DevOps Engineering AMTS

Salesforce•Herndon, VA

10d•Remote

About The Position

Salesforce is seeking an early-career DevOps engineer to join a team of highly motivated software, systems, and security engineers working on infrastructure at scale. This role involves solving infrastructure deployment problems with software, delivering high velocity and high quality infrastructure in public cloud environments. The engineer will build a foundation in solving infrastructure problems with code, focusing on compute capacity and Kubernetes deployments at scale. They will become proficient with Hyperforce platform tooling for Commercial and GovCloud deployments, developing expertise in Infrastructure and Service builds (Day0) and redeployment (Day2) operations. The role includes transforming manual processes into automated governance solutions, creating and maintaining documentation, and collaborating with various Infrastructure teams across Salesforce. The engineer will work with a team of developers, open-source committers, and architects, researching and building tools as needed. The position offers learning opportunities in large-scale production infrastructure management within third-party cloud service providers (AWS and beyond), ownership and accountability for infrastructure domains with mentorship, and real-world DevOps practices across the full infrastructure lifecycle.

Requirements

Strong background in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field
Must be located in North America
Familiarity with AWS or other cloud environments through coursework, personal projects, or internships
Exposure to containers (Docker) and container orchestration concepts (Kubernetes)
Coursework or project experience with Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation, or similar)
Foundational Linux/Unix knowledge (command line proficiency, basic system administration)
Experience with at least one scripting or programming language (Shell, Python, or Golang)
Basic understanding of networking concepts (TCP/IP, DNS, VPCs, security groups)
Familiarity with CI/CD concepts and tools (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or similar)
Experience using AI tools (e.g., AI coding assistants, generative AI) to accelerate development or automate workflows
Strong analytical skills and a demonstrated desire for continuous learning
Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal

Nice To Haves

Internship experience in a DevOps, SRE, or cloud infrastructure role
Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools (Grafana, Prometheus, Splunk, ELK)
Exposure to security and compliance concepts or tooling (IAM, PKI, OPA, Checkov, or similar)
Contributions to open-source projects
Exposure to on-call concepts, service monitoring, and SLI/SLO frameworks

Responsibilities

Build a foundation in solving infrastructure problems with code, with a focus on compute capacity and Kubernetes deployments at scale
Come up to speed with Hyperforce platform tooling supporting Commercial and GovCloud deployments, developing expertise in Infrastructure and Service builds (Day0) and redeployment (Day2) operations
Transform manual processes into automated governance solutions
Create and maintain documentation for systems and processes
Collaborate with various Infrastructure teams across Salesforce, growing your influence and cross-functional skills
Work with a highly innovative team of developers, open-source committers, and architects — researching the right tools for the job, and helping build them when they don't exist yet