Security Salesforce Engineer

What You'll Do

As a Salesforce Engineer, you’ll join our enterprise platform team who works on our Salesforce CRM ecosystem! We are looking for a technology professional with Salesforce administrator experience/interest and an engineering mindset who can help configure and build upon our core CRM platform and other integrated systems. You will need to be comfortable playing various roles within the team and committed to learning and growing to meet the ever-changing needs of our customers. 

 

This is a security/identity team within Salesforce. The Security and Identity Management capability is a consultative and administrative service that ensures security and identity best practices are followed, monitors and alerts of threats, provides guidance and implementation patterns, and looks for scalability and enterprise usability by owning Salesforce security and Identity governance across Principal.

 

We are looking for someone with a security mindset who is ready to work alongside an established team providing security and identity guidance, creating scalable and repeatable solutions and reducing and mitigating risk in our Salesforce CRM org.

 

Your day will be filled with:

• Collaborating, with purpose. Working closely within your team and our business to determine how to make our software even better.
• Tackling problems on a case-by case basis, implementing to meet the immediate business needs of their area in siloed environments and teams without having an enterprise lens.
• Helping reduce and mitigate risk, unite our efforts at an enterprise level, and ensure that we are doing with is right for the customer (internal and external) while looking for scalability and efficiency to maximize our Salesforce investment.
• Experimenting with new tools and practices to deliver business value in an Agile organization.
• Finding ways to utilize our data to improve decision making.

Who You Are

• Associate or Bachelor’s degree with a preference in a computer science, technology, engineering or math related field or equivalent experience
• Technical experience in modern technologies (Salesforce Admin preference)
• Strategic thinking, problem-solving, analytical, decision-making, execution and communication skills
• Willing to continuously learn and adapt to new thought patterns and technology solutions

Additional preferred skills/experience:

• Cloud exposure
• Familiarity with Agile/Lean methodology
• Understanding of Object-Oriented design/coding principles
• Certified Salesforce Administrator (or Advanced Administrator)

Keys to success in this position

• Desire to learn new technology and continuously grow
• Strong problem solving and analytical mindset.
• Continuous Improvement in all you do.
• Team first mind set. Heavy Collaboration. Relationship building.
• Take ownership and pride in your work.
• Hungry, curious, driven. Takes initiative.
• Innovative. Think creatively. Ask tough questions.
• Unafraid to ask questions and work through ambiguity.
• Able to accept and adapt to a changing environment and changing priorities.
• Constantly strives for Continuous Delivery - develop, build, deploy. Repeat.

Salary Range Information

Salary ranges below reflect targeted base salaries. Non-sales positions have the opportunity to participate in a bonus program. Sales positions are eligible for sales incentives, and in some instances a bonus plan, whereby total compensation may far exceed base salary depending on individual performance. Actual compensation for all roles will be based upon geographic location, work experience, education, licensure requirements and/or skill level and will be finalized at the time of offer.

Salary Range (Non-Exempt expressed as hourly; Exempt expressed as yearly)

$67500 - $121200 / year

Time Off Program

Flexible Time Off (FTO) is provided to salaried (exempt) employees and provides the opportunity to take time away from the office with pay for vacation, personal or short-term illness. Employees don’t accrue a bank of time off under FTO and there is no set number of days provided.

Pension Eligible

Yes

Additional Information

Work Environments 

This role offers in-office, hybrid (blending at least three office days in a typical workweek), and remote work arrangements (only if residing more than 30 miles from Des Moines, IA, or Charlotte, NC). You’ll work with your leader to figure out which option may align best based on several factors. 

Work Authorization/Sponsorship

At this time, we're not considering applicants that need any type of immigration sponsorship (additional work authorization or permanent work authorization) now or in the future to work in the United States. This includes, but IS NOT LIMITED TO: F1-OPT, F1-CPT, H-1B, TN, L-1, J-1, etc. For additional information around work authorization needs please use the following links.

Nonimmigrant Workers and Green Card for Employment-Based Immigrants

Investment Code of Ethics

For Principal Asset Management positions, you’ll need to follow an Investment Code of Ethics related to personal and business conduct as well as personal trading activities for you and members of your household. These same requirements may also apply to other positions across the organization.

Experience Principal

At Principal, we value connecting on both a personal and professional level. Together, we’re imagining a more purpose-led future for financial services – and that starts with you. Our success depends on the unique experiences, backgrounds, and talents of our employees. And we support our employees the same way we support our customers: with comprehensive, competitive benefit offerings crafted to protect their physical, financial, and social well-being. Check out our careers site to learn more about our purpose, values and benefits.

Principal is an Equal Opportunity Employer

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

 

Posting Window

We will accept applications for 3 full days following the Original Posting Date, after which the posting may remain open or be removed based upon applications received. If we choose to post the job again, we will accept additional applications for at least 1 full day following the Most Recently Posted Date. Please submit applications in a timely manner as there is no guarantee the posting will be available beyond the applicable deadline.

Original Posting Date

6/23/2025

Most Recently Posted Date

6/23/2025

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Salary : $67,500 - $121,200