Salesforce Release EngineerRelease Manager

About Client:
Our client is a leading provider of Salesforce and enterprise CRM solutions specializing in delivering high-impact technology projects for public sector organizations. They focus on innovative client-driven solutions leveraging Agile and hybrid methodologies to modernize and optimize systems that drive efficiency and impact across government operations.

Job Summary:
The Salesforce Release Engineer / Release Manager will own and lead the release deployment and environment management discipline for our Salesforce delivery practice supporting a federal defense program. This role is responsible for defining implementing and maintaining secure compliant and repeatable release processes that enable frequent high-quality deployments into enterprise Salesforce environments.

You will work closely with Delivery Leads Technical Architects Developers QA DevOps teams and government stakeholders to manage the full release lifecyclespanning sandbox strategy version control CI/CD pipelines packaging and deployments release scheduling and post-release operationswhile ensuring strict adherence to DoD cybersecurity audit and configuration management standards.

This is a remote role; however candidates must reside in the DMV area to support occasional in-person client and team engagements.

What We Offer:

• Competitive salary: $120000 $150000 per year

• 401(k) with matching

• Health insurance

• Paid time off

• Flexible work-from-home options

Required Qualifications:

• U.S. Citizenship required due to federal contract requirements

• Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government security clearance

• Must reside in the DC Maryland or Virginia (DMV) area

• Bachelors degree

• 35 years of experience in Salesforce release engineering DevOps or ALM-focused roles

• Deep understanding of the Salesforce development lifecycle metadata types and deployment models (org-based and package-based)

• Salesforce release management best practices

• Sandbox and environment strategy

• Git-based version control and branching/merge strategies

• Salesforce CI/CD pipelines (SFDX Ant CI tools)

• Unlocked/managed packages scratch orgs and API-driven deployments

• Experience supporting releases in secure or regulated environments (e.g. DoD DHS FedRAMP High or similar)

• Strong understanding of risk-based deployment planning rollback strategies and operational readiness reviews

• Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage both technical and non-technical federal stakeholders

• Proven ability to produce audit-ready documentation and comply with rigorous CM/QA processes

Preferred Qualifications

• Salesforce Certified Platform Development Lifecycle and Deployment Architect

• Salesforce Certified Administrator Platform App Builder and/or Platform Developer I

• Prior experience supporting DoD programs DISA SRG IL2IL5 FedRAMP NIST 800-53 or federal change-control processes

• Experience managing Salesforce releases in multi-org or enterprise-scale defense environments

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end Salesforce release management for a federal defense program ensuring all deployments comply with DoD cybersecurity audit and configuration management requirements.

• Define implement and govern a secure Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) strategy including version control sandbox strategy branching and merging and release governance.

• Build maintain and operate CI/CD pipelines suitable for controlled defense environments using SFDX Metadata API Git-based workflows and approved DevOps tooling.

• Oversee all Salesforce environments (DEV QA UAT Staging Production) enforcing least-privilege access separation of duties and strong governance controls.

• Manage release calendars change-freeze periods deployment communications checklists and documentation required for federal change-control processes (e.g. CAB approvals audit logs).

• Execute deployments using unlocked/managed packages metadata deployments and automated pipelines ensuring testing security scanning and regression validation are completed.

• Maintain strict configuration control by capturing production hotfixes and ensuring all changes are reconciled back into version control for audit completeness.

• Partner with Architects Developers QA Cybersecurity teams and Government Product Owners to deliver secure reliable and timely releases.

• Produce release documentation change records rollback and contingency plans and audit-ready artifacts aligned with federal program requirements.

• Monitor Salesforce seasonal releases and communicate potential impacts security considerations and readiness activities to defense stakeholders.

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex national origin disability status protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.