Salesforce · 3 weeks ago
Enterprise Security Software Architect (AI/ML)
Washington - Bellevue
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$231K/yr - $352K/yr
15+ years expSalesforce is the #1 AI CRM, driving innovation and customer success through AI and data. The Enterprise Security Software Architect will lead the design and evolution of intelligent identity and security platforms, focusing on integrating AI/ML into the security technology stack to enhance security outcomes across a complex hybrid environment.
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Responsibilities
Architecture & Strategy
Lead the architectural design for AI/ML enabled IAM capabilities, including:
Identity lifecycle and access governance
Risk-adaptive authentication and authorization
Privileged Access Management (PAM) risk scoring and session analytics
Identity threat detection and response (ITDR)
Continuous Access Evaluation (CAE) and policy decisioning
Define and maintain the Enterprise Identity Intelligence reference architecture, including data flows, ML pipelines, decision engines, and feedback loops
Align IAM AI/ML strategy with business outcomes, security posture, regulatory requirements, and AI principles
Data, AI & ML Enablement
Architect scalable platforms to collect, normalize, enrich, and analyze Security/Identity data, including:
User, device and non-human identities
Authentication events, access requests, entitlements, sessions, and behavioral telemetry
Partner with security data science teams to design, deploy, and operationalize ML models for: Anomaly detection and behavioral baselining, Identity risk scoring and modeling, Privilege misuse and lateral movement detection, Access recommendation, role mining, and policy optimization
Platform & Engineering Leadership
Partner with product management and engineering leaders to drive technical roadmaps for the Autonomous IAM platform (API-first, event driven, cloud-native)
Define architectural guardrails for identity data usage, model governance, explainability, and auditability
Lead threat modeling and architecture assessments for AI-driven IAM components and their dependencies
Develop proof of concepts to validate ML feasibility, data quality, and performance at scale
Integration & Enablement
Enable IAM administration and onboarding platforms to adopt ML-driven identity standards (for Enterprise Applications)
Work with enterprise architects and business leaders to map identity intelligence capabilities to user journeys and business processes
Influence standards for identity APIs, event schemas, feature stores, and policy evaluation frameworks
Qualification
Required
15+ years of software development experience
7+ years designing and delivering enterprise-scale Security architectures in cloud and hybrid environments
Demonstrated experience architecting data-intensive, ML-enabled security platforms
Ability to collaborate with architects, engineering leads, data scientists, and product managers to define long-term architectural vision
Deep understanding of IAM technologies and protocols: IGA, SSO, RBAC/ABAC, PAM, Directory Services
OAuth2, OIDC, SAML, SCIM, LDAP, CAEP
Strong grasp of identity lifecycle, entitlement models, SoD, and compliance frameworks (SOX, NIST, CMMC)
Experience with identity threat detection, continuous access evaluation, and zero trust architectures
Strong understanding of ML concepts as applied to security, including anomaly detection, classification and risk scoring
Experience designing data pipelines, feature engineering, model inference paths, and feedback loops
Familiarity with model governance, explainability, drift detection, and bias considerations in security contexts
Strong coding skills (Java or Go preferred)
Experience with cloud platforms (AWS preferred)
Experience with CI/CD pipelines
Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform
Experience with observability and monitoring tools
Preferred
Hands-on experience with large-scale identity datasets for anomaly detection and real-time policy enforcement
Experience architecting risk engines, feature stores, or policy decision services
Experience supporting security and IAM compliance and data quality uplift campaigns
Architect scalable solutions to collect, analyze, and act upon identity signals, risk scores, and session telemetry
Certifications: CISSP, CCSP, TOGAF or relevant cloud/security certifications
Benefits
Time off programs
Medical
Dental
Vision
Mental health support
Paid parental leave
Life and disability insurance
401(k)
Employee stock purchasing program
Company
Salesforce
Salesforce is a cloud-based software company that provides customer relationship management software and applications.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$65.38MKey Investors
Starboard ValueEmergence CapitalHalsey Minor
2022-10-18Post Ipo Equity
2004-06-23IPO
2003-01-01Series Unknown· $1M
Leadership Team
Arundhati Bhattacharya
Chairman & Ceo Salesforce India
Marc Benioff
Chair & CEO
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