Lead Engineer, Cloud Security

Target

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Brooklyn Park, MN
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TL;DR · Lead Engineer, Cloud Security

As a Lead Engineer - Cloud Security (Cloud Security Platform & CSPM), you will join the Cloud Security team as the senior technical owner of the Cloud Security Platform and CSPM capability across public and private cloud environments. You will design, deploy, and operate the CSPM and broader CNAPP surface, translating security requirements into automated, developer-friendly controls. Your daily work involves owning the end-to-end engineering, configuration, and tuning of the platform, managing RBAC and SSO, and driving multi-quarter initiatives. You will utilize technologies including Kubernetes, Terraform, Rego, Python, and Go to integrate findings into SIEM/SOAR pipelines. You will solve the business problem of scaling cloud security posture by turning signals into actionable remediation, ensuring high signal-to-noise ratios, and providing paved roads for engineering teams.

What you'll do

  • Serve as the senior technical lead for the Cloud Security Platform and CSPM capability.
  • Own the end-to-end engineering, deployment, configuration, and ongoing operation of the CSPM/CNAPP platform.
  • Manage the platform as a production system by owning its availability, performance, and on-call response.
  • Define and tune the CSPM policy set based on secure configuration benchmarks and reference architecture.
  • Design and manage the findings pipeline to aggregate, deduplicate, and ship security signals to remediation dashboards.
  • Drive multi-quarter initiatives from initial problem framing and scoping through to rollout and steady-state operation.
  • Integrate cloud security telemetry into enterprise SIEM/SOAR pipelines and remediation systems.
  • Mentor engineers on cloud security, platform engineering practices, and code quality standards.

What we're looking for

  • 4-year degree or equivalent work experience.
  • 7+ years of hands-on experience in technology with deep experience in cloud security, CSPM, Kubernetes, IaC/CI-CD, and automation.
  • Demonstrated experience as a senior IC or tech lead owning a security or platform capability end-to-end at enterprise scale.
  • Deep hands-on experience deploying, operating, and tuning a CSPM or CNAPP platform in a large multi-cloud environment.
  • Hands-on experience with public cloud (GCP preferred; AWS/Azure experience also valued) and private cloud/Kubernetes environments.
  • Strong working knowledge of infrastructure as code (Terraform) and policy-as-code (Rego).
  • Automation-first mindset with hands-on fluency in at least one general-purpose language such as Python or Go.
  • Working knowledge of security frameworks and standards such as NIST, CIS Benchmarks, and ISO/IEC 27001.

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