Senior Incident Responder, Global CSIRT

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Agentforce is the future of AI, and you are the future of Salesforce.The ExperienceSalesforce's Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT) provides 24x7x365 security monitoring and rapid incident response across every Salesforce environment, protecting company and customer data from adversaries.As a Senior Incident Responder, you'll be a core member of the response team — investigating and handling security incidents end to end, taking a lead role on many of them, and escalating to Lead Incident Responders on the most severe or ambiguous events. You'll also help improve the playbooks, detections, and automation that make the team faster, and mentor newer analysts as you grow toward a lead role yourself.This is a hands-on technical role focused on the detailed work of incident response.What You'll Actually Be DoingInvestigate and respond to security incidents end to end — triage, containment, eradication, recovery, and post-incident review — taking point on many incidents and supporting Lead Incident Responders on the highest-severity, highest-visibility events.Investigate adversary activity, insider threats, and web application attacks across on-premises and multi-cloud environments.Contribute to process improvements, playbooks, and automation — including Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response (SOAR) tooling and detection-as-code — that reduce time-to-detect and time-to-respond, and support strategic projects expanding detection and response capabilities.Produce clear incident documentation and status updates for technical and non-technical stakeholders, mentor newer incident responders, and support the team's on-call rotation (core hours 10:30 AM–6:30 PM ET, Monday–Friday, with occasional overnight/weekend on-call as needed).You're Our Person If...You have 5+ years in information security, including hands-on operational security monitoring and incident response.You can perform host and network forensics across Windows, macOS, and Linux — analyzing file system, memory, process, and network artifacts for indicators of compromise — and have responded to incidents in cloud environments (AWS, Azure, and/or GCP), including familiarity with cloud architectures, CI/CD (continuous integration/continuous delivery) pipelines, and cloud logging/telemetry.You've handled high-priority incidents, including insider investigations, adversary activity, and web application attacks, and have a solid, current understanding of the threat landscape — attacker tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs), tooling, and hardening best practices — including working knowledge of a framework such as MITRE ATT&CK.You communicate clearly in writing and verbally, document incidents effectively, and build trusted relationships with peers inside and outside your team.Even Better If...You're developing depth in a specialty — malware analysis, detection engineering, forensics, cloud security, offensive security, or applied AI/ML for security.You have prior experience in a 24x7x365 security operations environment, and have improved team capability through automation and tool development.You hold relevant certifications: SANS GCIH, GCFA, GCFE, GNFA, GPEN, GREM, or Offensive Security OSCP.You have experience applying AI and LLMs to SOC operations — AI-powered tooling, LLM-assisted threat analysis, and AI-driven detection — and a strong understanding of the Salesforce platform and its SaaS offerings.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.Unleash Your PotentialWhen you join Salesforce, you’ll be limitless in all areas of your life. Our benefits and resources support you to find balance and be your best, and our AI agents accelerate your impact so you can do your best. Together, we’ll bring the power of Agentforce to organizations of all sizes and deliver amazing experiences that customers love. Apply today to not only shape the future — but to redefine what’s possible — for yourself, for AI, and the world.AccommodationsIf you need a reasonable accommodation during the application or the recruiting process, please submit a request via this Accommodations Request Form.Please note that Salesforce uses artificial intelligence (AI) tools to help our recruiters assess and evaluate candidates’ resumes and qualifications throughout the recruiting process. Humans will always make any candidate selection and hiring decisions. 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More details about company benefits can be found at the following link: 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 $148,500 - $223,900 annually. The range represents base salary only, and does not include company bonus, incentive for sales roles, equity or benefits, as applicable.SummaryLocation: Virginia - Mclean; Washington - BellevueType: Full time