Senior Engineer - Red Team Operator

Target; Brooklyn Park (MN); Hybrid; USD 98,000 - 176,000; Full time

Job summary

Target's Cyber Security Red Team is seeking a Senior Engineer to conduct adversary emulation operations, design attack simulations, and develop playbooks that uncover risks across the environment. You will collaborate with Incident Response, Threat Management, and other engineering teams while staying current with threat actor techniques.

Join Target at the MN HQ in a Hybrid work model, mentoring junior engineers and contributing to risk reduction across the organization.

Qualifications

• 4-year degree or equivalent experience.
• 3+ years minimum experience in technology, with offensive security or related defensive experience preferred.
• Strong offensive security knowledge.
• Proficiency in Windows, Linux, or Mac internals and native tools.
• Understanding of the impact Red Team work has on an organization and customers.
• Cross-functional collaboration.
• Designs new testing methods and resolves routine and non-routine issues.

Responsibilities

• Consult on, design, and execute adversary emulation operations.
• Conduct research into threat actor tactics, techniques, and procedures to develop proof-of-concept tools and playbooks.
• Bypass preventative and detective security controls to accomplish operational goals.
• Partner with the Cyber Security Incident Response Team and other stakeholders to identify improvement opportunities.
• Collaborate with Threat Intelligence, Detection, and Threat Hunting engineers on research.
• Educate non-security engineering teams to align on operational objectives.

Skills

Offensive security

Cross‑platform OS

Threat research

Scripting languages

Team collaboration

Education

4-year degree or equivalent

Tools

Python

C#

Rust

Go

C

Job description

The pay range is $98,000.00 - $176,000.00

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 https://corporate.target.com/careers/benefits.

JOIN TARGET CYBERSECURITY AS A SENIOR ENGINEER - RED TEAM

About Us

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.

About Red Team

Target's Red Team uses adversary simulation to uncover risk in our environment, provide training opportunities to defenders, and measure the processes and technology defending the organization. We leverage a high level of collaboration between teams as we drive organizational improvement. Our objective‑driven operations are supplemented with direct training and development, Purple Team work, and consulting within the company on security. As a Red Team Senior Engineer, you will conduct operations, contribute to the team, and influence team direction.

Red Team Members Regularly

• Consult on, design, and execute adversary emulation operations
• Conduct research into real‑world threat actor tactics, techniques, and procedures to develop proof‑of‑concept tools and playbooks
• Bypass preventative and detective security controls to accomplish operational goals
• Partner with the Cyber Security Incident Response Team and other stakeholders in the organization to identify improvement opportunities
• Collaborate with Cyber Threat Intelligence, Detection, and Threat Hunting engineers and analysts on research
• Work with non-security engineering teams to educate and collaborate on operational objectives

Expect To

• Execute adversary emulation and simulation operations
• Bypass preventative and detective controls to accomplish operational goals
• Conduct research into the real‑world threat actors, techniques, and procedures to develop and document proof‑of‑concept tools and playbooks
• Take direction from Lead and Principal engineers on specific tool documentation tasks to advance the team's overall strategic goals
• Partner with the cybersecurity Incident Response Team, Threat Management, and other stakeholders in the organization to identify improvement opportunities
• Collaborate with Cyber Threat Intelligence, Detection, and Threat Hunting engineers and analysts on researchWork with non-security engineering teams to educate and collaborate on operational objectives
• Consistently grow in your abilities
• Partner with other Team Members to improve tools and procedures, including development

About You

• 4-year degree or equivalent experience
• 3+ years minimum experience in technology, time in offensive security or defensive is preferred
• Strong offensive security knowledge
• Proficiency in Windows, Linux, or Mac internals and native tools
• Demonstrates understanding of the impact of Red Team work on an organization and its customers
• Seeks out cross‑functional collaboration opportunities
• Designs new testing methods and resolves routine and non‑routine technical issues with minimal assistance
• Stays current on relevant technologies with self‑directed learning

Desirable Skills

• Deep Red Team adversary emulation experience
• Experience working on or with Blue Teams, including Incident Response, or Detection
• Experience working in large, complex organizations
• Python, C#, Rust, Go, or C skills
• Solving difficult problems, and creatively subverting systems
• Ability to replicate the tools and techniques of in‑the‑wild threat actors
• Follows Threat Actor trends impacting organizational security

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.

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Benefits Eligibility

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Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA)

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