Target
Senior Engineer - Red Team Operator
$98K–$176K
7000 Target Pkwy N,NCD-0375 Brooklyn Park,MN 55445 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 5, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years minimum experience in technology; offensive security or defensive experience is preferred.
- Education
- 4-year degree or equivalent experience.
About the job
Conduct red-team adversary emulation to identify security risks, test defenses, and help improve organizational security tools and processes.
What you'll do
- Design and execute adversary emulation and simulation operations, including bypassing security controls.
- Research real-world threat actor techniques and develop and document proof-of-concept tools and playbooks.
- Collaborate with security and non-security teams to identify improvement opportunities, share research, and improve tools and procedures.
What they ask for
- 4-year degree or equivalent experience.
- Strong offensive security knowledge.
- Proficiency in Windows, Linux, or Mac internals and native tools.
- Designs testing methods and resolves routine and non-routine technical issues with minimal assistance.
Nice to have
- Offensive or defensive security experience; deep Red Team adversary emulation experience.
- Blue Team experience, large-organization experience, or skills in Python, C#, Rust, Go, or C.
Pay
$98,000.00 - $176,000.00 USD base salary
Tools
Windows, Linux, Mac, Python, C#, Rust, Go, C
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