in attacker methods.

Trusted by more than 10,000 customers worldwide, our industry-leading solutions and services help businesses stay ahead of attackers, ahead of the competition, and future-ready for whats next.

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