Enterprise Endpoint Security Architect

Salesforce; Washington; On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Salesforce is seeking a seasoned Enterprise Security Architect to lead the architecture of defense capabilities across endpoints, networks, and cloud services. You will drive the technical vision for EDR/XDR, CSPM/SSPM, and gateway defense while partnering with product and engineering teams.

The role requires deep experience in multi-domain security stacks, vulnerability management, and security tooling integration within a large enterprise environment. Collaboration with Scrum teams is key.

Qualifications

• 15+ years in cybersecurity engineering, network security, and infrastructure defense.
• 8+ years as enterprise security architect overseeing multi-domain defense stacks.
• Expertise with EDR / XDR platforms and Application Control solutions.
• Deep CSPM/SSPM knowledge with tools like Wiz, Prisma Cloud, CrowdStrike.
• Proficient with vulnerability platforms and API-integrated email security tools.
• Knowledge of SWG and Secure Web Gateways (SWG) and related security tech.

Responsibilities

• Lead architectural design for core Enterprise Defense capabilities (EDR/XDR, endpoint protection).
• Own vulnerability management including CTEM and exposure management.
• Design cloud and SaaS posture strategy (CSPM/SSPM).
• Architect messaging and gateway defense (SEG, DMARC, DKIM, SPF).
• Lead network and perimeter defense (SSE, DLP).
• Define and maintain enterprise defense reference architecture and patterns.
• Establish deployment blueprints across on-prem, hybrid, and multi-cloud.

Skills

Cybersecurity architecture

Enterprise security

EDR / XDR

CSPM / SSPM

Vulnerability management

Email security

Security tooling

Tools

CrowdStrike Falcon

Tenable

Qualys

Job description

To get the best candidate experience, please consider applying for a maximum of 3 roles within 12 months to ensure you are not duplicating efforts.

Job Category

Software Engineering

Job Details

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.

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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)
• Lead network and perimeter defense, including Security Service Edge, traffic inspection, Data Loss Prevention (DLP), and Enterprise Secure Browser technology
• 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 in-depth knowledge of Secure Web Gateways (SWG), Secure Sockets Layer/Transport Layer Secu