Title: Principal Engineer - Security Architecture(Remote Or Hybrid) Location: MN-Brooklyn Park Job Description: $168,000 - $303,000 USD annually Full-time Pay is based on several factors which vary based on position. These include labor markets and in some instances may include education, work experience and certifications. In addition to your pay, Target cares about and invests in you as a team member, so that you can take care of yourself and your family. Target offers eligible team members and their dependents comprehensive health benefits and programs, which may include medical, vision, dental, life insurance and more, to help you and your family take care of your whole selves. Other benefits for eligible team members include 401(k), employee discount, short term disability, long term disability, paid sick leave, paid national holidays, and paid vacation. About Us: Working at Target means helping all families discover the joy of everyday life. We bring that vision to life through our values and culture. Learn more about Target here. Target is one of the world’s most recognized brands and one of America’s leading retailers. But behind the brand our guests love, is a culture of continual innovation and right now, we are up to big things! Target’s security team is a place where innovation happens daily. Interested in a culture that combines ongoing learning, engineering excellence, and stellar outcomes? We are too – that’s why we work here. Join our team to improve Target’s security and move the business forward. As a Principal Security Architect/Engineer, you’ll collaborate with technical and leadership teams across all of Target Tech to ensure that systems are designed and built securely. You will identify relevant security risks, develop appropriate mitigation strategies, integrate security functions and controls into the overall system architecture, evaluate and provide feedback on proposed architectures, and design secure architecture. This role is highly technical, and you bring a deep understanding of security risks, controls, mitigations, and standards to a collaborative and advisory role, helping the rest of the enterprise as new platforms and systems are built, and as existing ones are modified over time. Beyond the deep expertise, you have great interpersonal skills: our Security Architects are called upon to collaborate across the enterprise, and have exceptional communication skills that enable open and cooperative partnerships. Expect to: • 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 Core responsibilities of this job are described within this job description. Job duties may change at any time due to business needs. About You: • 4-year degree OR equivalent experience • Polyglot programmer comfortable in many languages across different platforms • 10+ years of hands-on experience in technology, with extensive knowledge of cybersecurity domains including Information Protection, Cloud Security (GCP strongly preferred), Networking Security, IAM, Automation, and SIEM • Demonstrated curiosity and ability to learn • Expertise in containerization technologies and tools • Solid understanding of 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 Preferred: • GCP native security product experience (VPC Service Controls, Organization constraints, Cloud Armor, NextGen Firewall etc.) • Working knowledge of policy-as-code (either OPA/Rego or SEL) • Experience with Google SCC or Wiz is a plus • LLM Security expertise • Vertex AI experience • AWS or Azure experience This position may be considered for a Remote or Hybrid (known internally at Target as "Flex for Your Day") work arrangement based on Target's needs.  A Remote work arrangement means the team member works full-time from home or an alternate location that's not a Target location, does not have a desk at a Target location and may travel to HQ up to 4 times a year.  A Hybrid/Flex for Your Day work arrangement means the team member's core role may be performed either remote or onsite at a Target location depending upon what your role, team and tasks require for that day. Work duties cannot be performed outside of the country of the primary work location, unless otherwise prescribed by Target. Benefits Eligibility Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) In compliance with state and federal laws, Target will make reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities. If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process,

• Perform penetration tests on web, mobile (Android and iOS), and desktop applications. • Conduct vulnerability research in static code and in the source code of web applications. • Apply SAST and DAST techniques at different stages of development. • Perform penetration testing on on-premises infrastructure and cloud environments. • Automate analysis and vulnerability detection processes using scripts. • Document and communicate findings clearly to the technical team. • Actively collaborate within a remote, multicultural, and multilingual team.

• Ensure the Information Security organization speaks with one clear, consistent, and credible voice — in its writing, its visuals, and the artifacts that carry the program to the rest of the enterprise. • Design and produce Board-level and executive security materials — risk reports, posture dashboards, program updates, and decision briefs — translating technical findings into clear narratives and high-impact visuals for non-technical leadership. • Help design a unified security-metrics reporting layer in which a single, shared pool of metrics is surfaced at every altitude — operational dashboards for analysts, reporting for management, and narrative for executives and the Board. • Author and maintain security policies, standards, procedures, and control narratives, ensuring alignment with frameworks such as NIST CSF, PCI-DSS, and SOX. • Conceive, write, illustrate, and produce security awareness and training content — e-learning modules, microlearning, phishing-simulation creative, infographics, posters, and campaign materials. • Produce and maintain operational documentation for the security organization — runbooks, incident-response playbooks, the InfoSec operations manual, and executive incident summaries.

This role follows a hybrid work model, with in-office attendance expected once a week in the Poland office. KRAKOW - ENTERPRISE PARK BLDG C Aleja Powstancow Wielkopolskich 13C Enterprise Park KRAKOW, LESSER POLAND 30-707 Meet the Team Cisco ThousandEyes is a Digital Experience Assurance platform that empowers organizations to deliver flawless digital experiences across every network - even the ones they don't own. Powered by AI and an unmatched set of cloud, internet and enterprise network telemetry data, ThousandEyes enables IT teams to proactively detect, diagnose, and remediate issues - before they impact end- user experiences. ThousandEyes is deeply integrated across the entire Cisco technology portfolio and beyond, helping customers deploy at scale while also delivering AI-powered assurance insights within Cisco's leading Networking, Security, Collaboration, and Observability portfolios. Your Impact The impact of this role centers on providing deep technical leadership through multi-functional collaboration to identify requirements and deliver solutions that meet project and departmental objectives. You will embed robust security controls into architectural designs and work closely with security teams to enhance safeguards and support incident response efforts. A key responsibility is leading information security risk management activities, including conducting risk assessments, developing treatment plans, and performing internal audits to evaluate control effectiveness. You will also support major external security certification and compliance initiatives, ensuring adherence to industry standards and regulatory requirements. This position requires managing and coordinating security projects and processes, driving risk mitigation efforts, and holding stakeholders accountable for remediation plans. Success in this role depends on effective communication, project management skills, and a proactive approach to securing systems, services, and data across the organization. Minimum Qualifications - Experience with networking automation or API-focused scripting (e.g., Bash or Python). - Solid understanding of security principles in web technologies, networking, and Linux environments - Proficiency in at least one automation programming language such as Python, shell scripting, GoLang, or TypeScript. - Strong proficiency in English, including excellent written communication and interpersonal skills. Demonstrated ability to work both independently and multi-functionally, effectively managing responsibilities across diverse geographic locations and organizational boundaries. - Bachelor's degree with 3+ years of experience Preferred Qualifications: - Advanced expertise in Linux OS, network protocols, web security architectures (e.g., nginx, apache), and security technologies like Firewalls, IAM, IDS/IPS, SIEM, or Cryptography. - Experience leading information security risk assessments and performing code reviews or integration testing. - Experience deploying, securing, and maintaining Kubernetes environments. - Familiarity with security frameworks and compliance standards such as ISO 27001, SOC2, FedRAMP, NIST, and global data protection laws. - Relevant security certifications (e.g., CISSP, CISM, CCSP) or project management certifications (e.g., PMP). Why Cisco? At Cisco, we're revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era - and beyond. We've been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint. Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you'll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere. We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.