Lead Software Engineer/DevOps

Salesforce is seeking a Lead Software Engineer/DevOps to build and manage a multi-substrate Kubernetes and microservices platform powering Core CRM and various applications across Salesforce. This role involves managing one of the largest Kubernetes fleets in the industry, providing Kubernetes platform-as-a-service to other teams, and driving centralized SRE/DevOps functionality to enhance trust, availability, and resiliency of the K8s platform.

Key responsibilities include:

• Ensuring high availability of 1000+ clusters running technologies like Kubernetes, Docker, software load balancers, service mesh, and Istio
• Contributing code to drive improvements
• Implementing automation using Python/Golang/Puppet/Jenkins
• Enhancing CI/CD pipelines with Terraform, Spinnaker, and Argo
• Improving platform visibility through monitoring and metrics implementation (Prometheus, Grafana)
• Developing self-healing mechanisms to reduce manual labor
• Collaborating with various infrastructure teams across Salesforce
• Evaluating new technologies to solve problems

Requirements:

• 7+ years of experience in SRE/DevOps/Systems Engineering roles
• Experience with large-scale distributed systems, especially in cloud environments
• Strong Linux systems administration and troubleshooting skills
• Expertise in Kubernetes, Docker, Container Orchestration, and Service Mesh
• Proficiency in scripting/programming languages like Python and Golang
• Knowledge of networking protocols and components
• Experience with observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, ElasticSearch)
• Familiarity with DevOps tools (Puppet, Chef, Ansible)
• Experience with AWS, Terraform, Spinnaker, ArgoCD
• Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills

This role offers the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies, solve complex problems, and contribute to the development of a critical platform that powers Salesforce's services.