Director, Cyber Threat Intelligence

Target

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
Brooklyn Park, MN
Salary
$149,000–$268,000 / yr
Posted
3 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday

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This role $208k
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Target Corporation is a large-format general merchandise and grocery retailer offering a wide assortment of everyday essentials, apparel, home goods, and electronics through stores and online. Industry: General Merchandise Retail

Target currently has 58 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Director, Cyber Threat Intelligence

Director - Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) leads a team of cyber threat analysts to drive strategic and technical analysis of key threats while identifying and prioritizing information security risks. The role involves collaborating with defensive control owners, threat research, and incident response teams to track emerging tactics, techniques, and procedures. Responsibilities include advising senior leadership on the cyber landscape, developing engineering solutions for intelligence collection, and automating repetitive processes. The position requires integrating internal telemetry with external data across platforms like SIEM, SOAR, EDR, and vulnerability management systems. Candidates must possess expert knowledge of the threat landscape, including organized crime and state-sponsored actors, while utilizing tools such as Passive DNS, Virus Total Intelligence, and URLScan. Proficiency in the MITRE ATT&CK framework is required to address security risks and inform information security policy across the enterprise.

What you'll do

  • Lead a team of cyber threat analysts to perform strategic and technical analysis of key threats.
  • Identify and prioritize information security threats while advising partners on risks and mitigations.
  • Track and defend against emerging threat tactics, techniques, and procedures in collaboration with defensive teams.
  • Advise senior leadership and the CISO on cyber trends, legislation, and impacts on security posture.
  • Develop engineering solutions to automate repetitive intelligence processes and improve data collection and analysis.
  • Integrate internal security telemetry with external threat intelligence to improve detection and prioritization.
  • Partner with engineering teams to integrate CTI platforms with SIEM, SOAR, EDR, and vulnerability management tools.
  • Evaluate emerging technologies like AI and machine learning to enhance analyst workflows and intelligence gathering.

What we're looking for

  • A 4-year degree or equivalent experience is required.
  • Candidates must have at least 7 years of relevant experience.
  • You must possess expert knowledge of the cyber threat landscape and ability to communicate threats to senior leadership.
  • You must demonstrate advanced technical understanding of tactics, techniques, and procedures associated with malicious cyber activity and organized crime.
  • Experience is required in establishing collection, analyzing, and actioning threat intelligence through enrichment, correlation, and attribution.
  • Strong experience with offensive security tactics, including DDoS, malware, phishing, and vulnerabilities is required.
  • Technical experience with tools such as Passive DNS, Virus Total Intelligence, and URLScan is required.
  • Deep experience working with industry-wide frameworks like MITRE ATT&CK is required.

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