Senior Offensive Security Engineer (Red Team)

salesforce.com, inc.; Herndon (VA); On-site; USD 148,500 - 223,900; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Paid parental leave

Employee stock purchasing program

Job summary

Salesforce.com, inc. in Herndon, VA, seeks a skilled red team engineer to execute offensive security operations. This role involves identifying vulnerabilities, collaborating with various teams, and producing actionable remediation guidance. Ideal candidates will have deep hands-on experience in offensive security and strong communication skills.

Join Salesforce to drive innovation and shape the future of AI in CRM. Comprehensive benefits and competitive compensation are part of the package.

Qualifications

• Deep hands-on experience in offensive security, red teaming, or high-impact penetration testing.
• Proven experience executing complex offensive engagements in production-like environments.
• Strong understanding of adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs).

Responsibilities

• Execute hands-on red team operations simulating real-world threat actors.
• Identify, exploit, and chain high-impact vulnerabilities.
• Collaborate with Detection & Response and Incident Response teams.

Skills

Offensive security

Red teaming

Penetration testing

Communication skills

Tools

Custom scripts

Security tools

Job description

About Salesforce

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Key Responsibilities

• Execute hands‑on red team operations simulating real‑world threat actors across applications, platforms, cloud infrastructure, and enterprise environments.
• Identify, exploit, and chain high‑impact vulnerabilities and weaknesses to achieve defined attacker goals.
• Perform advanced offensive activities, including:
  • Manual exploitation and attack chaining
  • Abuse of identity, authorization, and trust relationships
  • Bypassing security controls and detections
• Contribute to the design and execution of end‑to‑end attack campaigns under the guidance of the Red Team Director.
• Develop a deep understanding of products and systems through the lens of adversary abuse and exploitation.
• Collaborate closely with:
  • Detection & Response teams to test alerts, visibility, and response workflows
  • Incident Response teams during simulated incidents
  • Engineering and platform teams to explain exploitation paths and root causes
• Produce clear, technically detailed findings that translate into actionable remediation guidance.
• Contribute to tooling, automation, and tradecraft improvements, including collaboration with the AI‑Automation team.
• Share knowledge and mentor junior red team engineers, helping raise overall tradecraft quality.

Required Qualifications

• Deep hands‑on experience in offensive security, red teaming, or high‑impact penetration testing.
• Proven experience executing complex offensive engagements in production‑like environments.
• Strong understanding of:
  • Adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs)
  • Identity and access abuse
  • Application and infrastructure attack chains
  • Cloud and hybrid enterprise attack surfaces
• Hands‑on experience with:
  • Manual exploitation and attack chaining
  • Writing custom scripts, tooling, or payloads
  • Bypassing security controls and detections
• Ability to clearly articulate:
  • How attacks were performed
  • Why defenses failed
  • What mitigations will meaningfully reduce risk
• Strong communication skills and experience collaborating with security and engineering teams.

Accommodations

If you need a reasonable accommodation during the application or the recruiting process, please submit a request via this Accommodations Request Form.

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Compensation

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. More details about company benefits can be found at the following link: https://www.salesforcebenefits.com. 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. At Salesforce, we believe in equitable compensation practices that reflect the dynamic nature of labor markets across various regions. The typical base salary range for this position is $148,500 - $223,900 annually. The range represents base salary only, and does not include company bonus, incentive for sales roles, equity or benefits, as applicable.