Job Description

Your work days are brighter here. At Workday, it all began with a conversation over breakfast. When our founders met at a sunny California diner, they came up with an idea to revolutionize the enterprise software market. And when we began to rise, one thing that really set us apart was our culture. A culture which was driven by our value of putting our people first. And ever since, the happiness, development, and contribution of every Workmate is central to who we are. Our Workmates believe a healthy employee-centric, collaborative culture is the essential mix of ingredients for success in business. That\'s why we look after our people, communities and the planet while still being profitable. Feel encouraged to shine, however that manifests: you don\'t need to hide who you are. You can feel the energy and the passion, it\'s what makes us unique. Inspired to make a brighter work day for all and transform with us to the next stage of our growth journey Bring your brightest version of you and have a brighter work day here. About the Team Come be a part of something big. Workday is embarking on our next growth adventure. As our Business Technology team continues its mission to deliver unparalleled value to our business partners and customers, we are expanding our presence in the Asia-Pacific region with a new Business Technology office in Pune, India. This new office will be an essential development center to propel the growth of our company through transformational programs for Go-To-Market and Enterprise Data Analytics teams. If you want to be a part of building something big that will drive value throughout the entire global organization, then this is the opportunity for you. You will be working on top priority initiatives that span new and existing technologies - all to deliver outstanding results and experiences for our Customers and employees. About Go-To-Market Team: The Business Technology Go-To-Market team works in close partnership with our business partners to help fuel growth and revenue goals for Workday, along with driving exceptional Customer and employee experiences. The team is responsible for developing and supporting innovative architecture-led solutions for our Marketing, Sales, Services, Customer Support & Legal business functions with Salesforce being the primary platform alongside other cutting edge platforms like SnapLogic for Integrations, Conga/Apttus for CPQ, CLM, AWS as PaaS, Coveo Search Platform, OKTA for SSO and others Our Go-To-Market (GTM) Enterprise Applications team is currently looking for a Release Engineer - Salesforce Platform About the Role Responsibilities: Define and implement a standardized deployment process, pipelines that deliver major releases, minor enhancements and patches. Roll out the change control process for development, where quality is ensured and aligned to the organization\'s SDLC process while still operating in a fast-paced, iterative environment. Set up, monitor and maintain allsandboxes, including creating and synchronizing sandbox metadata and appropriate data sets. Manage release schedule and key release milestones across all Salesforce development projects, ensuring easy and timely deployments across environments. Set and manage consistent deployment schedules, accounting for any dependencies and risks along the way while identifying issues to ensure they are not repeated. Perform environment planning, provisioning, and management required to support the releases. Develops and maintains documentation of the build/release process. Define release readiness criteria and ensure all changes meet criteria prior to deployment. Work with developers to properly resolve conflicts, deployment errors and meet code coverage. Defined KPIs to track release metrics and drive improvements. Automate whenever possible, optimizing efficiency and quality of delivery, including managing external resources to implement automation tools. Provide oversight for deployment of releases into various environments through ensuring release readiness and adequate deployment run list handoffs. Proactively identify and mitigate risks and remove obstacles to release. Plan, manage, and socialize all release engineering activities. Continually work towards making improvements in the build/release process. Command the code branching architecture branching, merging, rollback plans, etc. Communicate plans and status, and escalate issues as required. About You Basic Qualifications: Bachelor\'s Degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science or related field (or equivalent in experience). 3+ years\' experience in CI/CD implementation & rollouts 2+ years\' Experience in Salesforce platform (Configuration or Development) along with understanding of integration to/from Salesforce 2+ years\' experience in automation of repeated tasks and improving efficiency Experience on an Agile Scrum project delivered under Continuous Delivery / DevOps is preferred. Salesforce Release Tool hands on or certification (Opsera/Copado/ Flosum) (Preferred) Other Qualifications: Self-motivated, flexible, team player with solid multi-tasking, time management & organization expertise with the ability to manage multiple and often changing priorities. Professional Certifications: Platform Developer - 1 (Preferred) Salesforce Certified App Builder / Salesforce Certified Administrator (Preferred) Our Approach to Flexible Work With Flex Work, we\'re combining the best of both worlds: in-person time and remote. Our approach enables our teams to deepen connections, maintain a strong community, and do their best work. We know that flexibility can take shape in many ways, so rather than a number of required days in-office each week, we simply spend at least half (50%) of our time each quarter in the office or in the field with our customers, prospects, and partners (depending on role). This means you\'ll have the freedom to create a flexible schedule that caters to your business, team, and personal needs, while being intentional to make the most of time spent together. Those in our remote \'home office\' roles also have the opportunity to come together in our offices for important moments that matter. 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