Lead Engineer Network Security Monitoring

Pay is based on several factors which vary based on include labor markets and in some instancesmay include education work experience and 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 TARGET CYBERSECURITY AS A LEAD ENGINEER - NETWORK SECURITY MONITORING

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.

Target is an iconic brand a Fortune 50 company and one of Americas leading retailers. Target is one of the worlds most recognized brands and one of Americas leading retailers. But behind the brand our guests love is a culture of continual innovation and right now we are up to big things. The Cyber Fusion Center is the heart of Targets security team and a place where innovation happens daily. Interested in a culture that combines invention and creative freedom ongoing learning engineering excellence and stellar outcomes We are too thats why we work here. Join our team to take new enterprise security solutions from concept to release collaborating with both software & security engineers to innovate on helping defend Targets network using cutting-edge technologies. We are looking for professional network engineers who will ensure Cybersecurity visibility requirements are being met through collaboration with Targets broader Network Engineering organization. You will also be working closely with Cybersecurity stakeholders to develop and continually improve our visibility posture so network-based threats can be detected.

Core responsibilities of this job are described within this job description. Job duties may change at any time due to business needs.

About You

• 4-year degree or equivalent experience
• 7 years of experience in network engineering network visibility architecture and design
• Demonstrated expertise in deploying supporting and optimizing network traffic analysis hardware platforms and monitoring tools
• Strong understanding of network protocols and experience analyzing network traffic to identify operational or security-related issues
• Able to effectively communicate engineering solutions through detailed high-level and low-level technical diagrams and documentation
• Proven experience analyzing and optimizing system capacity performance scalability and operational health
• Maintains deep technical knowledge within core domains and applies that knowledge to solve complex engineering challenges
• Continuously develops technical skills through formal training industry research and self-directed learning
• Strong analytical problem-solving and troubleshooting skills with the ability to operate effectively in complex environments

Additional Skills We Are Interested In

• Proficiency in scripting and programming languages such as Python Bash or Go for automation data analysis and operational tooling
• Experience analyzing and investigating security or network telemetry using platforms such as Kibana Google SecOps or similar analytics tools
• Experience developing maintaining and tuning Zeek and Suricata rules to improve network threat detection and monitoring fidelity
• Strong Linux system administration skills including performance tuning troubleshooting and operational support in large-scale environments
• Experience designing and optimizing high-performance bare metal and containerized deployments for network monitoring and security workloads
• Hands-on experience with Docker Docker Compose and building performant containerized application stacks
• Familiarity with configuration management and orchestration platforms such as SaltStack or Ansible
• Experience building or supporting CI/CD pipelines to automate testing deployment and operational workflows
• Experience developing or enhancing monitoring testing or validation frameworks to improve visibility and operational reliability
• Hands-on experience working with Linux systems Docker containers and version control platforms such as Git.

Benefits Eligibility

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