This role pays more than
89%
of similar roles. Most pay
$171,750–$210,012
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$236k
versus about
$191k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
Employer
About Target
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.
Listed pay typically runs
$98,000–$176,000
across 58 roles with salary data.
As a Principal Engineer - Cybersecurity Incident Response, you will set the technical strategy for engineering platforms, services, integrations, and automations that enable the organization to investigate and respond to cyber threats. You will architect and lead the development of secure, reliable services using Python, APIs, event-driven patterns, and cloud-native technologies to accelerate triage, evidence collection, and containment. Your daily work involves building production-grade SOAR playbooks, designing agentic AI-powered analysis tools, and developing automated forensic artifact collection solutions across endpoint, cloud, and network environments. You will also provide hands-on incident commander support during high-severity investigations while mentoring engineers on CI/CD, DevSecOps practices, and secure systems design. The role focuses on solving complex security challenges by translating investigative requirements into scalable technical capabilities within a sophisticated cybersecurity infrastructure to ensure operational resilience and rapid threat mitigation.
What does a Engineer earn?
Median $185000 from 249 postings across 48 companies.