Director Technology - Network Security
Director Technology - Network Security
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$ 163000 - 294000
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Pay is based on several factors which vary based on include labor markets and in some instancesmay 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 benefits for eligible team members include 401(k) employee discount short term disability long term disability paid sick leave paid national holidays and paid competitive benefits from financial and education to well-being and beyond at us:
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As the Director of Technology for Network Security you are responsible for the overall technical health long-term strategy team financials and maturity of the capabilities needed to secure Targets networks. This includes network segmentation and firewalls web proxy internet gateways intrusion prevention denial of service coordination web application firewall SSL/TLS inspection and other capabilities. As cyber threats grow in sophistication and scale this role is pivotal to ensuring the resilience and trustworthiness of the platforms that power Targets operations guest experiences and partner integrations.
You will foster close relationships with the network engineering teams as well as teams across Targets cybersecurity infrastructure architecture and engineering teams. Ensuring that technology is healthy scalable and robust by influencing the technology direction and introducing techniques is critical. Deep understanding of network security practices and vision for technology solutions is root cause analysis and forward planning of platform issues and keeping up with technology trends and advances in your area is important. Youll build strong internal and external partnerships and serve as an extension of your team for strategic direction and overall business decisions and taking responsibility for managing key technology vendors and external partners. A good understanding of Data Science and ML ops is a plus.
Use your skills experience and talents to lead Network Security into the next generation of capabilities. As a Director of Technology you will:
- Assess and design the future architecture of Network Security considering business impact and modern network design concepts like zero-trust.
- Use and continue to deepen your knowledge of networking engineering.
- Ensure operational maturity system stability and observability.
- Balance cost and functionality in the future capability vision.
- Drive the maturity of network threat detection capabilities enabling visibility into east-west traffic cloud infrastructure and hybrid environments.
- Define KPIs and metrics to continually improve time to detect and respond (MTTD/MTTR) to network-based threats.
- Continuously evaluate new threats attack vectors and emerging technologies to inform roadmap planning and proactive risk reduction.
- Drive integration between network telemetry and Targets security operations center (SOC) to enhance visibility and threat hunting.
- Champion automation and orchestration in the network security space to reduce manual effort and increase response times.
About you:
- 4 year degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
- 7 years of network or cybersecurity experience
- 1-3 years of managing teams with a strong track record of delivery for cross-functional products
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present complex technical information in a clear and concise manner to variety of audiences
- Team-orientated passionate about developing others skills and capabilities
- Successful track record of working in large enterprise technology ecosystems leading complex technology teams
- Deep understanding of agile development processes and methodology including continuous integration and delivery with a mindset of building incrementally and delivering business value quickly
- Strong collaboration skills effective management of complex cross-team initiatives and leads with the desire to enable our engineering teams.
This position will operate as a Hybrid/Flex for Your Day work arrangement based on Targets needs. A Hybrid/Flex for Your Day work arrangement means the team members 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. Click here if you are curious to learn more about Minnesota.
Benefits Eligibility
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Director
Employment Type
Full-Time
