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Salesforce is the world''s leading customer relationship management (CRM) platform, offering cloud-based software for sales, service, marketing, analytics, and application development. Industry: Enterprise Software & Cloud Computing
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As a Principal Federal Compliance & Security Architect, you will serve as the chief technical authority for the federal platform footprint. You will bridge high-level compliance directives with robust cloud engineering to maintain FedRAMP Moderate and High, and Department of Defense (DoD) Impact Level 5 authorizations. Your daily responsibilities include defining architectural standards, performing governance reviews, and developing risk mitigation strategies. You will translate NIST SP 800-53, DoD SRG, and FIPS requirements into scalable cloud architectures across AWS GovCloud and Microsoft Azure Government environments. The role requires expertise in security architecture, systems design, and federal compliance initiatives. You will author System Security Plans, conduct code reviews, and act as the primary technical liaison to third-party assessment organizations and federal officials to ensure secure transitions into production federal environments while managing technical debt and infrastructure scalability.
Zero Trust
NIST 800-207
DoD Zero Trust Reference Architecture
Identity and Access Management
Automation and Orchestration
Machine Learning
Cloud Security
Secure DevOps
NGFW
AWS
Azure
GCP
Big Data
Network Architecture
IoT
Perimeter Defense