Senior Salesforce Administrator, AI and DevOps

At T. Rowe Price, we identify and actively invest in opportunities to help people thrive in an evolving world. As a premier global asset management organization with more than 85 years of experience, we provide investment solutions and a broad range of equity, fixed income, and multi-asset capabilities to individuals, advisors, institutions, and retirement plan sponsors. We take an active, independent approach to investing, offering our dynamic perspective and meaningful partnership so our clients can feel more confident.

We believe doing the right thing for our clients and our associates is good business. With a career at the firm, you can expect opportunities to create real impact at work and in your community. You’ll enjoy resources to support your career path, as well as compensation, benefits, and flexibility to enrich your life. Here, you’ll find a collaborative culture that respects and values differences and colleagues who share a spirit of generosity.

Join us for the opportunity to grow and make a difference in ways that matter to you.

Role Summary

The Senior Salesforce Administrator is responsible for providing administrative oversight to a complex Salesforce instance. This resource will leverage AI and automation tools to set up platform best practices from administrative and security standpoints. Additionally, this role will be responsible for building and maintaining scalable CI/CD pipelines, automating deployments, and improving release reliability across multiple Salesforce environments. You will collaborate closely with developers, QA teams, and architects to deliver high-quality Salesforce solutions, while ensuring system stability, security, and performance.

Responsibilities

Core Salesforce platform administration:

• Set up and maintain users in Salesforce

• Set up reporting tools that surfaces platform health both from a complexity and security standpoint

• Review Salesforce seasonal changes and identify upcoming changes that would be beneficial to implement or changes that require attention

DevOps Architecture:

• Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines for Salesforce applications

• Implement automated deployment and release management processes using modern DevOps tools

• Establish best practices for version control, branching strategies, and code integration

Deployment & Release Management:

• Manage Salesforce deployments across development, sandbox, staging, and production environments

• Coordinate release schedules and ensure smooth production deployments

• Develop rollback strategies and deployment monitoring procedures

Automation & Quality:

• Implement automated testing and validation in deployment pipelines

• Integrate static code analysis and quality checks into CI/CD processes

• Improve delivery speed while maintaining reliability and governance

• Familiarity with AI tools to streamline deployment process

Environment Management:

• Maintain consistency across Salesforce orgs and environments

• Manage configuration, metadata deployments, and environment provisioning

• Proactive system maintenance including Security Reviews, Release Updates, Health Check, and Optimizer

• Administer and support installed AppExchange applications

• Identify unused or underutilized platform features for periodic clean-ups

• Respond to user support tickets

• Manage and improve Salesforce data quality, implementing rules and automation as needed

Collaboration & Leadership:

• Work closely with Salesforce developers, tech leads, and architects

• Collaborate with Product Managers and business stakeholders

• Mentor junior engineers on DevOps best practices

• Promote DevOps culture and continuous improvement within the Salesforce and AWS engineering team

Business Knowledge

• Able to work directly with product and business partners

• Can articulate business needs and translate them into technology solutions

Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience

• 5+ years of experience in DevOps, Release Engineering, or Salesforce and/or AWS development engineering

• Strong experience with Salesforce development and deployment frameworks

• Salesforce or AWS certifications (Administrator, Platform Developer, or DevOps-related)

• Experience with Salesforce and AWS DevOps tools such as Copado, Gearset, or AutoRABIT

• Experience with CI/CD platforms such as Azure DevOps, or GitHub Actions

• Expertise in version control systems such as Git

• Familiarity with Agile and DevOps methodologies

• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills

• Familiarity with AI tools such as Claude Code and Kiro

Preferred:

• Familiarity with other cloud platforms (Azure, GCP)

Applicants for employment in the US must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United States (e.g., H1-B visa, F-1 visa (OPT), TN visa or any other non-immigrant work status).

FINRA Requirements FINRA licenses are not required and will not be supported for this role.

Work Flexibility This role is eligible for hybrid work, with up to three days per week from home.

WHAT TO EXPECT AFTER APPLYING

1. You will receive an email and text message to answer a few questions to verify your eligibility. If you apply for multiple jobs, you will receive separate invitations for each role and will need to respond to each. Estimated Time Commitment: 3-5 minutes

2. If you are eligible, you will be asked to record video responses to introductory questions with our vendor partner, HireVue. Take time to read all instructions carefully before responding. Some questions may require you to respond within a set time limit, or with limited retakes. You can use this opportunity to tell us more about your background and interest than we can learn from a resume alone. Estimated Time Commitment: 20-30 minutes

Base Salary Ranges

Please review the job posting for the location of this specific opportunity.

$121,000.00 - $206,000.00 for the location of: Maryland, Colorado, Washington and remote workers $133,000.00 - $227,000.00 for the location of: Washington, D.C. $151,000.00 - $258,000.00 for the location of: New York, California

Placement within the range provided above is based on the individual’s relevant experience and skills for the role. Base salary is only one component of our total compensation package. Employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus, which is determined upon company and individual performance.

Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

At T. Rowe Price, our associates are our greatest asset. We thrive because our company culture is built on inclusion and because we sustain a work environment where associates can bring their best selves to work every day. The backgrounds, talents, and experiences of our global associates allow us to embrace new ideas and perspectives that move our business priorities forward and enable us to deliver strong client outcomes. Here, you can expect equal opportunity and fair and consistent treatment for all.

Benefits

We value your goals and needs, at work and in life. As an associate, you’ll be supported with resources, benefits, and work-life balance so you can thrive in ways that matter to you.

Featured employee benefits to enrich your life:

• Competitive compensation

• Annual bonus eligibility

• A generous retirement plan

• Hybrid work schedule

• Health and wellness benefits, including online therapy

• Paid time off for vacation, illness, medical appointments, and volunteering days

• Family care resources, including fertility and adoption benefits

Learn more about our benefits.

T. Rowe Price is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity of thought, gender, and race. We believe our continued success depends upon the equal treatment of all associates and applicants for employment without discrimination on the basis of race, religion, creed, color, national origin, sex, gender, age, mental or physical disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, citizenship status, military or veteran status, pregnancy, or any other classification protected by country, federal, state, or local law.