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Target as a tech company? Absolutely. We’re the behind-the-scenes powerhouse that fuels Target’s passion and commitment to cutting-edge innovation. We anchor every facet of one of the world’s best-loved retailers with a strong technology framework that relies on the latest tools and technologies and the brightest people to deliver incredible value to guests online and in stores. Target Technology Services is on a mission to offer the systems, tools and support that guests and team members need and deserve. Our high-performing teams balance independence with collaboration, and we pride ourselves on being versatile, agile and creative. We drive industry-leading technologies in support of every angle of the business, and help ensure that Target operates smoothly, securely and reliably from the inside out.
As a Senior Engineer, you serve as a specialist in the engineering team that supports the product. You help develop and gain insight in the application architecture. You can distill an abstract architecture into concrete design and influence the implementation. You show expertise in applying the appropriate software engineering patterns to build robust and scalable systems. You are an expert in programming and apply your skills in developing the product. You have the skills to design and implement the architecture on your own, but choose to influence your fellow engineers by proposing software designs, providing feedback on software designs and/or implementation. You show good problem solving skills and can help the team in triaging operational issues. You leverage your expertise in eliminating repeat occurrences.
Use your skills, experience and talents to be a part of groundbreaking thinking and visionary goals.
As a Senior Engineer on the Public Cloud team, you'll take the lead as you:
Deploy, manage, and support cloud infrastructure solutions using Cloud services, particularly Google Cloud, with a strong focus on cloud networking.
Implement best practices for cloud resource provisioning, configuration management, monitoring, and security.
Develop and maintain cloud resources using tools such as Terraform to automate deployment and configuration tasks.
Drive continuous improvement through the adoption of automation and orchestration.
Use your technology acumen to apply and maintain knowledge of current and emerging technologies within specialized area(s) of the technology domain.
Evaluate new technologies and participates in decision-making, accounting for several factors such as viability within Target's technical environment, maintainability, and cost of ownership. Initiate and execute research and proof-of-concept activities for new technologies.
Assist in setting strategy for testing and debugging at the platform or enterprise level.
Provide suggestions for handling routine and moderately complex technical problems, escalating issues when appropriate.
Participate in complex construction, automation, and implementation activities, ensuring successful implementation with architectural and operational requirements met.
Establish new standards and best practices to monitor, test, automate, and maintain IT components or systems.
Stay current with Target's technical capabilities, infrastructure, and technical environment.
Core responsibilities of this job are described within this job description. Job duties may change at any time due to business needs.
About you:
4 year degree or equivalent experience
2+ years of software development experience with a focus on cloud services
Demonstrates strong domain-specific knowledge regarding cloud services and their best practices – account/subscription management, compute, storage, databases, serverless, IAM, etc.
Experience using cloud provisioning tools such as Terraform
Familiarity with container and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
Familiarity with various Linux distributions and the operation of virtual machines
Communicates and coordinates with project team, partners, and stakeholders
Demonstrates expertise in analysis and optimization of systems capacity, performance, and operational health
Experience in building highly scalable distributed systems
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.
Benefits Eligibility
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