Enterprise Endpoint Security Architect

Relha LLC; Bellevue, Northern (WA, KY); Hybrid; USD 263,000 - 401,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Mental health support

401(k)

Employee stock purchasing program

Job summary

Salesforce is hiring for a senior Enterprise Security Architect to lead the design of core defense capabilities across endpoints, networks, and SaaS environments. You will own vulnerability management, CTEM, and cloud posture strategies while aligning security with business needs and regulatory goals.

You will collaborate with product and engineering to drive platform modernization, mentor teams, and influence architecture decisions across multi-cloud environments including AWS and Azure.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of progressive cybersecurity engineering and multi-domain defense experience.
• Expertise with EDR/XDR platforms and application control solutions.
• Strong CSPM and SSPM knowledge with cloud security posture management.

Responsibilities

• Lead architectural design for core Enterprise Defense capabilities across endpoints and cloud.
• Own vulnerability management, CTEM, and exposure reduction programs.
• Align security architecture with business and regulatory goals.
• Partner with product and engineering to drive roadmaps and modernization.
• Mentor architects and engineers on architecture roadmaps.

Skills

EDR/XDR platforms

Cloud security

Vulnerability management

Kubernetes

Docker

Terraform

AWS/Azure

Agile/Scrum

Education

Related technical degree

Tools

CrowdStrike Falcon

Tenable

Qualys

Abnormal

Proofpoint

ELK/Grafana

Job description

Job Category

Software Engineering

About Salesforce

Salesforce is the #1 AI CRM, where humans with agents drive customer success together. Here, ambition meets action. Tech meets trust. And innovation isn’t a buzzword — it’s a way of life. The world of work as we know it is changing and we're looking for Trailblazers who are passionate about bettering business and the world through AI, driving innovation, and keeping Salesforce's core values at the heart of it all.

Ready to level-up your career at the company leading workforce transformation in the agentic era? You’re in the right place! Agentforce is the future of AI, and you are the future of Salesforce.

The Experience

The Enterprise Security Technology team builds and operates highly scalable, fault‑tolerant, distributed systems that deliver cloud‑scale security services. Our key investments are in Endpoint Security along with Network, Email, and Identity Security, where we design and implement consistent, scalable services for Salesforce Enterprise, integrating our IT network, public cloud infrastructure, and our own data centers. In this role, you empower every Salesforce employee, device, and application to operate securely across these environments. You lead the technical vision, architectural integration, and risk‑reduction strategy for the Enterprise Defense Pillar, protecting hosts, networks, applications, email channels, and cloud and Software‑as‑a‑Service (SaaS) environments from advanced cyber threats.

What You’ll Actually Be Doing

Lead the architectural design for core Enterprise Defense capabilities, including endpoint and workload protection, such as Enterprise Endpoint Security, Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) and Extended Detection and Response (XDR), and Application Control

Own vulnerability and exposure management, including vulnerability scanning and Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM)

Design cloud and SaaS posture strategy, including Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) and SaaS Security Posture Management (SSPM)

Architect messaging and gateway defense, including email security tools such as Secure Email Gateways (SEG) and Domain‑based Message Authentication, Reporting and Conformance (DMARC), DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM), and Sender Policy Framework (SPF)

Design deception and active defense capabilities, including cyber deception technology, decoys and honeypots, lures, breadcrumbs, and canary tokens

Define and maintain the enterprise defense reference architecture and integration patterns that may span multiple technology platforms or cloud substrates

Establish technical standards and deployment blueprints across on‑premises, hybrid, and multi‑cloud environments

Align endpoint security strategy with business, security, and regulatory goals

Partner with product management and engineering leads to drive technical roadmaps and platform modernization

Design automated workflows that connect vulnerability discoveries, threat intelligence, and remediation prioritization frameworks with stakeholders

Ensure seamless telemetry integration from all Enterprise Defense tools into the Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), Security Orchestration, Automation and Response (SOAR), and Security Operations Center (SOC) detection pipelines

Lead threat modeling and architecture assessments of endpoint components and dependencies

Proactively evaluate emerging defensive technologies to reduce risk at the endpoint and perimeter

Lead Proof of Concept (PoC) evaluations, Request for Proposal (RFP) processes, and architectural reviews for mergers and acquisitions in the Enterprise Defense domain

Work alongside Scrum engineering teams on active projects

You're Our Person If...

You have 15 or more years of progressive experience in cybersecurity engineering, network security, and infrastructure defense

You have 8 or more years in an enterprise security architect role overseeing multi‑domain defense stacks

You have expertise architecting Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) and Extended Detection and Response (XDR) platforms (for example, CrowdStrike Falcon) and Application Control solutions

You have a deep understanding of Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) tools (for example, Wiz, Prisma Cloud) and SaaS Security Posture Management (SSPM) tools (for example, CrowdStrike or equivalent)

You are proficient with vulnerability platforms (for example, Tenable, Qualys, or equivalent) and Application Programming Interface (API)-integrated email security tools (for example, Abnormal, Proofpoint)

You have hands‑on experience designing deception environments, including honeypots, bait credentials, canary tokens, and Active Directory deception

You can work with other architects, engineering leads, and program managers to craft the architectural vision and roadmap for the organization

You have experience with cloud platform services in Amazon Web Services (AWS) and/or Azure

You can create Proof of Concept (PoC) architecture with code

You have experience with continuous integration platforms such as Jenkins, Spinnaker, GitLab Continuous Integration (CI), or similar

You can mentor team members to support their understanding of the architecture and aid in their technical development

A related technical degree required

Even Better If...

You hold certifications such as Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP), The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF), or other vendor‑specific certifications

You have experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and Terraform

You have experience with monitoring tools such as ELK, Grafana, AppDynamics, or similar

You have experience with Agile development methodology (for example, Scrum)

Unleash Your Potential

When you join Salesforce, you’ll be limitless in all areas of your life. Our benefits and resources support you to find balance and be your best, and our AI agents accelerate your impact so you can do your best. Together, we’ll bring the power of Agentforce to organizations of all sizes and deliver amazing experiences that customers love.

Salesforce offers a variety of benefits to help you live well including:

• time off programs
• medical
• dental
• vision
• mental health support
• paid parental leave
• life and disability insurance
• 401(k)
• an employee stock purchasing program

More details about company benefits can be found at the following link: https://www.salesforcebenefits.com.

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In the United States, compensation offered will be determined by factors such as location, job level, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Certain roles may be eligible for incentive compensation, equity, and benefits. Salesforce offers a variety of benefits to help you live well including: time off programs, medical, dental, vision, mental health support, paid parental leave, life and disability insurance, 401(k), and an employee stock purchasing program.

The typical base salary range for this position is $218,400 - $365,200 annually. In select cities within the San Francisco and New York City metropolitan area, the base salary range for this role is $263,200 - $401,400 annually.

The range represents base salary only, and does not include company bonus, incentive for sales roles, equity or benefits, as applicable.