Security GRC Senior Analyst

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3 Locations
In-Office
117K-177K Annually
Senior level
Cloud • Software
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The Role
Own security governance, risk, compliance, and accreditation initiatives for Salesforce Government Cloud. Advise business and technical stakeholders on information security requirements, support federal authorization and continuous monitoring activities, communicate accreditation programs, and improve operational processes through automation. The role requires cloud security experience across AWS, Azure, or GCP, knowledge of FedRAMP 20x and DoD SRG frameworks, compliance engineering expertise, metrics and dashboard development, and collaboration with authorizing officials, auditors, regulators, engineers, and security teams.
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Overview of the Role:

In this role, you’re expected to own the area of responsibility with minimal guidance from senior team members. You should innovate, challenge the status quo, embrace operational excellence best practices and use automation and emerging technologies to enhance delivery of your work product. Additionally, accountable for advising business partners on adopting new security requirements.

This candidate must be a U.S. citizen (U.S. born or naturalized) operating on U.S. Soil who does not hold dual citizenship with the ability to meet customer and government screening standards applicable to this role.

Responsibilities:

  • Drive existing or newly identified initiatives between stakeholder organizations creating synergies and reducing risk of non-compliance with internal or external requirements

  • Support change management activities with federal authorization bodies 

  • Support multiple security pillars within Salesforce Government Cloud Division including but not limited to, continuous monitoring activities, advisory, incident response, adoption of AI, and security documentation 

  • Consult with business or security stakeholders on information security requirements and applicability to their business processes, products, or services

  • Create and maintain relationships with key business, legal, Employee Success, Internal Audit, technical/engineering stakeholders, and other organizations throughout the company who provide expertise in security requirements and solution management

  • Focus on continuous improvement of operational processes and designing innovative and automated functionality for added efficiency

  • Effectively communicate accreditation positions and programs to applicable business stakeholders

Required Qualifications:

  • Minimum 4 years of experience in information security, cybersecurity, accreditation, and other security related areas

  • Experience working with Government Cloud environments such as AWS, Azure, GCP (SaaS, IaaS, PaaS etc)

  • Experience in security related analysis, creating metrics and dashboards and summarizing large data sets

  • Ability to work with both business and technical areas and translate between the two areas

  • Skilled at building rapport and establishing partnerships

  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills and ability to communicate results to multiple levels of management

  • Knowledge security frameworks (FedRAMP20x, DoD SRG)

  • Demonstrated desire to learn new skills and innovate

  • Agile, proactive, comfortable working with ambiguous specifications and can prioritize quickly and effectively

  • Excellent interpersonal, relationship, and organizational skills

  • Excellent analytical and process development skills

  • Detail oriented with an eye for quality

  • Drive improvements in existing processes and develop new innovative and efficient solutions

  • Ability to work effectively with a wide range of individuals including developers, systems administrators, executives, customers, regulators, auditors, etc.

  • Experience building productive relationships with Technical Operations, Security Operations, Incident Response, Technical Compliance, Engineering, and other stakeholders

  • Experience working directly with Authorizing Officials in Federal Civilian agencies, including the Department of Defense (DoD), specifically the DISA Cloud Assessment Division.

  • Proven experience in Compliance Engineering

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Operationalized AI automation strategies

  • CISSP, CISA, CISM, AWS or similar certifications a plus

  • Coding or scripting experience

  • Experience leveraging AI to help facilitate day-to-day tasks.

  • Understanding of FedRAMP 20x standards and requirements.

  • Compliance engineering experience (e.g., developing tools, processes or requirements to facilitate compliance related work).

This candidate must be a U.S. citizen (U.S. born or naturalized) who does not hold dual citizenship and agrees to complete a U.S. federal government Minimum Background Investigation (MBI) for a Moderate Public Trust position.

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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 $117,200 - $176,700 annually. The range represents base salary only, and does not include company bonus, incentive for sales roles, equity or benefits, as applicable.

Skills Required

  • Minimum 4 years of experience in information security, cybersecurity, accreditation, or related security areas
  • Experience working with Government Cloud environments such as AWS, Azure, or GCP, including SaaS, IaaS, or PaaS
  • Experience conducting security-related analysis, creating metrics and dashboards, and summarizing large data sets
  • Ability to work with business and technical teams and translate between them
  • Ability to build rapport and establish partnerships
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including communicating results to multiple management levels
  • Knowledge of security frameworks including FedRAMP 20x and DoD SRG
  • Demonstrated willingness to learn new skills and innovate
  • Agile, proactive, comfortable with ambiguity, and able to prioritize effectively
  • Excellent interpersonal, relationship-building, and organizational skills
  • Excellent analytical and process development skills
  • Strong attention to detail and commitment to quality
  • Ability to improve existing processes and develop innovative, efficient solutions
  • Ability to work effectively with developers, systems administrators, executives, customers, regulators, auditors, and other stakeholders
  • Experience building relationships with Technical Operations, Security Operations, Incident Response, Technical Compliance, Engineering, and related stakeholders
  • Experience working directly with Authorizing Officials in Federal Civilian agencies, including the Department of Defense and DISA Cloud Assessment Division
  • Proven experience in Compliance Engineering
  • U.S. citizenship, either U.S.-born or naturalized, without dual citizenship
  • Ability to operate on U.S. soil and meet customer and government screening standards
  • Operationalized AI automation strategies
  • CISSP, CISA, CISM, AWS, or similar certification
  • Coding or scripting experience
  • Experience leveraging AI to facilitate day-to-day tasks
  • Understanding of FedRAMP 20x standards and requirements
  • Compliance engineering experience developing tools, processes, or requirements for compliance work

Salesforce Compensation & Benefits Highlights

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  • Fair & Transparent Compensation Pay is positioned as above-market in the U.S., with multiple peer-reported benchmarks converging around a similar median total compensation figure. Compensation is also framed as broadly viewed as fair in aggregate, even while acknowledging variation by role and group.
  • Parental & Family Support Parental leave is described as notably generous for U.S. caregivers, with additional supports like gradual return-to-work and doula reimbursement. Family-building programs are also emphasized through fertility/adoption/surrogacy support with sizeable reimbursement limits.
  • Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits Mental-health and coaching offerings are highlighted as accessible supports alongside financial-wellbeing tools. Volunteer Time Off and donation matching are presented as distinctive lifestyle-aligned benefits that add value beyond cash compensation.

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