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Job Description

Join Amgen’s Mission of Serving Patients:

At Amgen, if you feel like you’re part of something bigger, it’s because you are. Our shared mission—to serve patients living with serious illnesses—drives all that we do.

Since 1980, we’ve helped pioneer the world of biotech in our fight against the world’s toughest diseases. With our focus on four therapeutic areas –Oncology, Inflammation, General Medicine, and Rare Disease– we reach millions of patients each year. As a member of the Amgen team, you’ll help make a lasting impact on the lives of patients as we research, manufacture, and deliver innovative medicines to help people live longer, fuller happier lives.

Our award-winning culture is collaborative, innovative, and science based. If you have a passion for challenges and the opportunities that lay within them, you’ll thrive as part of the Amgen team. Join us and transform the lives of patients while transforming your career.

What you will do

The Salesforce DevOps Engineer collaborates with Salesforce Admins, Engineers, and Architects to streamline the delivery of Salesforce solutions via Amgen’s Copado-based CI/CD pipelines. This role involves working with tools such as Copado, VS Code, GitLab, SFDX, and Git, and troubleshooting pipeline actions (commit, promote, deploy) by leveraging Salesforce metadata. Beyond release engineering, you will enhance the Copado pipelines by introducing automations and self-service capabilities, further optimizing and accelerating the Salesforce development lifecycle for Amgen’s Salesforce DevOps Platform.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Manages and supervises the Salesforce release pipeline using Copado, ensuring efficient deployments to minimize downtime and disruption to the business.

• Works closely with Product Owners and Development Teams to plan and schedule releases, providing guidance on release dependencies, technical constraints, and risks.

• Supports the development teams in automating build, test, and deployment processes, enabling continuous integration and continuous delivery in the Salesforce ecosystem.

• Provides ongoing support and troubleshooting for post-release issues, ensuring timely resolution of any problems that arise.

• Maintain and optimize Amgen's existing Salesforce CI/CD delivery pipeline and processes - streamlining current processes with a focus on automation

• Partner with Development Teams to ensure agile software delivery and DevOps practices are applied to move most effectively within our CI/CD pipeline

• Stay abreast of the latest trends in DevOps methodologies and emerging industry solutions.

• Research Salesforce capabilities as needed to suit business requirements, and provide gap analysis

• Work closely with other developers in the team including business analyst, QA analyst and project managers

• Develop innovative solution using generative AI technologies

• Conduct code reviews to ensure code quality and consistency to standard methodologies

• Create and maintain documentation on software architecture, design, deployment, disaster recovery, and operations

• Design, develop, and implement applications and modules, including custom reports, interfaces, and enhancements

• Analyze and understand the functional and technical requirements of applications, solutions and systems and translate them into software architecture and design specifications

• Develop and implement unit tests, integration tests, and other testing strategies to ensure the quality of the software

• Identify and resolve software bugs and performance issues

• Maintain detailed documentation of software designs, code, and development processes

What we expect of you

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients.

Basic Qualifications:

• Master’s degree and 1 to 3 years of Computer Science, IT or related field experience OR

• Bachelor’s degree and 3 to 5 years of Computer Science, IT or related field experience OR

• Diploma and 7 to 9 years of Computer Science, IT or related field experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• 3+ years of experience as a Salesforce Engineer or Release Manager with expertise in Salesforce Metadata API and SFDX.

• In-depth knowledge of Salesforce development, including declarative and programmatic solutions.

• Hands-on experience with the Salesforce security model, including OWD, sharing rules, profiles, and permissions.

• Experience with version control systems like Git

Good-to-Have Skills:

• Proficient in Apex, JavaScript, Python, Bash/Shell, and other relevant programming languages.

• Proven experience developing and managing Salesforce CI/CD pipelines using SFDX, ANT, or packaged solutions like Copado.

• Strong understanding of CI/CD concepts, integration methodologies, and relevant technologies.

• Experience integrating off-platform solutions (e.g., testing platforms, code scanning) with CI/CD pipelines.

Professional Certifications:

• Salesforce Platform Builder

• Salesforce Developer 1

• Salesforce Development Lifecycle Designer

• Copado Fundamentals I/II (Source Format Pipeline)

What you can expect of us

As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, we also work to care for your professional and personal growth and well-being. From our competitive benefits to our collaborative culture, we’ll support your journey every step of the way.

In addition to the base salary, Amgen offers competitive and comprehensive Total Rewards Plans that are aligned with local industry standards.

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