Senior Systems Engineer

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Software Engineering

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About Salesforce

Salesforce is the #1 AI CRM, where humans with agents drive customer success together. Here, ambition meets action. Tech meets trust. And innovation isn’t a buzzword — it’s a way of life. The world of work as we know it is changing and we're looking for Trailblazers who are passionate about bettering business and the world through AI, driving innovation, and keeping Salesforce's core values at the heart of it all.

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The Experience

Information Technology blazes the trail of enterprise IT. Built on the foundation of our core values - Trust, Ohana, Innovation - we own more than the traditional IT components with a heavy focus on working closely with our business partners for amazing outcomes. Our goal is to deliver technology that is centered around our business and our collective success. We oversee technology strategy supporting HR and Finance systems in Hire to Retire, Source to Pay, Record to Report and Plan to Perform business areas with applications engineering, infrastructure, collaboration, enterprise operations, architecture, and program enablement.

What You’ll Be Doing

• As an Individual Contributor (IC) Service Manager for Financial Systems, you will serve as the core hands-on subject matter expert responsible for the end-to-end operational stability, performance, compliance, and continuous optimization of enterprise financial systems (Workday Financials, Vertex, Blackline, Revpro and other SaaS applications).
• Partner directly with business stakeholders (Finance, Accounting, Procurement, Tax, Treasury) to understand system pain points, gather requirements, and translate them into actionable technical solutions.
• Lead and mentor a team of systems engineers, providing guidance and support to ensure high availability, reliability, and optimal performance of Core ERP systems (Workday Financials, Vertex etc), meeting defined SLAs (Service Level Agreements) and KPIs.
• Own the end-to-end resolution of high-priority incidents affecting financial systems. Drive root cause analysis (RCA) to prevent recurring failures.
• Hands on ownership of Level 2/Level 3 support issues and coordinate user acceptance testing (UAT) for system bugs & enhancements.
• Audit & Compliance: Ensure financial systems adhere to internal controls, SOX (Sarbanes-Oxley) compliance, data privacy regulations, and statutory financial reporting standards.
• Access Control & Security: Monitor user access governance, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), and Segregation of Duties (SoD) to mitigate fraud and security vulnerabilities.
• Disaster Recovery (DR): Regularly test and update business continuity and disaster recovery plans for mission-critical financial databases and applications.

You’re Our Person If...

• 12+ years of experience in software engineering & operations, with a proven track record of service ownership of Financial ERP Systems especially Workday, Vertex and other SaaS application supporting Finance business processes.
• Proven operational background in IT Service Management (ITSM) frameworks, incident/problem/change management, API/integration support, and root-cause analysis.
• Expertise in one of the Finance business processes (Record to Report, Source to Pay, Plan to Perform).
• Experience in multiple Integration technologies like MuleSoft and Workday integrations (Studio, Orchestrations, etc.)
• Experience leading a global team working out of multiple time zones.
• A keen eye for Innovation, Operational Excellence, and Automation.
• A related technical degree required
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Even Better If...

Unleash Your Potential

When you join Salesforce, you’ll be limitless in all areas of your life. Our benefits and resources support you to find balance and be your best, and our AI agents accelerate your impact so you can do your best. Together, we’ll bring the power of Agentforce to organizations of all sizes and deliver amazing experiences that customers love. Apply today to not only shape the future — but to redefine what’s possible — for yourself, for AI, and the world.

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