Director of Engineering - AI Security(Remote Or Hybrid)

Target is a leading retail company committed to helping families discover the joy of everyday life. They are seeking a Director of Engineering to manage an engineering team focused on AI Security, responsible for technology decisions, team guidance, and ensuring secure architecture and practices across the organization.

Responsibilities:

• Assist your team in driving technical decision making, adhering to Target platform architecture and other enterprise considerations. You’ll have a strong focus on team management and development
• Establish good stakeholder communication, work closely with partner teams, and help drive requirements while being a strong advocate of efficient and secure coding practices across engineers
• Build and manage a team of high performing architects and provide leadership, coaching, motivation and recommend staffing levels, operating procedures, tools, and systems for the team
• Provide career development and performance management to a team of architects
• Collaborate with system designers to integrate security requirements into the design phase of IT systems
• Develop and maintain security architecture documentation, including security models, frameworks, and diagrams
• Ensure that security architecture aligns with the organization’s business objectives and regulatory requirements
• Understand security risks in order to identify potential vulnerabilities and threats
• Develop risk mitigation strategies and recommend appropriate security controls
• Design and implement security solutions, including firewalls, encryption protocols, and access control mechanisms
• Collaborate with development and operations teams to ensure secure creation and deployment of IT systems
• Provide guidance on secure coding practices
• Prioritize driving highly impactful changes that improve the business
• Conduct full-stack architecture reviews of products and platforms
• Provide expertise on information security for complex systems and applications in cloud and on-prem environments
• Design security reference architectures and create implementation/configuration guides
• Provide expertise on creation and implementation of security controls with an emphasis on cloud technologies
• Efficiently assess and communicate risk accurately while negotiating priorities with cross-domain stakeholders
• Collaborate with engineering teams to perform advanced security analysis on complex cloud systems, identifying gaps while contributing to design solutions and security requirements

Requirements:

• Four-year degree in computer science or equivalent
• 10+ years of hands-on experience in technology, with extensive knowledge of cybersecurity domains including Information Protection, Cloud Security, Networking Security, IAM, Automation and SIEM
• 5+ years of managing teams with a strong track record of delivery for cross-functional products
• Experience working in an agile environment (e.g. user stories, iterative development, etc.) including continuous integration and continuous delivery practices
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present complex technical information in a clear and concise manner to variety of audiences
• Strong technical knowledge and background with an understanding of open-source frameworks
• Strong sense of ownership and problem-solving skills
• Polyglot programmer comfortable in many languages across different platforms
• Demonstrated curiosity and ability to learn
• Expertise in containerization technologies and tools
• Domain expertise in AI/ML
• Seeks out cross-team collaboration opportunities
• Stays current on relevant technologies with self-directed learning
• Excellent written and verbal interpersonal skills with strong presentation abilities
• Proven history of effectively utilizing a variety of security tools and technologies across diverse environments. The ideal candidate will not be limited to specific vendors or solutions but will possess the technical depth to comprehend and implement an end-to-end solution that aligns with our reference security architecture's requirements
• Good understanding of security management workflows in large enterprise organizations and complex environments
• Has a good understanding of the current threat landscape and the challenges that most organizations are facing
• In-depth knowledge of security frameworks, standards, and best practices (e.g., NIST, ISO/IEC 27001)
• Strong understanding of network security, cryptography, and secure software development
• Experience with security technologies, such as firewalls, IDS/IPS, SIEM, and DLP
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills