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Lead Engineer AI Security – Security Architecture

Target

  • Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, United States
  • Remote, Hybrid
  • $132,000 - $238,000 a year
  • Posted Aug 12, 2026
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Job description

About the role

The Lead Engineer on the Security Architecture team collaborates with technical and leadership groups across Target Tech to embed security into system designs, assess risks, develop mitigation strategies, and create secure architecture and reference designs for cloud and on‑prem environments.

About the company

Target is a globally recognized brand and leading American retailer that emphasizes a culture of continual innovation, values, and a mission to help families discover everyday joy. Its security team focuses on ongoing learning, engineering excellence, and impactful outcomes.

Requirements

  • 4‑year degree or equivalent experience.
  • 7+ years hands‑on technology experience with deep knowledge of cybersecurity domains including Information Protection, AI Security and/or Cloud Security (GCP preferred).
  • Polyglot programmer comfortable across many languages and platforms.
  • Expertise in containerization technologies and tools.
  • Solid understanding of generative AI/ML and prompt injection techniques.
  • Knowledge of MCP authentication patterns and RAG authorization patterns.
  • Experience mitigating security risks of local coding agents.
  • Strong interpersonal, written and verbal communication, presentation abilities.
  • Proven ability to utilize a variety of security tools across diverse environments, not limited to specific vendors.
  • Understanding of security management workflows in large enterprises.
  • Knowledge of current threat landscape and security frameworks/standards (e.g., NIST, ISO/IEC 27001).
  • Strong understanding of network security, cryptography, and secure software development.
  • Experience with security technologies such as firewalls, IDS/IPS, SIEM, and DLP.
  • Excellent analytical, problem‑solving, and communication skills.
  • Preferred: Experience with GCP native security products (VPC Service Controls, Organization constraints, Cloud Armor, NextGen Firewall).
  • Preferred: Experience with Google SCC or Wiz.
  • Preferred: Vertex AI experience.
  • Preferred: Experience with AWS or Azure.