Target
Lead Engineer AI Security – Security Architecture
$132K–$238K
7000 Target Pkwy N,NCD-0375 Brooklyn Park,MN 55445 · Remote or Hybrid · Full-time · Posted Oct 19, 2026
- Experience
- 7+ years of hands-on experience in technology.
- Education
- 4-year degree OR equivalent experience.
About the job
Leads security architecture for enterprise systems, assessing risks and designing controls, with a focus on cloud and AI security.
What you'll do
- Integrate security requirements and controls into system designs; review architectures and conduct product and platform reviews.
- Develop security models, reference architectures, documentation, and implementation guides; recommend risk mitigations and controls.
- Advise engineering, development, and operations teams on secure systems, cloud security, and secure coding.
What they ask for
- 7+ years of hands-on technology experience, with extensive knowledge of cybersecurity domains including Information Protection, AI Security and/or Cloud Security.
- 4-year degree OR equivalent experience.
- Expertise in containerization; solid understanding of genAI/ML and prompt injection; knowledge of MCP authentication patterns and RAG authorization; experience mitigating security risks of local coding agents.
- Strong understanding of network security, cryptography, secure software development, security frameworks, and enterprise security technologies.
Nice to have
- GCP native security product experience; Google SCC or Wiz experience.
- Vertex AI experience; AWS or Azure experience.
Pay
$132,000.00 - $238,000.00 (base salary)
Tools
GCP, OWSAP top ten for LLMs, MCP, RAG, firewalls, IDS/IPS, SIEM, DLP
AI focus
Secure genAI/ML systems, including understanding prompt injection and RAG authorization, MCP authentication patterns, and mitigating risks from local coding agents.
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