Senior DevOps Engineer (DSA BAU)

Purpose of the role: We are seeking an experienced DevOps Engineer to design, implement, and manage automated CI/CD pipelines within our cloud and Salesforce ecosystems. You will own build and deployment workflows in Azure DevOps, drive environment stability and release governance, and partner closely with Salesforce, MuleSoft, QA, and Operations. You will be responsible for ensuring seamless software delivery through high-quality automation and robust deployment strategies.

Job Title

Senior DevOps Engineer (DSA BAU)

Eligibility

CANDIDATES MUST BE ELIGIBLE FOR SC CLEARANCE.

What you'll be doing

• CI/CD Pipeline Management: Design, configure, and maintain end-to-end automated pipelines using Azure DevOps for both standard applications and Salesforce-specific workflows. (Repos, Pipelines, Artifacts for Salesforce and MuleSoft components; define branching, versioning, and release workflows).
• Salesforce Deployments: Lead release management activities for Salesforce, including metadata management, environment synchronization, and sandbox refreshes. (SFDX/Metadata API, packaging, org to org promotion), ensuring consistent pipelines across SIT, UAT, Pre Prod and Prod.
• Collaboration: Partner with development, QA, and security teams to align DevOps strategies with business needs and resolve deployment blockers.
• Monitoring & Security: Implement observability and security scanning within pipelines to ensure system health and compliance. Create and manage user access in ADO and Salesforce platforms.
• Mentorship: Mentor engineers on CI/CD, tooling, and best practices; contribute to internal playbooks and KT assets for onboarding/new joiners.

What we're looking for Essential

• 5+ years of professional experience in DevOps or Release Engineering.
• Deep knowledge of the Azure DevOps suite (Pipelines, Boards, Repos, multi stage YAML/classic pipelines, environments, approvals, artifacts).
• Strong understanding of Salesforce metadata (Apex, LWC, Flows) and Salesforce CLI (SFDX).
• Proficiency in Git and advanced branching strategies like GitFlow.
• Proficiency in Bash, Python, or PowerShell for custom automation tasks.
• Experience with CI/CD Pipeline Management, Salesforce Deployments, Collaboration, Monitoring & Security, Mentor.

Preferred

• Deployment Tools: Hands on experience with Copado or Flosum for automated Salesforce releases.
• Infrastructure as Code: Use tools like Terraform or Ansible to automate infrastructure provisioning and maintain consistency across environments.
• MuleSoft Integration: Oversee deployment and lifecycle management for MuleSoft APIs and integrations, ensuring high availability and reliability. (CloudHub 2.0, Runtime Manager, properties encryption, secret management via Azure Key Vault).

How this aligns to Capita's values

Customer First, Always Stable: automated CI/CD and release processes are delivered to ensure smooth, predictable deployments that support teams and end users. Fearless Innovation: Modern automation, AI enhancements, and continuous pipeline improvements are introduced to increase delivery speed, quality, and reliability. Achieve Together: Development, QA, and security teams collaborate effectively to unblock releases, align workflows, and maintain consistent deployments across environments. Everyone is Valued: Engineers are supported through mentoring, shared best practices, and clear documentation that strengthens onboarding and team capability.

Company and Benefits

The role offers a competitive basic salary, 23 days' holiday (rising to 27), the opportunity to buy extra leave, a paid day out of the office, volunteering for charity partners, company matched pension, life assurance, a cycle2work scheme, 15 weeks' fully paid maternity, adoption and shared parental leave, paternity pay of two weeks, and a range of voluntary benefits designed to suit your lifestyle.

Working Conditions

Location: London, United Kingdom
Time Type: Full time
Contract Type: Permanent
Capita is a consulting, transformation and digital services business delivering innovative solutions and simplifying the connections between businesses, customers, governments and citizens.

Equal Opportunity

We are committed to building a workforce that reflects the diversity of the communities we serve. We warmly encourage applications from women and individuals from Black, Asian, and other ethnic minority backgrounds. We're an equal opportunity and Disability Confident employer, which means we recruit and develop people based on their merit and passion. We're committed to providing an inclusive, barrier free recruitment process and working environment for everyone. If you need the job description or application form in an alternative format or if you'd like to discuss other changes or support you might need going forward, please email .