Senior Engineer – Threat Detection Operations

Target•Brooklyn Park, MN

2d•$98,000 - $176,000•Hybrid

About The Position

As a Senior Engineer – Threat Detection Operations, you will help advance Target’s ability to detect and respond to sophisticated threats through the development of scalable, high-quality detections. This role focuses on transforming threat intelligence, incident learnings, and hunting outcomes into durable, high-fidelity detections. You will leverage large-scale security telemetry, analytics platforms, and automation frameworks to engineer detection content and improve security monitoring effectiveness. Working closely with Cyber Threat Intelligence, Incident Response, and security platform teams, you will turn actionable threat intelligence into high-confidence security signals to enable efficient detection and response. This role is ideal for someone who is highly technical, data-driven, and passionate about developing modern detection capabilities that keep pace with the evolving threat landscape.

Requirements

4-year degree in cybersecurity, computer science, data science, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
5+ years of experience in cybersecurity, including at least 3 years focused on developing detections informed by threat intelligence, adversary behaviors, and/or data science and machine learning techniques.
Experience developing, deploying, and tuning detections across a variety of platforms such as SIEM, EDR, cloud security, and security analytics platforms
Experience with cloud security monitoring across AWS, GCP, or Azure environments
Strong understanding of end-to-end detection engineering concepts resulting in durable, scalable detection content
Experience scripting with languages such as Python, PowerShell, or Bash to automate security workflows and improve detection operations
Strong understanding of adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) and frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK and the Cyber Kill Chain
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to evaluate security telemetry and identify detection opportunities
Strong communication and collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively across security and engineering teams

Nice To Haves

Experience with detection-as-code methodologies, CI/CD pipelines, and automated testing frameworks for security content
Experience applying statistical analysis, anomaly detection, machine learning, or behavioral analytics to improve detection capabilities
Experience with security data modeling, feature engineering, or graph-based threat detection techniques
Experience applying LLMs or AI-assisted workflows to detection development, alert triage, enrichment, or investigation use cases
Relevant certifications such as GCIA, GCIH, GCED, GMLE, GCFA, or similar cybersecurity certifications

Responsibilities

Design, develop, deploy, and maintain production-ready detections across a variety of security platforms, including SIEM, EDR, cloud, identity, and network security technologies
Translate threat intelligence, incident response findings, and threat hunting outcomes into scalable, actionable detection logic
Develop and tune behavioral, signature-based, and statistical/anomaly-driven detections to identify malicious or suspicious activity while minimizing false positives and toil
Collaborate with Cyber Threat Intelligence, Incident Response, Threat Hunting, and platform engineering teams to identify and resolve detection and visibility gaps
Validate detection coverage against adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) using frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK
Measure and report on detection performance, including fidelity, coverage, and effectiveness
Contribute to the continuous improvement of detection engineering practices, standards, and methodologies