Senior DevOps Engineer - Security

salesforce.com, inc.; California, San Francisco (MO, CA); On-site; USD 137,000 - 237,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative firm is seeking a skilled security engineer to join their Endpoint Protection Team. This role focuses on safeguarding company assets through the assessment and deployment of advanced security tools. The ideal candidate will leverage their coding and scripting expertise to automate operations and enhance system resilience. With a commitment to trust and security, the company empowers its employees to drive performance and career growth while making a positive impact on the world. If you're passionate about security and eager to contribute to a forward-thinking organization, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in Linux systems engineering in a DevOps environment.
• Experience with automation and system integration tasks.

Responsibilities

• Develop automation for platform-supporting services to reduce operational overhead.
• Work on deploying and managing large-scale distributed systems.

Skills

Proficient coding and scripting skills (Go, Python, Shell scripting)

Configuration management tools (Puppet, Helm, Ansible, Chef)

Infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform, CloudFormation, Pulumi)

CI/CD pipelines

Knowledge of public cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure)

Linux systems engineering/operations

Endpoint security software

AI-driven solutions in security operations

Endpoint and network troubleshooting

Strong verbal and written communication skills

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

We're Salesforce, the Customer Company, inspiring the future of business with AI+ Data +CRM. Leading with our core values, we help companies across every industry blaze new trails and connect with customers in a whole new way. And, we empower you to be a Trailblazer, too - driving your performance and career growth, charting new paths, and improving the state of the world. If you believe in business as the greatest platform for change and in companies doing well and doing good - you've come to the right place.

Salesforce has one of the best Information Security teams in the world and growing this piece of the business is a top priority! Trust and security are Salesforce's number one value as a company. As a member of the Endpoint Protection Team, you will be focused on protecting Salesforce assets from threats. In this role, you'll be responsible for assessing, deploying, and maturing Salesforce's suite of security tools to provide necessary control and monitoring at an enterprise level.We are looking for an individual contributor that wants to leverage their existing security development skills, help automate existing operations and reduce the operational overhead to build supportive services.Required Skills:

• Proficient coding and scripting skills (Go, Python, Shell scripting) for automation and system integration tasks.
• Experience with configuration management tools (Puppet, Helm, Ansible, Chef).
• Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform, CloudFormation, or Pulumi.
• Capability in setting up and tuning CI/CD pipelines.
• Knowledge of public cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure), supporting systems deployment, configuration management, and application installations within AWS (EKS, S3, VPC, IAM, EC2, SQS), GCP, and/or Azure core services.
• Minimum of 3 years in Linux systems engineering/operations in a DevOps environment.
• Familiarity with endpoint security software, including experience in operating, troubleshooting, installing, and configuring these solutions.
• Ability to leverage AI-driven solutions and tools in security operations to improve efficiency and insights.
• Experience in coordinating and deploying various security tools across all Salesforce endpoints.
• Proficient in endpoint and network troubleshooting.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with an emphasis on documentation.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and improve automation for platform-supporting services to reduce operational overhead and enhance system resilience.
• Build comprehensive monitoring metrics and assess system health to identify areas of improvement.
• Work on deploying, managing, and troubleshooting large-scale distributed systems in public and private cloud environments, including multi-region and multi-cloud deployments.
• Design, install, operate, monitor, and troubleshoot endpoint security monitoring infrastructure.
• Conduct root-cause analysis across distributed systems in a global environment and troubleshoot network, hardware, and operating system issues.
• Collaborate on implementing AI-driven insights and tools to bolster security monitoring and response capabilities.

Desired Skills:

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to remain composed and effective in high-stress situations.
• Knowledge of DevOps practices and experience with containerization, microservices, Kubernetes, and cloud-native applications.
• Agile project delivery experience and understanding of SCRUM ceremonies/practices.
• Up-to-date on industry trends in security, cloud infrastructure, with the ability to articulate these trends clearly.

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Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring, Salesforce will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.For Washington-based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $125,700 to $216,700.For California-based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $137,100 to $236,500.Compensation offered will be determined by factors such as location, level, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Certain roles may be eligible for incentive compensation, equity, benefits. More details about our company benefits can be found at the following link: https://www.salesforcebenefits.com.