Mid-Level Penetration Tester — Remote, Equity & Mentorship

Target; Fort Worth (TX); Hybrid; USD 83,000 - 118,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible remote options

Equity

Mentorship program

Job summary

Target in Fort Worth, TX seeks a mid-level Penetration Tester to build, test, and deploy secure services with a salary range of $83,000–$118,000 per year and flexible remote options. You will lead and collaborate with a technology team, applying GIAC GSEC to strengthen authentication, authorization, and risk management while driving observability across the TX region.

Join a mentorship-driven program and contribute to fast-paced security initiatives in a hybrid work environment, with equity

Qualifications

• 5+ years of penetration testing or security assessment experience.
• Experience in hybrid work environments and collaborating across teams.
• Ability to document findings clearly and concisely.
• Strong problem solving and risk-based thinking.
• Familiarity with Nmap or similar tooling is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Pull Target's Strategic Planning stack out of the TX region before the migration deadline.
• Resurrect flaky Risk Assessment tests until the Fort Worth, TX suite is trustworthy again.
• Implement secure authentication and authorization flows using GIAC GSEC.
• Apply Stress Management and OAuth 2.0 to solve growth-minded engineering challenges.
• Sketch the GIAC GSEC architecture, defend it in review, then build the thing.
• Ship Strategic Planning experiments fast, kill the losers, and double down on what sticks.
• Stand up observability so Target sees failures before customers in TX do.

Skills

Hybrid work

Multitasking

Clear docs

Strong communication

Accountability

Tools

GIAC GSEC

Job description

Target in Fort Worth, TX seeks a mid-level Penetration Tester to build, test, and deploy secure services with a salary range of $83,000–$118,000 per year and flexible remote options. You will lead and collaborate with a technology team, applying GIAC GSEC to strengthen authentication, authorization, and risk management while driving observability across the TX region.

Join a mentorship-driven program and contribute to fast-paced security initiatives in a hybrid work environment, with equity