Salesforce is seeking an experienced Security/IAM AI & ML Software Architect to lead the design and evolution of intelligent identity+security platforms powered by data, analytics, and machine learning to deliver cloud-scale security services and drive innovation in the agentic era
Requirements
- 15+ years of software development experience
- 7+ years designing and delivering enterprise-scale Security architectures in cloud and hybrid environments
- Demonstrated experience architecting data-intensive, ML-enabled security platforms
- Deep understanding of IAM technologies and protocols: IGA, SSO, RBAC/ABAC, PAM, Directory Services
- Strong grasp of identity lifecycle, entitlement models, SoD, and compliance frameworks (SOX, NIST, CMMC)
- Experience with identity threat detection, continuous access evaluation, and zero trust architectures
- Strong understanding of ML concepts as applied to security, including anomaly detection, classification and risk scoring
Responsibilities
- Lead the architectural design for AI/ML enabled IAM capabilities, including identity lifecycle and access governance
- Define and maintain the Enterprise Identity Intelligence reference architecture, including data flows, ML pipelines, decision engines, and feedback loops
- Architect scalable platforms to collect, normalize, enrich, and analyze Security/Identity data
- Partner with security data science teams to design, deploy, and operationalize ML models for anomaly detection and behavioral baselining
- Develop proof of concepts to validate ML feasibility, data quality, and performance at scale
- Lead threat modeling and architecture assessments for AI-driven IAM components and their dependencies
- Enable IAM administration and onboarding platforms to adopt ML-driven identity standards
Other
- Collaborate with architects, engineering leads, data scientists, and product managers to define long-term architectural vision
- Ability to work with enterprise architects and business leaders to map identity intelligence capabilities to user journeys and business processes
- CISSP, CCSP, TOGAF or relevant cloud/security certifications
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
- Ability to travel as needed
