Target
Lead Engineer - Cloud Security (Cloud Security Platform & CSPM)
$132K–$238K
7000 Target Pkwy N,NCD-0375 Brooklyn Park,MN 55445 · Remote or Hybrid · Full-time · Posted Oct 30, 2026
- Experience
- 7+ years of hands-on technology experience.
- Education
- 4-year degree OR equivalent work experience
About the job
Leads the design, operation, and evolution of Target’s cloud security platform and CSPM/CNAPP capabilities, connecting cloud security findings to developer workflows and enterprise remediation.
What you'll do
- Set technical direction and own deployment, configuration, policy tuning, reliability, and ongoing operation of the CSPM/CNAPP platform across public and private cloud environments.
- Build and improve findings pipelines, integrations, automation, and developer-facing controls to drive actionable remediation and reduce noise.
- Lead platform roadmaps and adoption, partner across security and engineering teams, and mentor engineers.
What they ask for
- 7+ years of hands-on technology experience, with deep experience in cloud security and adjacent disciplines.
- Demonstrated senior IC or technical lead experience owning a security or platform capability end-to-end at enterprise scale.
- Hands-on experience deploying, operating, and tuning a CSPM or CNAPP platform in a large multi-cloud environment.
- Experience operating production platforms and driving roadmaps, findings to remediation, and cloud telemetry integrations.
Nice to have
- GCP experience is preferred; AWS/Azure experience is also valued.
Pay
$132,000.00 - $238,000.00 USD base salary
Tools
CSPM, CNAPP, GCP, AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, Terraform, Rego
AI focus
Requires solid understanding of AI/ML and emerging security considerations, including surfacing and enforcing them through cloud security tooling.
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