Lead Engineer - Operational Technology
Listed on 2026-07-17
-
IT/Tech
Cybersecurity, Systems Engineer, Network Security
Lead Security Engineer For Operational Technology (OT)
Cybersecurity at Target is on a mission to secure the systems, tools, and processes that team members and guests interact with every day. We drive industry-leading technologies in support of every angle of the business, and help ensure that Target operates smoothly, securely, and reliably from the inside out. If you're excited by the opportunity to demonstrate strong ownership and deep technical expertise while solving complex security challenges at scale, we invite you to join us as a Lead Security Engineer for Operational Technology (OT)!
As a Lead Security Engineer for Operational Technology (OT), you will help in designing, building, and scaling security solutions to secure Target's operational tech across supply chain, stores, and corporate offices. Leveraging your security and risk management experience, you will work across Target technology and business teams to implement 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.
Core responsibilities of this job are described within this job description. Job duties may change at any time due to business needs.
About You:
- 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.)
- 2+ years of engineering experience in Operational Technology (OT) or Internet-of-Things (IOT) security
- 2+ years of engineering experience in network architecture, network design, or network segmentation
- Experience defining security requirements, managing findings, and mitigating risk across dozens of unique business lines, hundreds of distinct applications, and thousands of stakeholders
This position will operate as a Hybrid/Flex for Your Day work arrangement based on Target's needs. A Hybrid/Flex for Your Day work arrangement means the team member's core role will need to be performed both onsite at the Target HQ MN location the role is assigned to and virtually, 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.
(If this job is in fact in your jurisdiction, then you may be using a Proxy or VPN to access this site, and to progress further, you should change your connectivity to another mobile device or PC).