Senior Offensive Security Engineer (Red Team)

Salesforce; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 148,500 - 223,900; Full time

Job summary

Salesforce is seeking a Senior Offensive Security Engineer (Red Team) in Washington, DC, to lead hands-on security operations. This role emphasizes real-world simulations and requires deep knowledge of offensive security tactics and attack chains.

The ideal candidate will have strong communication skills, experience in executing high-impact engagements, and the ability to mentor junior team members. The position comes with a competitive salary range of $148,500 - $223,900 annually and benefits through Salesforce.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on experience in offensive security or red teaming.
• Proven ability to execute complex simulations of adversaries.
• Strong knowledge of adversary tactics and attack chains.

Responsibilities

• Execute hands-on red team operations simulating threats.
• Identify and exploit vulnerabilities to achieve attacker goals.
• Produce clear findings with actionable remediation guidance.

Skills

Offensive security experience

Red teaming tactics

Complex penetration testing

Manual exploitation

Writing custom scripts

Communication skills

Job description

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.

We are looking for a Senior Offensive Security Engineer (Red Team) with a strong, hands-on attacker mindset to execute advanced offensive security operations across our products, platforms, and enterprise environment. This role is highly execution-focused. You will work closely with the Red Team Director to design and carry out real-world adversary simulations, uncover high-impact attack paths, and validate how weaknesses can be chained to achieve meaningful attacker objectives. The emphasis is on real exploitation, depth and impact, not checklist-driven testing. You will translate red team operations into actionable insights that improve prevention, detection, and response capabilities across the organization.

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.

Posting Statement: Salesforce is an equal opportunity employer and maintains a policy of non-discrimination with all employees and applicants for employment. Salesforce applies to recruiting, hiring, and promotion decisions based on merit, and does not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, veteran status, or other protected classifications.

The typical base salary range for this position is $148,500 - $223,900 annually. This range represents base salary only and does not include bonuses, equity, or benefits. More details about company benefits can be found at the following link: https://www.salesforcebenefits.com.