Sr. Security Governance Engineer, Secure Build & Change

Salesforce, Inc.; Seattle (WA); Presencial; USD 149.000 - 246.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Salesforce, Inc. is seeking a Sr. Security Governance Engineer to turn security policies and regulatory requirements into actionable controls. You’ll develop a governance framework, maintain policy standards, and collaborate across Security Engineering, Product Security, and Compliance teams to embed governance into engineering workflows.

The role emphasizes policy ownership, domain SME responsibilities, and continuous improvement of control effectiveness within Salesforce’s Assurance practice.

Formación

• Translate enterprise security policies, regulatory requirements, and risk expectations into measurable, technically actionable controls.
• Grow into a Security Control Family Owner for domains such as IAM, Cloud, Application Security, Cryptography, Data Protection, or Infrastructure Security.
• Collaborate with Security Engineering, Product Security, Cloud Security, IAM, Compliance, Risk, Audit, Legal, and business teams.

Responsabilidades

• Develop and maintain security policies, technical standards, and control requirements.
• Manage the policy lifecycle: versioning, approvals, exceptions, reviews, and change management.
• Define structured, machine-readable policy and control requirements and validate with engineering teams.
• Establish a governance framework integrated into engineering workflows and CI/CD processes.
• Act as SME for assigned domains and drive improvements in risk management.

Conocimientos

Governance expertise

Policy design

Regulatory compliance

Security controls

Herramientas

OPA/Rego

HashiCorp Sentinel

Git

YAML

JSON

Descripción del empleo

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. Ready to level-up your career at the company leading workforce transformation in the agentic era? You’re in the right place! Agentforce is the future of AI, and you are the future of Salesforce.

About the team Assurance at Salesforce is being rebuilt as an engineering discipline. Legacy GRC runs on spreadsheets, screenshots, and an annual scramble to prove controls worked months ago. We're replacing it with a model that is continuous, automated, and built into how Salesforce ships. Controls are code. Evidence comes from pipelines, not people chasing tickets. Risk-informed, control managed. We monitor, validate, and improve the controls that stand against threats and failures. Visibility and invention. We give Salesforce a clear, current view of its security posture, and we invest in the people who build it. Always in front. Nothing waits for the next audit to surface.

What you’ll be doing:

As a Sr. Security Governance Engineer, you’ll translate enterprise security policies, regulatory requirements, and risk expectations into measurable, technically actionable controls. You’ll help build a governance framework where policies and standards are version‑controlled, validated, and integrated into engineering workflows. Over time, you’ll grow into a Security Control Family Owner for domains such as IAM, Cloud, Application Security, Cryptography, Data Protection, or Infrastructure Security. The focus is governance, control design, and policy ownership. It is not hands‑on software development.

Policy and standards:

Develop and maintain security policies, technical standards, and control requirements. Manage the policy lifecycle: versioning, approvals, exceptions, reviews, and change management. Keep them aligned with architecture, risk appetite, and regulatory obligations.

Governance-as-Code / Policy-as-Code:

Define structured, machine‑readable policy and control requirements. Work with engineering to turn them into guardrails and validation criteria, using tools like OPA/Rego or cloud‑native policy frameworks. You won’t necessarily own the implementation. Review implementations for alignment with policy intent.

Control framework:

Maintain a common control framework with clear objectives, ownership, and validation criteria. Establish traceability from regulation to policy to control to implementation. Set expectations for preventive, detective, and compensating controls, and support continuous evaluation of control effectiveness.

Control family ownership:

Act as the SME and point of contact for your assigned domains. Interpret regulations, assess gaps, exceptions, and emerging risks, and recommend improvements.

Collaboration:

Work with Security Engineering, Product Security, Cloud Security, IAM, Compliance, Risk, Audit, Legal, and business teams. Bring a governance perspective to architecture and design discussions.

Expected Outcomes:

Decision speed: Rules are obvious, decisions are fast, and outputs are predictable, with governance built into the engineering workflow. Scalable governance: Policies and control requirements are clear, consistent, and technically actionable. Governance-as-Code adoption: Requirements are version‑controlled, traceable, and integrated into security practices. Alignment and visibility: Written policies, technical guardrails, and implemented controls match. Regulations, risks, controls, and evidence are clearly linked. Control family SMEs: Dedicated owners set policy direction and technical standards for each domain.

Nice to have:

• Experience with Governance-as-Code or Policy-as-Code, and policy engines such as OPA/Rego or HashiCorp Sentinel
• Familiarity with YAML, JSON, Git, infrastructure-as-code, and DevSecOps
• Experience with GRC platforms, Common Controls Frameworks (CCF), and OSCAL
• Exposure to security posture management, compliance validation, architecture reviews, or AI governance

How We Work:

Engineering‑first. We use version control, code review, CI/CD, and backlogs. Assurance work ships like software. Automate first. If it’s done manually twice, it’s a candidate for a build. Signals, not surprises. Gaps become alerts and workflows, and control failures resolve through defined escalation paths. Embedded partners. We work alongside T&P teams as peers, not gatekeepers, and solve problems with them, not at them. Outcomes over activity. We measure risk reduced, effort saved, and audit friction removed.

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. What does that mean exactly? It means that at Salesforce, we believe in equality for all. And we believe we can lead the path to equality in part by creating a workplace that’s inclusive, and free from discrimination. Know your rights: workplace discrimination is illegal. Any employee or potential employee will be assessed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications – without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, transgender status, age, disability, veteran or marital status, political viewpoint, or other classifications protected by law. This policy applies to current and prospective employees, no matter where they are in their Salesforce employment journey. It also applies to recruiting, hiring, job assignment, compensation, promotion, benefits, training, assessment of job performance, discipline, termination, and everything in between. Recruiting, hiring, and promotion decisions at Salesforce are fair and based on merit. The same goes for compensation, benefits, promotions, transfers, reduction in workforce, recall, training, and education. 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)
• an employee stock purchasing program

The typical base salary range for this position is $148,500 - $223,900 annually. In select cities within the SanFrancisco and NewYork City metropolitan area, the base salary range for this role is $178,900 - $246,000 annually. The range represents base salary only, and does not include company bonus, incentive for sales roles, equity or benefits, as applicable.

We’re Salesforce, the CustomerCompany, 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.