Lead Engineer - Security Architecture

The pay range is $ - $. 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. Find competitive benefits from financial and education to well-being and beyond at

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 world’s most recognized brands and one of America’s leading retailers. But behind the brand our guests love, is a culture of continual innovation and right now, we are up to big things!

Target’s 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 – that’s why we work here. Join our team to improve Target’s security and move the business forward.

• 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 organization’s 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

Core responsibilities of this job are described within this job description. Job duties may change at any time due to business needs.

• 4-year degree OR equivalent experience
• Polyglot programmer comfortable in many languages across different platforms
• 7+ years of hands‑on experience in technology, with extensive knowledge of cybersecurity domains including Information Protection, Cloud Security (GCP strongly preferred), Networking Security, IAM, Automation, and SIEM
• Demonstrated curiosity and ability to learn
• Expertise in containerization technologies and tools
• Solid understanding of AI/ML
• Seeks out cross‑team collaboration opportunities
• Stays current on relevant technologies with self‑directed learning
• Excellent written and verbal interpersonal skills with strong presentation abilities
• Proven history of effectively utilizing a variety of security tools and technologies across diverse environments. The ideal candidate will not be limited to specific vendors or solutions but will possess the technical depth to comprehend and implement an end‑to‑end solution that aligns with our reference security architecture's requirements
• Good understanding of security management workflows…