Director of Engineering - AI Security(Remote Or Hybrid)

About the role

The Director of Engineering - AI Security will lead the technology decisions that enable the business plan and will manage an engineering team in an agile environment. They will provide guidance to engineers and make relevant technology solution decisions related to complex and/or new wave technology products. The key to success in this position is having a strong & innovative approach to problem solving, great technical leadership, excellent communication, flexibility, and a self-motivated working style with attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Assist your team in driving technical decision making, adhering to Target platform architecture and other enterprise considerations.
• 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

• A 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.

Qualifications

• 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.

Skills

• 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.
• 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.

Benefits

Competitive benefits including health and well-being, financial well-being, paid time off, education assistance, market-leading pay, Team Target discount, and more.

Pay

$168,000.00 - $303,000.00

Schedule

Remote or Hybrid (Flex for Your Day) work arrangements may be considered based on Target's needs.