Senior Threat Assessment Engineer

Salesforce

Remote

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Work type: Remote
Location: Remote
Salary: $148,500–$223,900 / yr
Posted: 45 days ago

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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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TL;DR · Senior Threat Assessment Engineer

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As a Senior Threat Assessment Engineer on the Environmental Threat Assessment team, you will lead independent assessments of new mergers and acquisitions (M&As), major product releases, and incident uplifts to identify and mitigate security risks. Your day-to-day involves conducting threat modeling for infrastructure and applications, creating onboarding strategies for M&As into Cyber Security Operations, and analyzing logs from various security tools like EDR, CSPM, and SIEM to detect potential gaps in coverage. You will collaborate with intelligence, detection, and response teams to drive automation and scale capabilities through agentic security investments. The role requires expertise in cloud security across AWS, GCP, and Azure, as well as proficiency in threat modeling frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK and STRIDE. Strong research, analytical, and communication skills are essential for translating technical insights into actionable recommendations for stakeholders.

Skills

AWS GCP Azure EDR CSPM SIEM OWASP Cyber Kill Chain Diamond Model MITRE ATT&CK STRIDE Python SQL CI/CD

What you'll do

Conduct threat modeling for new M&As, products, and features.
Develop onboarding strategies for integrating new acquisitions into Cyber Security Operations.
Analyze cloud security controls and architectures across AWS, GCP, and Azure.
Identify gaps in coverage by analyzing logs from various security tools.
Translate technical research into actionable recommendations for stakeholders.
Provide strategic threat insights to leadership and security teams.

What we're looking for

6+ years of experience in threat modeling and security architecture.
Proficient in analyzing logs from EDR, CSPM, SIEM tools and correlating data for insights.
In-depth knowledge of cloud and application security best practices (e.g., OWASP Top 10).
Experience using threat modeling frameworks like Cyber Kill Chain, MITRE ATT&CK, STRIDE.
Strong research skills to assess new M&As and product releases from a threat perspective.
Excellent communication skills for translating technical assessments into actionable recommendations.

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