Platform Engineering & DevOps Lead

Job Requirements

Apply now for the role of Platform Engineering & DevOps Lead within the IT team at Siemens Healthineers Diagnostics.

Salesforce is currently the primary technology focus for this role, and you will establish the engineering, environment, automation, deployment, and release foundation required to move Salesforce solutions from prototype through initial implementation.

Your role:


* You will evaluate the deployment, extensibility, automation, and operational capabilities of enterprise application technologies with Salesforce currently being the primary technology focus.


* You will define and govern the Salesforce environment and sandbox strategy, including provisioning, refresh schedules, data seeding, and configuration consistency across development, QA, UAT, staging, and production.


* You will establish and operate CI/CD pipelines and release automation to support controlled, repeatable deployments across Salesforce environments.


* You will govern version control, branching, code promotion, and merge practices across internal teams and implementation partners.


* You will lead release readiness reviews and go/no-go decisions, ensuring test completion, defect status, approvals, cutover readiness, and rollback plans are in place.


* You will maintain deployment runbooks, release notes, rollback plans, and cutover rehearsal materials for major releases and go-lives.


* You will coordinate release dependencies across platform, integration, data migration, analytics, and business workstreams to sequence changes safely.


* You will manage release governance and change control in line with regulated-industry expectations, maintaining traceability from requirement through deployment.


* You will assess the impact of Salesforce seasonal releases, coordinate preview testing, and drive remediation before production upgrades.


* You will communicate release plans, risks, freeze windows, deployment outcomes and escalation needs to technical teams, business stakeholders, and program leadership.

Work Experience

Your expertise:


* Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience is required; a degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field is preferred.


* 8+ years of Salesforce delivery experience, including at least 3 years in release management, environment management, or DevOps for enterprise Salesforce programs.


* Proven experience establishing and governing Salesforce DevOps operating models for complex enterprise programs, including roles and responsibilities, CI/CD practices, environment governance, release controls, tooling standards, and partner delivery coordination.


* Hands-on experience with Salesforce CI/CD and release automation tools such as Copado, Gearset, Flosum, Salesforce DevOps Center, Azure DevOps, or Jenkins.


* Strong command of Git-based version control, branching strategies, metadata management, SFDX, metadata API, and S...