Senior CSIRT Manager: Incident Response Leadership

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

Job summary

Target is hiring a Senior Manager - CSIRT Cybersecurity Defense in Minnesota. You will lead a CSIRT shift, directing incident response across all lifecycle stages, and drive maturity of the CSIRT program while coordinating with partner teams to ensure rapid containment and recovery.

The role requires strong leadership, strategic thinking, and hands-on guidance during major incidents, with responsibilities including developing playbooks, mentoring analysts, and leveraging threat intelligence to

Qualifications

• 4-year degree or equivalent experience in a related field.
• 5+ years’ of SOC/IR experience.
• 1-3 years of building and leading high performing cyber security teams with direct reports.
• Cyber security certification (e.g. GIAC, Offensive security, ISC2).
• Deep understanding of monitoring and detection, incident response, artifact collection and analysis, cloud environments and attacker mindset.
• Ability to lead CSIRT effectively during a high-severity security incident.
• Lifelong learner passionate about continuous improvement and developing both your and your team’s skills and capabilities.
• Ability to convey technical information clearly and concisely

Responsibilities

• Lead Incident Response Operations: Direct all phases of the incident response lifecycle, including analysis, containment, eradication, recovery, and post-incident analysis.
• Develop and Maintain Response Frameworks: Establish and regularly update incident response policies, procedures, playbooks, and escalation workflows in alignment with industry best practices.
• Coordinate Cross-Functional Response: Serve as a central point of contact during major security incidents, coordinating efforts in collaboration with our partner teams
• Report on Incident Trends: Develop and present incident metrics, threat trends, and risk insights to senior leadership to support strategic decision-making.
• Train and Mentor Response Team Members: Provide leadership, coaching, and technical guidance to incident responders and analysts to build a high-performing team.
• Test and Validate Response Readiness: Contribute to regular tabletop exercises, red team engagements, and technical simulations to assess and strengthen response capabilities.
• Integrate Threat Intelligence: Leverage internal and external threat intelligence to inform response strategies and anticipate emerging attack vectors.
• Automate and Streamline Response Processes: Identify opportunities for automation and process optimization using tools such as SOAR platforms.
• Core responsibilities of this job are described within this job description. Job duties may change at any time due to business needs.

Skills

SOC/IR experience

Team leadership

Cybersecurity certifications

Cloud security

Threat intelligence

Education

4-year degree or equivalent experience

Tools

SOAR platforms

Job description

Target is hiring a Senior Manager - CSIRT Cybersecurity Defense in Minnesota. You will lead a CSIRT shift, directing incident response across all lifecycle stages, and drive maturity of the CSIRT program while coordinating with partner teams to ensure rapid containment and recovery.

The role requires strong leadership, strategic thinking, and hands-on guidance during major incidents, with responsibilities including developing playbooks, mentoring analysts, and leveraging threat intelligence to