Founding Lead Security Architect – PSSA

salesforce.com, inc.; New Jersey; On-site; USD 150,000 - 227,000; Full time

Job summary

Salesforce is building a new Professional Services Security Assurance (PSSA) team. This founding role focuses on delivering high-impact security engagements, securing deployments, and shaping secure-by-design practices for customers.

You will work closely with the Security Practice and Professional Services to drive secure configurations and protect customer data at scale. You will advise customers, perform architecture reviews, threat modeling, and security testing across web, API, and

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Application Security, Product Security, or Security Consulting.
• Hands-on experience performing security assessments including threat modeling and code reviews.
• Experience with cloud security reviews and modern application architectures.

Responsibilities

• Lead security engagements by performing in-depth assessments of web, mobile, API, cloud, and AI-enabled applications, including architecture and design reviews.
• Develop and communicate risk findings, remediation guidance, and actionable security recommendations to technical and executive stakeholders.
• Collaborate with Professional Services to integrate security throughout the SDLC from design to deployment.
• Contribute to security standards, reference architectures, and secure development guidelines.
• Research emerging threats and evolving attack techniques to continuously improve assessment methodologies.
• Build strong customer relationships through clear communication and trusted advisory.

Skills

Security assessments

Threat modeling

Secure code reviews

Cloud security

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Security

Tools

Java

Python

JavaScript

Go

C#

Job description

Salesforce is building a new Professional Services Security Assurance (PSSA) team. This founding role focuses on delivering high-impact security engagements, securing deployments, and shaping secure-by-design practices for customers.

You will work closely with the Security Practice and Professional Services to drive secure configurations and protect customer data at scale. You will advise customers, perform architecture reviews, threat modeling, and security testing across web, API, and