Job Description

The pay range is $144,400.00 – $259,900.00

Pay is based on several factors which vary based on position. These include labor markets and in some instances may include education, work experience and certifications. In addition to your pay, Target cares about and invests in you as a team member, so that you can take care of yourself and your family. Target offers eligible team members and their dependents comprehensive health benefits and programs, which may include medical, vision, dental, life insurance and more, to help you and your family take care of your whole selves. Other benefits for eligible team members include 401(k), employee discount, short term disability, long term disability, paid sick leave, paid national holidays, and paid vacation.

JOIN US AS A PRINCIPAL SECURITY ARCHITECT

About Us

Working at Target means helping all families discover… the joy of everyday life. We bring that vision to life through our values and culture. Learn more about Target here.

Target is one of the worlds most recognized brands and one of Americas leading retailers. But behind the brand our guests love, is a culture of continual innovation and right now, we are up to big things! Targets security team is a place where innovation happens daily. Interested in a culture that combines ongoing learning, engineering excellence, and stellar outcomes? We are too thats why we work here. Join our team to improve Targets security and move the business forward.

As a Principal Security Architect/Engineer, youll collaborate with technical and leadership teams across all of Target Tech to ensure that systems are designed and built securely. You will identify relevant security risks, develop appropriate mitigation strategies, integrate security functions and controls into the overall system architecture, evaluate and provide feedback on proposed architectures, and design secure architecture. This role is highly technical, and you bring a deep understanding of security risks, controls, mitigations, and standards to a collaborative and advisory role, helping the rest of the enterprise as new platforms and systems are built, and as existing ones are modified over time.

Beyond the deep expertise, you have great interpersonal skills: our Security Architects are called upon to collaborate across the enterprise, and have exceptional communication skills that enable open and cooperative partnerships.

Expect to:
Collaborate with system designers to integrate security requirements into the design phase of IT systems
Develop and maintain security architecture documentation, including security models, frameworks, and diagrams
Ensure that security architecture aligns with the organizations business objectives and regulatory requirements
Understand security risks in order to identify potential vulnerabilities and threats
Develop risk mitigation strategies and recommend appropriate security controls
Design and implement security solutions, including firewalls, encryption protocols, and access control mechanisms
Collaborate with development and operations teams to ensure secure creation and deployment of IT systems
Provide guidance on secure coding practices
Prioritize driving highly impactful changes that improve the business
Conduct full-stack architecture reviews of products and platforms
Provide expertise on information security for complex systems and applications in cloud and on-prem environments
Design security reference architectures and create implementation/configuration guides
Provide expertise on creation and implementation of security controls with an emphasis on cloud technologies
Efficiently assess and communicate risk accurately while negotiating priorities with cross-domain stakeholders
Collaborate with engineering teams to perform advanced security analysis on complex cloud systems, identifying gaps while contributing to design solutions and security requirements

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About You:
4-year degree OR equivalent work experience
Polyglot programmer comfortable in many languages across different platforms
10+ years of hands-on experience in technology, with extensive knowledge of cybersecurity domains including Information Protection, Cloud Security, Networking Security, IAM, Automation, and SIEM
Proven history of effectively utilizing a variety of security tools and technologies across diverse environments. Not be limited to specific vendors or solutions but possess the technical depth to comprehend and implement an end-to-end solution that aligns with our reference security architectures requirements
Good understanding of security management workflows in large enterprise organizations and complex environments
Has a good understanding of the current threat landscape and the challenges that most organizations are facing
In-depth knowledge of security frameworks, standards, and best practices (e.g., NIST, ISO/IEC 27001)
Strong understanding of network security, cryptography, and secure software development
Experience with security technologies, such as firewalls, IDS/IPS, SIEM, and DLP
Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills
Stays current on relevant technologies with self-directed learning
Excellent written and verbal interpersonal skills with strong presentation abilities
Demonstrated curiosity/learning and seeks out cross-team collaboration opportunities
Expertise in containerization technologies and tools
Solid understanding of AI/ML

This position may be considered for a Remote or Hybrid (known internally at Target as Flex for Your Day) work arrangement based on Targets needs. A Remote work arrangement means the team member works full-time from home or an alternate location thats not a Target location, does not have a desk at a Target location and may travel to HQ up to 4 times a year. A Hybrid/Flex for Your Day work arrangement means the team members core role may be performed either remote or onsite at a Target location depending upon what your role, team and tasks require for that day. Work duties cannot be performed outside of the country of the primary work location, unless otherwise prescribed by Target.

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

In compliance with state and federal laws, Target will make reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities.

Principal Engineer- Principal Security Architect