Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Cognizant is seeking a Senior Salesforce Security & Platform Health Engineer to strengthen the security, scalability, compliance, and performance of Salesforce environments. The role focuses on identifying and remediating vulnerabilities, optimizing Apex and platform health, conducting org health reviews, and using AI and DevSecOps tools to support secure development and governance.
Responsibilities
- Perform Salesforce security assessments and remediate vulnerabilities across Apex, Lightning Web Components (LWC), Flows, APIs, and integrations
- Analyze and remediate findings from SAST and code-scanning tools including Salesforce Code Analyzer, PMD, Checkmarx, SonarQube, and related security platforms
- Refactor and optimize Apex code to improve governor limit compliance, platform scalability, application performance, and maintainability
- Conduct Salesforce Org Health Reviews, evaluating code quality, technical debt, security posture, automation efficiency, data quality, release readiness, and governance controls
- Leverage Generative AI, GitHub Copilot, Microsoft Copilot, and Salesforce AI capabilities to accelerate secure development, code reviews, vulnerability remediation, documentation, and root cause analysis
Skills
- 7+ years of Salesforce platform experience with deep expertise in Apex, Lightning Web Components (LWC), Flows, and Salesforce security architecture
- Hands-on experience performing vulnerability remediation and secure coding implementation across Salesforce applications and integrations
- Strong expertise with SAST and security analysis tools including Checkmarx, Salesforce Code Analyzer, PMD, and SonarQube
- Strong knowledge of Salesforce governor limits, CPU optimization, query tuning, DML best practices, batch processing, and platform scalability
- Experience implementing CRUD/FLS controls, sharing models, authentication mechanisms, and Salesforce secure coding standards
- Understanding of OWASP security principles and security-by-design methodologies
- Experience with Git, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, CI/CD pipelines, and DevSecOps practices
- Salesforce Platform Developer I (PD1) or Platform Developer II (PD2) certification
- Salesforce Application Architect or System Architect certifications
- Experience in Banking or Financial Services environments
- Hands-on experience conducting Salesforce Org Health Reviews, technical assessments, and governance evaluations
- Experience leveraging Generative AI, GitHub Copilot, Microsoft Copilot, or Salesforce AI for software engineering, remediation, and security reviews
- Experience with Financial Services Cloud (FSC), Salesforce Shield, Event Monitoring, and Security Center
- Experience leading enterprise-scale Salesforce modernization and DevSecOps transformation initiatives
Benefits
- Remote position open to qualified applicants in the United States
- Cognizant’s discretionary annual incentive program, based on performance and subject to the terms of Cognizant’s applicable plans.
- Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance, subject to applicable eligibility requirements
- Paid Holidays plus Paid Time Off, subject to applicable eligibility requirements
- 401(k) Plan and Contributions, subject to applicable eligibility requirements
- Long-term/Short-term Disability, subject to applicable eligibility requirements
- Paid Parental Leave, subject to applicable eligibility requirements
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan, subject to applicable eligibility requirements
- Various wellbeing programs supporting a healthy work-life balance
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