Senior Salesforce DevOps Engineer

Telework Eligible: Yes, Working Title: Senior Salesforce DevOps Engineer

Job Class: Information Technology Specialist 5

Agency: Minnesota IT Services

Job ID: 96056

Location:
St. Paul Telework Eligible: Yes, Full/Part Time: Full-Time Regular/Temporary: Unlimited Who May Apply: Open to all qualified job seekers Date Posted: 09/05/2026 Closing Date: 09/21/2026 Hiring Agency/Seniority Unit: Minnesota IT Services Division/Unit: Department of Human Services (DHS) Work Shift/Work Hours: Day Shift Days of Work: Monday
- Friday Travel Required: No Salary Range: $40.43
- $69.11 / hourly; $84,417
- $144,301 / annually Job Class Option: Application Classified Status: Classified Bargaining Unit/Union: 214
- MN Assoc of Professional Empl/MAPE FLSA Status: Exempt
- Professional Designated in Connect 700 Program for Applicants with Disabilities: Yes At the State of Minnesota, employees play a critical role in developing policies, providing essential services, and working to improve the well-being and quality of life for all Minnesotans. The State of Minnesota is committed to equity and inclusion, and invests in employees by providing benefits, support resources, and training and development opportunities. Join the 2,800+ professionals of Minnesota IT Services (MNIT) who connect Minnesotans to services that will improve their lives. This position serves our partners at Minnesota’s largest state agency, the Department of Human Services (DHS). The MNIT DHS team supports complex and varied technical needs, including systems that provide health care coverage, deliver child protection and welfare services, and provide support for Minnesotans with special needs including mental illness, chemical dependencies, and physical or developmental disabilities. Salesforce is a complex, cloud-based platform requiring specialized expertise to optimize its utilization as an application development environment. The production of efficient, stable, and secure Salesforce applications demands a deep understanding of both declarative and programmatic development, as well as robust DevOps practices. As the Salesforce DevOps Engineer you are responsible for the architecture, design, implementation, and ongoing maintenance of the Salesforce DevOps environment within the MNIT DHS and MNsure enterprise. This position is pivotal in ensuring the efficient, secure, and reliable delivery of Salesforce applications that align with agency strategic objectives. By establishing and maintaining standardized DevOps practices, this position will contribute to the optimization of development, testing, and deployment processes. This position requires a deep understanding of GitHub CI/CD capabilities, DevOps methodologies, and industry best practices to effectively support the agency's mission. This Position Requires An Employee To Work Onsite At 540 Cedar St. Saint Paul, Minnesota At Least 50% [or More Or Less If Space Limitations Remain] Of The Time, With Limited Telework Available. Telework Eligibility Depends On Residence Minimum Qualifications

Position requires a minimum of five (5) years of hands‑on IT CI/CD experience supporting the development, configuration, deployment, administration, integration, or ongoing maintenance of enterprise applications in development, testing, and production environments. Experience Must Include

Experience with GitHub DevOps and application deployment processes, including designing, implementing, maintaining, or troubleshooting CI/CD pipelines used to validate, test, and deploy application changes. Experience managing environments throughout the application development lifecycle, including sandboxes, development, test, and production environments; environment provisioning and configuration; sandbox refreshes; access and permissions; deployment coordination; environment governance; and resolution of environment‑related issues. Experience using git‑based version control and CI/CD technologies in a development environment, including source control, branching strategies, pull‑request workflows, code or metadata integration, automated validation, and deployment using Azure DevOps, GitHub, GitHub Actions, GitLab, Jenkins, Gearset, Copado, or comparable enterprise DevOps technologies. Experience developing or maintaining automation supporting development, administration, or deployment activities using scripting or programming languages such as Python, Bash, PowerShell, Java, Apex, or comparable technologies, including integration of automation into CI/CD processes. Experience providing technical leadership and troubleshooting support for application delivery, including diagnosing deployment, pipeline, environment, application, or production issues; coordinating resolution across development, testing, operations, security, and business teams; providing technical guidance; and communicating technical decisions, risks, and implementation activities to affected stakeholders. Demonstrated abilit