Senior DevOps Engineer; DSA BAU

Purpose of the role:
We are seeking an experienced Dev Ops Engineer to design, implement, and manage automated CI/CD pipelines within our cloud and Salesforce ecosystems. You will own build and deployment workflows in Azure Dev Ops, drive environment stability and release governance, and partner closely with Salesforce, Mule Soft, QA, and Operations. You will be responsible for ensuring seamless software delivery through high-quality automation and robust deployment strategies.

Senior Dev Ops Engineer (DSA BAU)

CANDIDATES MUST BE ELIGIBLE FOR SC CLEARANCE.

• CI/CD Pipeline Management:
  Design, configure, and maintain end-to-end automated pipelines using Azure Dev Ops for both standard applications and Salesforce-specific workflows. (Repos, Pipelines, Artifacts for Salesforce and Mule Soft components; define branching, versioning, and release workflows).
• Salesforce Deployments:
  Lead release management activities for Salesforce, including metadata management, environment synchronization, and sandbox refreshes. (SFDX/Metadata API, packaging, org‑to‑org promotion), ensuring consistent pipelines across SIT, UAT, Pre‑Prod and Prod.
• Collaboration:
  
  Partner with development, QA, and security teams to align Dev Ops strategies with business needs and resolve deployment blockers.
• Monitoring & Security:
  Implement observability and security scanning within pipelines to ensure system health and compliance. Create and manage user access in ADO and Salesforce platforms.
• Mentorship:
  Mentor engineers on CI/CD, tooling, and best practices; contribute to internal playbooks and KT assets for onboarding/new joiners.

• 5+ years of professional experience in Dev Ops or Release Engineering.
• Deep knowledge of the Azure Dev Ops suite (Pipelines, Boards, Repos, multi‑stage YAML/classic pipelines, environments, approvals, artifacts).
• Strong understanding of Salesforce metadata (Apex, LWC, Flows) and Salesforce CLI (SFDX).
• Proficiency in Git and advanced branching strategies like Git Flow.
• Proficiency in Bash, Python, or Power Shell for custom automation tasks.
• Experience with CI/CD Pipeline Management, Salesforce Deployments, Collaboration, Monitoring & Security, Mentor.

• Deployment Tools:
  Hands‑on experience with Copado or Flosum for automated Salesforce releases.
• Infrastructure as Code:
  Use tools like Terraform or Ansible to automate infrastructure provisioning and maintain consistency across environments.
• Mule Soft Integration:
  Oversee deployment and lifecycle management for Mule Soft APIs and integrations, ensuring high availability and reliability. (Cloud Hub 2.0, Runtime Manager, properties encryption, secret management via Azure Key Vault).

Customer First, Always Stable: automated CI/CD and release processes are delivered to ensure smooth, predictable deployments that support teams and end‑users. Fearless Innovation:
Modern automation, AI enhancements, and continuous pipeline improvements are introduced to increase delivery speed, quality, and reliability. Achieve Together:
Development, QA, and security teams collaborate effectively to unblock releases, align workflows, and maintain consistent deployments across environments. Everyone is Valued:
Engineers are supported through mentoring, shared best practices, and clear documentation that strengthens onboarding and team capability.

The role offers a competitive basic salary, 23 days’ holiday (rising to 27), the opportunity to buy extra leave, a paid day out of the office, volunteering for charity partners, company matched pension, life assurance, a cycle2work scheme, 15 weeks’ fully paid maternity, adoption and shared parental leave, paternity pay of two weeks, and a range of voluntary benefits designed to suit your lifestyle.

Location:

London, United Kingdom
Time Type:
Full time
Contract Type:
Permanent
Capita is a consulting, transformation and digital services business delivering innovative solutions and simplifying the connections between businesses, customers, governments and citizens.

We are committed to building a workforce that reflects the diversity of the communities we serve. We warmly encourage applications from women and individuals from Black, Asian, and other ethnic minority backgrounds. We’re an equal opportunity and Disability Confident employer, which means we recruit and develop people based on their merit and passion. We’re committed to providing an inclusive, barrier‑free recruitment process and working environment for everyone.

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