Full-Time

Incident Response Lead

Global CSIRT

Updated on 9/11/2026

Salesforce

Salesforce

10,001+ employees

Cloud-based CRM platform with subscriptions

Compensation Overview

$172.5k - $260.1k/yr

No H1B Sponsorship

McLean, VA, USA + 1 more

More locations: Bellevue, WA, USA

Remote

Core hours are 10:30 AM–6:30 PM Eastern Time, with occasional overnight and weekend on-call rotations.

US Citizenship, US Top Secret Clearance Required

Category
Cybersecurity (1)
Required Skills
Malware Analysis
Microsoft Azure
Incident Response
Microsoft Windows
Machine Learning
AWS
DevOps
Linux/Unix
Google Cloud Platform

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Requirements
  • At least 8 years of information security experience, including substantial hands-on operational security monitoring and incident response experience.
  • Host and network forensics experience across Windows, macOS, and Linux, including analysis of file system, memory, process, and network artifacts for indicators of compromise.
  • Experience responding to incidents in cloud environments such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and/or Google Cloud Platform, including familiarity with cloud architectures, continuous integration and continuous delivery pipelines, and cloud logging and telemetry.
  • Current understanding of the threat landscape, including attacker tactics, techniques, and procedures, and system and network hardening best practices.
  • U.S. citizenship by birth or naturalization, without dual citizenship.
  • Agreement to complete a U.S. federal government Minimum Background Investigation for a Moderate Public Trust position.
Responsibilities
  • Lead end-to-end response to high-severity, high-visibility incidents from initial triage through containment, eradication, recovery, and post-incident review.
  • Act as the technical escalation point and on-shift decision-maker for the incident response team.
  • Investigate sophisticated adversaries, insider threats, and web application attacks across on-premises and multi-cloud environments.
  • Design and build process improvements, playbooks, and automation, including security orchestration, automation, and response tooling and detection-as-code, to reduce time to detect and time to respond.
Desired Qualifications
  • Recognized depth in malware analysis, detection engineering, forensics, cloud security, offensive security, or applied artificial intelligence and machine learning for security.
  • Prior experience in a 24x7x365 security operations environment.
  • A track record of capability uplift through automation and tool development, including security orchestration, automation, and response, scripting, and detection-as-code.
  • Relevant certifications such as SANS GCIH, GCFA, GCFE, GNFA, GPEN, GREM, or Offensive Security OSCP.
  • Working knowledge of a framework such as MITRE ATT&CK.

Salesforce provides cloud-based CRM software to help organizations manage customer relationships. Its main platform, Customer 360, combines marketing, sales, service, commerce, and IT tools in one integrated suite delivered via subscription. It differentiates itself with a broad, modular product lineup, a large ecosystem of partners and training, and cloud-based updates. Its goal is to help businesses of all sizes improve customer relationships, streamline operations, and drive growth by delivering consistent, data-driven experiences across the customer journey.

Company Size

10,001+

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

San Francisco, California

Founded

1999

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Agentforce ARR topped $1.5 billion in Q2 2026, up over 240% year over year.
  • Second-quarter 2026 revenue reached $11.3 billion, with current RPO rising 14% to $33.5 billion.
  • Salesforce led HiBob’s September 1, 2026 investment, extending its HR and Slack ecosystem reach.

What critics are saying

  • February 2026 and June 2026 layoffs show AI productivity is shrinking headcount fast.
  • Claude token costs cut FY2026 operating margin guidance to 20.1%, pressuring profits.
  • Microsoft and AI-native copilots threaten CRM user interfaces, risking Salesforce becoming only plumbing.

What makes Salesforce unique

  • Salesforce’s April 2026 AgentExchange unifies AppExchange, Slack, and Agentforce.
  • Customer 360 still anchors sales, service, commerce, and IT workflows across enterprises.
  • Salesforce’s June 2026 Data 360 semantic search binds customer context to agents.

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Benefits

Health Insurance

Life Insurance

401(k) Retirement Plan

Remote Work Options

Flexible Work Hours

Parental Leave

Wellness Program

Growth & Insights and Company News

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