Senior Cloud Security Engineer & Platform Lead

Target; Brooklyn Park (MN); Hybrid; USD 132,000 - 238,000; Full time

Job summary

Target is hiring a Lead Engineer for Cloud Security in Minnesota. You will lead the software engineering side of cloud security findings, build backend services, and own data attribution and noise reduction.

Collaboration with CSPM/CNAPP controls, SIEM/SOAR integrations, and enterprise dashboards is essential. The role requires 7+ years in backend engineering, strong Kotlin/Java/Spring Boot skills, and experience with distributed systems.

Qualifications

• 4-year degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 7+ years of software engineering experience, with platform backend systems.
• Strong hands-on experience in Kotlin/Java and cloud-native tooling.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, development, and operation of cloud security findings pipeline.
• Build scalable backend services in Kotlin, Java, and Spring Boot.
• Own ownership-attribution and noise-reduction end-to-end.
• Engineer integrations with SIEM/SOAR and remediation platforms.
• Collaborate with platform engineers to define APIs and data contracts.

Skills

Leadership

Backend engineering

Distributed systems

RESTful APIs

Cloud security

Observability

Team collaboration

Education

4-year degree in Computer Science/Engineering or related field

Tools

Kotlin

Java

Spring Boot

Docker

Kubernetes

Kafka

Pub/Sub

Terraform

CI/CD

Job description

Target is hiring a Lead Engineer for Cloud Security in Minnesota. You will lead the software engineering side of cloud security findings, build backend services, and own data attribution and noise reduction.

Collaboration with CSPM/CNAPP controls, SIEM/SOAR integrations, and enterprise dashboards is essential. The role requires 7+ years in backend engineering, strong Kotlin/Java/Spring Boot skills, and experience with distributed systems.