Federal Compliance & Security Architect

To get the best candidate experience, please consider applying for a maximum of 3 roles within 12 months to ensure you are not duplicating efforts. Job Category Software Engineering Job Details About Salesforce Salesforce is the #1 AI CRM, where humans with agents drive customer success together. Here, ambition meets action. Tech meets trust. And innovation isn’t a buzzword — it’s a way of life. The world of work as we know it is changing and we're looking for Trailblazers who are passionate about bettering business and the world through AI, driving innovation, and keeping Salesforce's core values at the heart of it all. Ready to level-up your career at the company leading workforce transformation in the agentic era? You’re in the right place! Agentforce is the future of AI, and you are the future of Salesforce. Applications will be accepted until 10/12/2026. The Experience: We are seeking a Principal Federal Compliance & Security Architect to serve as the chief technical authority for our federal platform footprint. In this role, you will define and inform technical vision and bridge high-level compliance directives with robust cloud engineering to achieve and maintain Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) Moderate, High, and Department of Defense (DoD) Impact Level 5 (IL5) authorizations. You will partner with the Engineering team to drive systemic engineering excellence, align cross-functional initiatives with long-range strategic goals, and act as a trusted advisor to executive leadership, key customers, and federal authorizing bodies. The incumbent will have deep experience in Federal security and compliance requirements and focus on identifying and risks and mitigation strategies to deploy secure and compliant products.   What You'll Actually Be Doing: Architectural Leadership & Platform Strategy: Partner with Engineering and Product leadership to establish architectural standards, ensure technical quality, and design highly available, resilient federal platforms capable of achieving Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) High and Department of Defense (DoD) Impact Level 5 (IL5) authorizations. Evaluate technical feasibility for complex architecture initiatives, perform architectural governance reviews to ensure enterprise-wide alignment with a focus in proactive risk identification and mitigation strategy development and implementation. Establish strategic architectural principles and reusable design frameworks that empower engineering teams with compliant-by-default guidance rather than prescriptive constraints. Explore emerging technologies, cloud design patterns, and open-source innovations, quantifying trade-offs between delivery velocity, risk profile, and federal compliance mandates. Federal Security & Compliance Engineering: Translate National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Special Publication (SP) 800-53 controls, Department of Defense (DoD) Cloud Computing Security Requirements Guide (SRG), and Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) requirements into scalable, high-performance cloud architectures across Amazon Web Services (AWS) GovCloud, Microsoft Azure Government, or dedicated enclaves. Drive end-to-end accountability for compliance and security architecture across the platform lifecycle, proactively closing structural gaps in technical and security requirements. Advance engineering excellence by defining standardized frameworks, refining Continuous Monitoring (ConMon) practices, and optimizing developer productivity. Author high-impact architecture specifications, System Security Plans (SSPs), and portfolio strategy documents tailored for executive, technical, and regulatory audiences.   Operational Excellence & Delivery: Conduct rigorous architecture and code reviews, drive Root-Cause Analyses (RCAs) to permanent resolution, and ensure alignment across technical deliverables and organizational goals. Partner with Product Management