Salesforce Release Engineer

CVS Health•Hartford, CT

1d•$101,970 - $203,940•Onsite

About The Position

We’re building a world of health around every individual — shaping a more connected, convenient and compassionate health experience. At CVS Health®, you’ll be surrounded by passionate colleagues who care deeply, innovate with purpose, hold ourselves accountable and prioritize safety and quality in everything we do. Join us and be part of something bigger – helping to simplify health care one person, one family and one community at a time. Position Summary The Salesforce Release Engineer is responsible for planning, coordinating, and executing reliable, secure, and repeatable releases across Salesforce environments. This role ensures high‑quality deployments aligned with enterprise DevOps standards, compliance requirements, and release calendars while enabling development teams to deliver features at speed and scale. The Release Engineer closely partners with Salesforce Developers, Architects, QA, DevOps, Platform Support, and business stakeholders to manage end‑to‑end release activities across multiple Salesforce clouds and orgs.

Requirements

5+ years of experience in Salesforce Release engineering , DevOps ,Salesforce development
Strong hands‑on experience with Salesforce metadata deployments
Experience with Salesforce DevOps tools (Copado, AutoRabit, Gearset, or equivalent)
Strong understanding of Release management and change management processes, Git/version control concepts ,CI/CD pipelines
Ability to manage complex, multi‑team releases under tight timelines
Excellent communication and coordination skills

Nice To Haves

Salesforce certifications (e.g., Platform Developer I/II, DevOps certifications)
Experience supporting large enterprise Salesforce footprints (multiple orgs, multiple clouds)
Exposure to Salesforce Data Cloud / Agentforce Deployments
Familiarity with ServiceNow, Jira, or similar ITSM / ALM tools

Responsibilities

Execute and/or orchestrate deployments using Salesforce DevOps tools (e.g., Copado, AutoRabit, Gearset, Git‑based pipelines)
Manage change sets, metadata deployments, version control merges, and CI/CD pipelines
Automate deployments and validations to reduce manual error and improve reliability
Validate deployments with appropriate pre‑ and post‑release checks
Coordinate sandbox strategy (refreshes, usage, access controls)
Manage environment‑specific configurations, feature flags, and release toggles
Partner with External teams & Development teams to ensure environment readiness
Identify and implement improvements to release processes, tooling, and automation
Monitor deployment metrics (failure rates, lead time, rollback frequency)
Drive standardization across teams and Salesforce orgs
Own the Salesforce release calendar across sandboxes, staging, and production
Plan and coordinate major, minor, and hotfix releases across multiple teams
Facilitate release readiness reviews, go/no‑go decisions, and rollback planning
Ensure dependency tracking across features, integrations, and environments
Produce release documentation, audit artifacts, and deployment evidence
Communicate release scope, timelines, risks, and deployment outcomes
Publish release notes and post‑release summaries
Serve as the central point of coordination during release windows and incident response