Lead/senior Devops Engineer (scripting/public Cloud) Job in Salesforce

Lead / Senior DevOps Engineer SRE, Public Cloud & Automation (Hyderabad, India)

Full-Time | Software Engineering | Salesforce Hyderabad

Drive Automation. Build Scalable Systems. Shape the Future of Cloud Engineering.

Join Salesforce as a Lead or Senior DevOps Engineer and play a critical role in operating one of the world s most advanced multi-cloud, microservices, and Kubernetes-based platforms. This is your opportunity to work on high-impact distributed systems that serve tens of millions of users across industries every single day.

If you're passionate about DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), infrastructure automation, and public cloud platforms, and thrive in fast-paced environments, this role is for you.

What You ll Do

• Maintain and scale a large fleet of Kubernetes clusters powering core Salesforce services and applications
• Automate everything: from provisioning to deployment and monitoring using tools like Terraform, Python, Go, Spinnaker, and Puppet
• Ensure high availability, reliability, and performance of large-scale distributed systems
• Troubleshoot complex, multi-layered production issues across compute, network, and storage layers
• Implement self-healing systems, smart alerts, and observability solutions using tools like Grafana, Prometheus, Nagios, Zabbix
• Collaborate closely with engineering, architecture, and platform teams across Salesforce
• Evaluate and integrate emerging technologies to drive platform resilience, scalability, and automation

Required Skills & Qualifications

• 7+ years of hands-on DevOps or Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) experience in production environments
• Strong background in Linux systems administration and internals
• Fluent in scripting or programming languages like Python, Golang, or Bash
• Deep knowledge of Kubernetes, Docker, and service mesh technologies
• Experience with AWS (Amazon Web Services) and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform
• Strong understanding of networking concepts: TCP/IP, load balancing, switches, DNS, firewalls
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines using tools like Jenkins, Spinnaker, or similar
• Proficiency in using configuration management tools: Puppet, Chef, or Ansible
• Proven troubleshooting skills in large-scale distributed systems and cloud-native architectures
• A continuous learner with strong analytical thinking and collaborative communication skills

Preferred / Bonus Skills

• Prior experience in SRE ownership of large-scale SaaS platforms
• Experience working with multi-region deployments and resilient architectures
• Hands-on knowledge of API integration with public cloud vendors (AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Exposure to data durability, high-availability storage systems, and clustering solutions

Perks & Benefits

• Industry-leading benefits including healthcare, fertility support, adoption & parental leave
• Well-being reimbursement and generous time-off policies
• Continuous learning through Trailhead and world-class enablement
• Mentorship and leadership coaching with executive exposure
• Opportunities to give back via Salesforce s 1:1:1 philanthropy model

Ready to Build the Cloud Platform of Tomorrow?

Join us in redefining the DevOps landscape and making scalable, secure, and self-healing systems the foundation of modern enterprise software.