Sr Engineer - Target India
Target
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As a Fortune 50 company with more than 400,000 team members worldwide, Target is one of the world’s most recognized brands and one of America’s leading retailers.
Target as a tech company? Absolutely. We are 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. Behind the brand our guests love, is a culture of continual innovation – and right now, we are up to big things.The Cyber Fusion Centre is the heart of Target’s security team and a place where innovation happens daily. Interested in a culture that combines invention and creative freedom, ongoing learning, engineering excellence, and stellar outcomes? We are, too – that’s why we work here. Join our team to take new enterprise security solutions from concept to release, collaborating with both software & security engineers to innovate on helping defend Target’s network using cutting-edge technologies.We are seeking a Senior Threat Detection Engineer to join our world class cybersecurity-cyber defence team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for designing, implementing, and optimizing threat detection mechanisms to protect the organization from advanced cyber threats.About The Role/Key Responsibilities:Threat Detection Development:Design and implement detection rules, signatures, and analytics to identify malicious activities in real-time.Develop use cases and correlation rules in SIEM and other detection platforms.Create automated processes to improve detection efficiency and reduce response times.Security Monitoring & Optimization:Continuously monitor and tune rules to reduce false positives by improving rule fidelity and ensuring actionable alerts.Stay updated with emerging threat landscapes to enhance detection capabilities.Incident Support:Collaborate with Incident Response (IR) and Threat Hunting teams to provide context and insights during investigations.Participate in post-incident reviews to refine detection strategies based on lessons learned.Collaboration & Reporting:Work with Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) teams to integrate threat intelligence into detection mechanisms.Document and present detection engineering activities, findings, and recommendations to stakeholders.About You/Qualifications:Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, or related field (or equivalent experience).4+ years of experience in threat detection, incident response or related roles.Demonstrates a deep subject matter expertise with threat detection, response, and mitigationCapable of identifying detection opportunities sourced from threat dataExhibits an understanding of concepts such as Pyramid of Pain, MITRE ATT&CK, and other organizing frameworksHands-on experience with security tools such as SIEM (Splunk, ElasticSearch, Zeek, SIGMA, Suricata and YARA technologies)Host based detection experience leveraging Sysmon, CrowdStrike Falcon, etc.Cloud based detection within GCP and AWSProficiency in scripting and automation (Python, PowerShell, etc.)Deep knowledge of network protocols, operating systems, and attack techniques.Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.Stays current with new technologies via formal training and self-directed educationWhy Join UsBe part of a forward-thinking world class cybersecurity team.Opportunities for professional growth and continuous learning.
As a Fortune 50 company with more than 400,000 team members worldwide, Target is one of the world’s most recognized brands and one of America’s leading retailers.
Target as a tech company? Absolutely. We are 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. Behind the brand our guests love, is a culture of continual innovation – and right now, we are up to big things.The Cyber Fusion Centre is the heart of Target’s security team and a place where innovation happens daily. Interested in a culture that combines invention and creative freedom, ongoing learning, engineering excellence, and stellar outcomes? We are, too – that’s why we work here. Join our team to take new enterprise security solutions from concept to release, collaborating with both software & security engineers to innovate on helping defend Target’s network using cutting-edge technologies.We are seeking a Senior Threat Detection Engineer to join our world class cybersecurity-cyber defence team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for designing, implementing, and optimizing threat detection mechanisms to protect the organization from advanced cyber threats.About The Role/Key Responsibilities:Threat Detection Development:Design and implement detection rules, signatures, and analytics to identify malicious activities in real-time.Develop use cases and correlation rules in SIEM and other detection platforms.Create automated processes to improve detection efficiency and reduce response times.Security Monitoring & Optimization:Continuously monitor and tune rules to reduce false positives by improving rule fidelity and ensuring actionable alerts.Stay updated with emerging threat landscapes to enhance detection capabilities.Incident Support:Collaborate with Incident Response (IR) and Threat Hunting teams to provide context and insights during investigations.Participate in post-incident reviews to refine detection strategies based on lessons learned.Collaboration & Reporting:Work with Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) teams to integrate threat intelligence into detection mechanisms.Document and present detection engineering activities, findings, and recommendations to stakeholders.About You/Qualifications:Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, or related field (or equivalent experience).4+ years of experience in threat detection, incident response or related roles.Demonstrates a deep subject matter expertise with threat detection, response, and mitigationCapable of identifying detection opportunities sourced from threat dataExhibits an understanding of concepts such as Pyramid of Pain, MITRE ATT&CK, and other organizing frameworksHands-on experience with security tools such as SIEM (Splunk, ElasticSearch, Zeek, SIGMA, Suricata and YARA technologies)Host based detection experience leveraging Sysmon, CrowdStrike Falcon, etc.Cloud based detection within GCP and AWSProficiency in scripting and automation (Python, PowerShell, etc.)Deep knowledge of network protocols, operating systems, and attack techniques.Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.Stays current with new technologies via formal training and self-directed educationWhy Join UsBe part of a forward-thinking world class cybersecurity team.Opportunities for professional growth and continuous learning.
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