Lead Security Engineer – Proactive Security

Target • Brooklyn Park, MN

1d • $132,000 - $238,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

As a Lead Security Engineer within Target Proactive Security, you will take ownership in designing, building, and scaling security solutions to secure Target technologies. Leveraging your security and risk management experience, you will work across Target technology and business teams define security requirements, assess risk, and develop mitigation strategies. You will leverage your deep engineering and technical expertise to force-multiply your impact by building new security solutions and influencing across your peers and partner teams. Finally, you will act as a leader within our organization, constantly working to uplevel our team by mentoring your team members in security concepts and engineering best practices.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in information security, computer science, or related field; or related experience
• 5+ years of engineering experience in one or more information security domains (e.g., vulnerability management, threat intelligence, application security, incident response, risk management, etc.)
• Experience defining security requirements, managing findings, and mitigating risk across dozens of unique business lines, hundreds of distinct applications, and thousands of stakeholders

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in information security, computer science, or related field; or related experience
• 10+ years of engineering experience in one or more information security domains (e.g., vulnerability management, threat intelligence, application security, incident response, risk management, etc.)
• Experience designing, developing, and scaling security solutions that enable developers and technology solutions to be “secure-by-default” (e.g., auto-patching, credential rotation, etc.)
• Demonstrated experience harmonizing and aligning business needs with security requirements to ensure security threats and risks are properly identified and managed
• Executive-level communication skills, both verbal and written, capable of effectively articulating technical topics to a wide range of stakeholders to drive understanding and alignment
• Proven ability to own enterprise-wide security projects or programs (e.g. Patch Management, Risk Management, etc.), including building project plans, identifying stakeholders, communicating progress, and addressing roadblocks
• Experience with both on-prem (e.g., bare metal servers, firewalls, etc.) and cloud-based (e.g., GCP, AWS, Azure, etc.) infrastructure
• Experience leveraging AI tools (e.g., Claude, ChatGPT, etc.) to measurably improve the effectiveness or operations of a security tool or mechanism
• Experience with common security tooling (e.g., SIEM, DLP, IDS, IPS, etc.)
• Experience with common security frameworks (e.g., NIST, ISO/IEC 27001, PCI-DSS, etc.)
• Relevant security industry certifications (e.g., CISSP, CISM, OSCP, etc.)

Responsibilities

• Designing, building, and scaling security solutions to secure Target technologies.
• Defining security requirements, assessing risk, and developing mitigation strategies.
• Building new security solutions and influencing across peers and partner teams.
• Mentoring team members in security concepts and engineering best practices.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health benefits and programs (medical, vision, dental, life insurance)
• 401(k)
• Employee discount
• Short term disability
• Long term disability
• Paid sick leave
• Paid national holidays
• Paid vacation

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior