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Senior Engineer - Red Team Operator

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Senior Engineer - Red Team Operator

full-timePosted: Jul 28, 2026Updated: Aug 27, 2026MN 55445, NCD-0375 Brooklyn Park, 7000 Target Pkwy N

Job Description

The pay range is $98,000.00 - $176,000.00Pay 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 TEAMAbout UsWorking 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.The Cyber Fusion Center is the heart of Target’s security team and a place where innovation happens daily. Interested in a culture that combines ongoing learning, engineering excellence, and stellar outcomes? We are too and that’s why we work here. Join our team to work on ops that drive real change by leveraging adversary behavior to communicate discovered risk effectively, and benefit from continuous development and research.About Red TeamTarget'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 operationsConduct research into real-world threat actor tactics, techniques, and procedures to develop proof-of-concept tools and playbooksBypass preventative and detective security controls to accomplish operational goalsPartner with the Cyber Security Incident Response Team and other stakeholders in the organization to identify improvement opportunitiesCollaborate with Cyber Threat Intelligence, Detection, and Threat Hunting engineers and analysts on researchWork with non-security engineering teams to educate, and collaborate on operational objectivesExpect To:Execute adversary emulation and simulation operationsBypass 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 playbooksTake direction from Lead and Principal engineers on specific tool documentation tasks to advance team's overall strategic goalsPartner with the cybersecurity Incident Response Team, Threat Management, and other stakeholders in the organization to identify improvement opportunitiesCollaborate with Cyber Threat Intelligence, Detection, and Threat Hunting engineers and analysts on researchWork with non-security engineering teams to educate, and collaborate on operational objectivesConsistently grow in your abilitiesPartner with other Team Members to improve tools and procedures, including developmentAbout You4-year degree or equivalent experience3+ years minimum experience in technology, time in offensive security or defensive is preferredStrong offensive security knowledgeProficiency in Windows, Linux, or Mac internals and native toolsDemonstrates understanding of the impact of Red Team work on an organization and its customersSeeks out cross-functional collaboration opportunitiesDesigns new testing methods and resolves routine and non-routine technical issues with minimal assistanceStays current on relevant technologies with self-directed learningDesirable Skills:Deep Red Team adversary emulation experienceExperience working on or with Blue Teams, including Incident Response, or DetectionExperience working in large, complex organizationsPython, C#, Rust, Go, or C skillsSolving difficult problems, and creatively subverting systemsAbility to replicate the tools and techniques of in-the-wild threat actorsFollows Threat Actor trends impacting organizational securityThis 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. Click here if you are curious to learn more about Minnesota. Benefits EligibilityPlease paste this url into your preferred browser to learn about benefits eligibility for this role: https://tgt.biz/BenefitsForYou_DAmericans with Disabilities Act (ADA)In compliance with state and federal laws, Target will make reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities. If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please reach out to candidate.accommodations@HRHelp.Target.com. Non-accommodation-related requests, such as application follow-ups or technical issues, will not be addressed through this channel.

Locations

  • MN 55445, NCD-0375 Brooklyn Park, 7000 Target Pkwy N

Preferred Qualifications

  • Deep Red Team adversary emulation experience (experience)
  • Experience working on or with Blue Teams, including Incident Response, or Detection (experience)
  • Experience working in large, complex organizations (experience)
  • Python, C#, Rust, Go, or C skills (experience)
  • Solving difficult problems, and creatively subverting systems (experience)
  • Ability to replicate the tools and techniques of in-the-wild threat actors (experience)
  • Follows Threat Actor trends impacting organizational security (experience)
  • 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. Click here if you are curious to learn more about Minnesota. (experience)

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