About us
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 mitigation
- Capable of identifying detection opportunities sourced from threat data
- Exhibits an understanding of concepts such as Pyramid of Pain, MITRE ATT&CK, and other organizing frameworks
- Hands-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 AWS
- Proficiency 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 education
Why Join Us
- Be part of a forward-thinking world class cybersecurity team.
- Opportunities for professional growth and continuous learning.
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Benefits- https://india.target.com/life-at-target/workplace/benefits
Culture- https://india.target.com/life-at-target/diversity-and-inclusion
Target Bengaluru, Karnataka, IND Office
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, 560045
