Job Specifications
Job Title: Salesforce DevOps Engineer
Division – Data, Technology and Innovation
Department – Digital Systems
Salary: National (Edinburgh and Leeds) ranging from £52,400 to £80,600 and London from £57,700 to £88,600 (salary offered will be based on skills and experience)
This role is graded as: Senior Associate - Regulatory
Your recruitment contact is Benjamin via benjamin.paulon@fca.org.uk Applications must be submitted through our online portal. Applications sent via social media or email will not be accepted.
About The FCA And Team
We regulate financial services firms in the UK, to keep financial markets fair, thriving and effective. By joining us, you’ll play a key part in protecting consumers, driving economic growth, and shaping the future of UK finance
The Data, Technology and Innovation (DTI) division enables the FCA to be a digital-first, data-led smart regulator by delivering a secure, agile, and cost-effective technology and data ecosystem that drives better decisions, transparency, and operational efficiency.
Sitting within DTI, the Digital Systems team delivers the systems that enable the FCA to be a more effective and smarter regulator. The DevOps Team manages and optimises DevSecOps platforms, focusing on secure, high-performing deployment pipelines and scalable technical solutions aligned with strategic goals. Core technologies include Salesforce and Copado for case management and AWS for cloud infrastructure.
Role Responsibilities
Provide DevOps service to the Product Group, building, improving and operating Salesforce cloud infrastructure and applications
Be responsible to ensure that all the Salesforce environments used in route to Live are managed, controlled and maintained to a high standard to support the Product Group's change and run needs
Deliver and support cloud services that meet company standards, ensuring quality and reliability
Monitor cloud platforms for compliance with security and design rules, managing incidents and changes effectively
Oversee environment management by maintaining inventories, scheduling usage and aligning test systems with live environments
Collaborate with project and support teams to resolve issues, address risks and improve infrastructure usability
Test and validate environments to ensure they meet standards, while continuously enhancing platform performance and cost-efficiency
Develop and maintain environment management processes, promote security compliance and support adoption across teams
Minimum
Skills required:
Demonstrated experience as a Salesforce DevOps Engineer with experience as a Salesforce Administrator within a large organisation
Extensive knowledge of DevOps for Salesforce cloud infrastructure, DevOps concepts, methods and tooling, agile delivery methods, collaboration tooling with Kanban and Scrum teams, product management, operational service acceptance requirements, ITIL enterprise operations frameworks
Manage technical deliverables and working with suppliers to implement solutions
Essential
A Salesforce admin or Developer certification
Significant experience with branching models, automated deployment and release processes, and technologies such as Git, PowerShell/Bash scripting, Jenkins or GitHub Actions; Copado familiarity is preferred but optional
Solid understanding of collaboration tools such as JIRA, monitoring and logging platforms like Datadog, and familiarity with industry standards and how large organizations design, build, and run critical systems using Agile/DevOps practices
Demonstrated ability to lead post-incident analyses to determine root causes and implement preventive actions
Effective communication skills and the ability to work effectively with developers and product owners to discuss and resolve issues
Experience with Agile software development practices and Scrum methodology; involvement in project lifecycles with knowledge of Programme Management and DevOps methodologies, including frameworks such as Prince2 and Agile; experience coaching others in environment‑management frameworks, processes and procedures
Experience overseeing outsourced and offshore infrastructure operations; practical experience with Salesforce DevOps tools such as Copado; skilled in authoring AWS cloud infrastructure code to support enterprise-scale architectures
Benefits
25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
Hybrid model where employees work a minimum of 40% in the office each month (expectation of 50% for senior leaders). Changing from September to a minimum of 50% in the office each month (expectation of 60% for Directors and Executive Directors)
Non-contributory pension (8–12% depending on age) and life assurance at eight times your salary
Private healthcare with Bupa, income protection, and 24/7 Employee Assistance
35 hours of paid volunteering annually
A flexible benefits scheme designed around your lifestyle
For a full list of our benefits, and our recruitment process as a whole visit our benefits page.
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About the Company
We enable a fair and thriving financial services market for the good of consumers and the economy.
We do this by:
- Regulating the conduct of approximately 50,000 businesses
- Prudentially supervising 48,000 firms
Our Head Office is based in London, and we have offices in Edinburgh and Leeds.
Firms and individuals must be authorised or registered by us to carry out certain activities. Before we grant authorisation, firms must demonstrate that they meet a range of requirements. We then supervise these firms to make s...
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