Job Vacancy Salesforce Release Engineer

Belfast

CGI

Job position Salesforce Release Engineer

Permanent

As soon as possible

Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Published on 23/11/2025

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At CGI, we enable our clients to achieve transformation through innovation, precision, and collaboration. As a Release Engineer, you’ll play a vital role in delivering seamless Salesforce releases that power critical business operations. You’ll shape efficient release pipelines, strengthen CI/CD practices, and help teams achieve faster, more stable deployments across complex environments. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a collaborative, agile setting, takes pride in building scalable automation, and is motivated to drive continuous improvement across enterprise-level platforms.

CGI was recognised in the Sunday Times Best Places to Work List 2025 and has been named a UK ‘Best Employer’ by the Financial Times. We offer a competitive salary, excellent pension, private healthcare, plus a share scheme (3.5% + 3.5% matching) which makes you a CGI Partner not just an employee. We are committed to inclusivity, building a genuinely diverse community of tech talent and inspiring everyone to pursue careers in our sector, including our Armed Forces, and are proud to hold a Gold Award in recognition of our support of the Armed Forces Corporate Covenant. Join us and you’ll be part of an open, friendly community of experts. We’ll train and support you in taking your career wherever you want it to go.

Due to the secure nature of the programme, you will need to hold UK Security Clearance or be eligible to go through this clearance. This is a hybrid working role based out of Belfast.

Candidate profile

In this role, you will take ownership of end-to-end Salesforce release activities, ensuring reliable and predictable deployments across multiple environments. You’ll work closely with cross-functional teams to maintain release pipelines, enforce governance, and evolve CI/CD practices that enhance delivery speed and system stability. You’ll have the opportunity to influence DevOps maturity across the organisation, sharing your expertise to embed best practices and deliver measurable improvement in quality and performance.

Key responsibilities:

• Lead & Coordinate release planning, deployment, and post-release validation across Salesforce environments

• Develop & Automate CI/CD pipelines and deployment processes using tools like Git, Jenkins, Copado, or Gearset

• Manage & Optimise environment configuration, branching strategies, and version control

• Ensure & Govern compliance with release management and change control procedures

• Monitor & Report on release metrics, driving continuous improvement and operational excellence

• Collaborate & Support Agile delivery teams, providing technical guidance on DevOps and release best practices

Required qualifications to be successful in this role

You should have strong Salesforce and DevOps experience, with a passion for automation, process improvement, and quality delivery. You’ll be comfortable managing complex environments and working collaboratively in an Agile setting.

Essential skills and experience:

• Proven experience in Salesforce release management and deployment automation

• Strong understanding of Salesforce DX, metadata API, and unlocked packages

• Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, or Bitbucket Pipelines

• Proficiency with Git version control, scripting (e.g., Shell or Python), and automated testing integration

• Experience in Agile environments (Scrum or Kanban)

• Salesforce certifications (e.g., Platform Developer I/II or DevOps Center Specialist) are desirable

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Working environment

Together, as owners, let’s turn meaningful insights into action.

Life at CGI is rooted in ownership, teamwork, respect and belonging. Here, you’ll reach your full potential because…

You are invited to be an owner from day 1 as we work together to bring our Dream to life. That’s why we call ourselves CGI Partners rather than employees. We benefit from our collective success and actively shape our company’s strategy and direction.

Your work creates value. You’ll develop innovative solutions and build relationships with teammates and clients while accessing global capabilities to scale your ideas, embrace new opportunities, and benefit from expansive industry and technology expertise.

You’ll shape your career by joining a company built to grow and last. You’ll be supported by leaders who care about your health and well-being and provide you with opportunities to deepen your skills and broaden your horizons.

Come join our team—one of the largest IT and business consulting services firms in the world.

Discover CGI

London, England, United Kingdom

> 1000 employees

IT services

We are a global business with 91,500 professionals across hundreds of locations worldwide, providing end-to-end IT and business process services that drive our clients’ businesses. In the UK alone, we have around 6,000 member-partners working across 19 towns and cities, doing everything from writing complex code to designing sophisticated software solutions. The work we do powers some of the most ambitious projects that touch the lives of many. Our approach sets us apart, characterised by our proximity model, international presence, expertise, and operational excellence. We organise our operations within metro markets where our clients have concentrated footprints, empowering our local teams to build trusted, in-person relationships. As you build your career here, you’ll develop your skills, share your insights, and work side-by-side with colleagues and clients on innovative solutions that address the most complex issues. Our commitment to ownership, flexibility, and being approachable makes us easy to do business with. Join us, and together, as owners, let’s turn meaningful insights into action to meet the needs and balance the interests of our clients, shareholders, communities, and each other. Benefits: - Insurance coverage - Medical benefits - Pension plan - Member Assistant Programme - Check4Cancer - Flexible time off - Share Purchase Plan - Member discounts - Dental benefits - Vision benefits - Profit Participation Plan - Health and Wellbeing Programme

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