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Federal Compliance & Security Architect

AI summary of the role

Principal-level architect serving as chief technical authority for Salesforce's federal platform footprint, driving FedRAMP High and DoD IL5 authorizations.

What you’ll do

  • Define architectural standards and design highly available federal platforms to achieve FedRAMP High and DoD IL5 authorizations.
  • Translate NIST SP 800-53, DoD SRG, and FIPS requirements into scalable cloud architectures across AWS GovCloud, Azure Government, or dedicated enclaves.
  • Drive end-to-end compliance and security architecture, including Continuous Monitoring (ConMon) and System Security Plans (SSPs).
  • Serve as primary technical liaison to 3PAOs, sponsoring agencies, and Authorizing Officials (AOs).

What you’ll bring

  • 12+ years in security architecture, cloud engineering, or systems design.
  • 5+ years leading major federal compliance initiatives (FedRAMP Moderate/High, DoD IL5).
  • Deep mastery of NIST SP 800-53, NIST SP 800-37 RMF, FIPS 140-2/140-3, and DoD SRG.
  • Hands-on experience with AWS GovCloud, Azure Government, or equivalent federal environments.

Technologies

FedRAMP · DoD IL5 · NIST SP 800-53 · NIST SP 800-37 · FIPS 140-2 · FIPS 140-3 · AWS GovCloud · Azure Government · 3PAO · System Security Plans

About Salesforce

Salesforce sells CRM, data, integration, analytics and collaboration software now unified around Agentforce AI agents for enterprise customer workflows.

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