Job Title: Salesforce Security Specialist.
Location: San Antonio, TX (Remote).
Employment Type: Contract (W2 through ZipStaff — No C2C or 1099) - 3 week assignment.
About the Opportunity:
ZipStaff is seeking a Salesforce Security Specialist to lead security assessments of Salesforce environments for a leading financial services organization.
The role runs the review, performs the hands-on checks, and signs off every finding that goes to the client. The specialist is the senior technical voice in front of client security, platform, and leadership teams. This assignment is a three-week security review covering two Salesforce orgs (an established org with accumulated technical debt and a new Financial Services Cloud org approaching launch), the Okta sign-in path into both orgs, and roughly a dozen integrations that run through AWS Lambda. All work is read-only in production, with anything hands-on done in a sandbox. This is a remote role.
What You’ll Do:
- Lead end-to-end Salesforce security assessments, including planning, execution, and sign-off of findings.
- Perform hands-on checks of identity and sign-in configurations (Okta to Salesforce).
- Review integrations and related AWS components (including Lambda).
- Assess permissions, sharing models, and code for security risks.
- Evaluate logging and response capabilities.
- Prepare clear reporting and communicate findings to client security, platform, and leadership teams.
- Serve as the senior technical voice throughout the review process.
Required Qualifications:
- Proven experience leading Salesforce security assessments.
- 5+ years of hands-on Salesforce security experience, including leading or owning security assessments, identity configurations (Okta or equivalent), and permissions/sharing reviews.
- Strong hands-on knowledge of Identity and sign-in configurations (Okta to Salesforce).
- Experience reviewing integrations and AWS components (including Lambda).
- Deep understanding of Salesforce permissions, sharing, and code security.
- Experience with logging and response in Salesforce environments.
- Strong reporting and client communication skills.
- Ability to act as the senior technical authority in front of client security, platform, and leadership teams.
- Experience with Financial Services Cloud or complex multi-org Salesforce environments is strongly preferred.
- Ability to work fully remote.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Prior experience conducting security reviews of Financial Services Cloud orgs.
- Hands-on experience with technical debt assessment in established Salesforce environments.
- Familiarity with read-only production review processes and sandbox-based validation.
- Background supporting financial services or regulated industry Salesforce security assessments.
Benefits:
- Health Insurance.
- Dental Insurance.
- Vision Insurance.
- 401(k) + 401(k) matching.
- Paid time off.
- Referral Program.
About ZipStaff
ZipStaff partners with leading organizations to connect skilled technology professionals with high-impact contract opportunities. We focus on quality matches, clear communication, and long-term success for candidates and clients.
To apply, submit your resume highlighting your experience leading Salesforce security assessments, Okta-to-Salesforce identity configurations, AWS Lambda integrations, and permissions/sharing/code reviews. Pure research or junior experience will not be considered.