Salesforce Security Engineer- Technical Lead

As a Salesforce Security Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in strengthening the security posture of our Automotive client's Salesforce ecosystem across multiple business units. This role focuses on designing, implementing, and maintaining enterprise-grade security controls, auditing compliance, and leading rapid vulnerability remediation efforts. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to architect secure solutions for data access, authentication, application security, and integrations, ensuring adherence to best practices and regulatory standards.

• Lead enterprise-wide Salesforce security hardening across multiple business units
• Own, maintain, and iterate Salesforce security hardening guidelines, checklists, and standards
• Command stakeholder relationships across cybersecurity teams and business units with technical authority and leadership presence
• Regularly audit and challenge application teams on security posture and adherence to standards
• Architect and implement Salesforce security controls across data access, authentication/authorization, application security, and API/integration layers covering field-level security, encryption, sharing rules, permission sets, OAuth flows, SAML, API security, and Apex security patterns
• 5+ years hands-on Salesforce experience with deep platform security architecture knowledge
• Expert knowledge of Salesforce Shield, Event Monitoring, Security Health Check, and Security Center
• Proven experience with Apex security patterns, SOQL injection prevention, and secure coding practices
• Lead rapid vulnerability remediation through war room coordination and cross-functional team leadership
• Design SIEM integration strategies with Microsoft Sentinel for real-time Salesforce Event Monitoring and automated threat response
• Implement controls for Data Loader abuse prevention, bulk data extraction monitoring, and social engineering attack mitigation
• Lead security POC evaluations and vendor coordination for Security Center, Varonis, and emerging platforms
• Proven track record leading technical initiatives across multiple teams and business units
• Solid understanding of cloud engineering principles (AWS/Azure/Google Cloud Platform), distributed systems architecture, and API security
• Advanced scripting capabilities in Python, Bash, or similar languages for security automation
• Exceptional ability to articulate complex security concepts to C-level executives and technical teams