Salesforce
Systems Engineering Senior Associate, CSIRT
$117K–$177K
Virginia - Herndon · Office Tech-Flexible · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 30, 2026
- Experience
- 2+ years in cybersecurity, engineering, and/or incident response roles.
- Education
- A related technical degree, such as Computer Science, Software Engineering, Cybersecurity, Information Assurance, or equivalent work experience.
- Visa sponsorship
- Must be a U.S. citizen; the posting also states the candidate must not hold dual citizenship and must have an active USA TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph.
About the job
Investigate and respond to cybersecurity incidents in Salesforce National Security cloud environments, coordinating response actions and analyzing security alerts and logs.
What you'll do
- Investigate cyber events, document incidents, and analyze SIEM log data for malicious activity.
- Coordinate incident response across teams, meet service-level agreements, escalate issues, and update senior leaders.
- Automate workflows, develop analytics and mitigations, and hunt for indicators of compromise.
What they ask for
- U.S. citizenship and an active U.S. Government Top Secret/SCI clearance with Polygraph.
- A related technical degree or equivalent work experience.
- 2+ years experience in cybersecurity, engineering, and/or incident response roles.
- Strong communication, problem-solving, and information-security threat landscape knowledge.
Nice to have
- Experience with AWS Cloud, Splunk, Azure Sentinel, or ElasticStack.
- Knowledge of network protocols, cloud security, forensics, scripting, dashboards, or security certifications.
Pay
$117,200 - $176,700 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
AWS Cloud, Splunk, Azure Sentinel, ElasticStack, TCP/IP, SQL, SPL, GraphQL
AI focus
Salesforce states that AI tools assist recruiters in assessing and evaluating candidates’ resumes and qualifications; humans make all selection and hiring decisions.
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