Senior Engineer – Red Team Operator

Target

. Consult on, design, and execute adversary emulation operations .

Posted 10/14/2026full-timeBrooklyn Park • Minnesota • United StatesSenior💰 $98,000 - $176,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates strong offensive security knowledge and deep Red Team adversary emulation experience, with proficiency in Windows, Linux, and Mac internals. Capable of designing testing methods and collaborating with various teams to enhance security operations.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Adversary Emulation OperationsOffensive Security KnowledgePython ProgrammingRed Team ExperienceIncident Response Collaboration

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Hard Skills

Adversary EmulationThreat Actor ResearchTool DevelopmentSecurity Control BypassTesting Method DesignWindows InternalsLinux InternalsMac InternalsPythonC#

Soft Skills

Self-Directed LearningProblem SolvingCollaborationCreativityCommunication

Certifications & Qualifications

4-Year Degree or Equivalent Experience

Industry Keywords

Cyber SecurityRed TeamBlue TeamThreat IntelligenceIncident ResponseThreat Management

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Cyber SecurityLinuxPythonRustGo

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Consult on, design, and execute adversary emulation operations
Conduct adversary emulation and simulation operations
Research real-world threat actor tactics, techniques, and procedures
Develop and document proof-of-concept tools and playbooks
Bypass preventative and detective security controls to accomplish operational goals
Partner with the Cyber Security Incident Response Team, Threat Management, and other stakeholders to identify improvement opportunities
Collaborate with Cyber Threat Intelligence, Detection, and Threat Hunting engineers and analysts on research
Work with non-security engineering teams to educate and collaborate on operational objectives
Take direction from Lead and Principal engineers on tool documentation tasks
Improve tools and procedures, including development, with other team members
Contribute to team direction through training, development, Purple Team work, and security consulting
Consistently grow in technical abilities

Requirements

What you’ll need

4-year degree or equivalent experience
3+ years minimum experience in technology; offensive or defensive security experience preferred
Strong offensive security knowledge
Proficiency in Windows, Linux, or Mac internals and native tools
Understanding of the impact of Red Team work on an organization and its customers
Ability to design new testing methods and resolve routine and non-routine technical issues with minimal assistance
Self-directed learning to stay current on relevant technologies
Deep Red Team adversary emulation experience desirable
Experience working on or with Blue Teams, including Incident Response or Detection, desirable
Experience working in large, complex organizations desirable
Python, C#, Rust, Go, or C skills desirable
Ability to creatively subvert systems and solve difficult problems desirable
Ability to replicate tools and techniques of in-the-wild threat actors desirable
Knowledge of threat actor trends impacting organizational security desirable

Benefits

Comp & perks

Comprehensive health benefits, which may include medical, vision, dental, and life insurance
401(k)
Employee discount
Short-term disability
Long-term disability
Paid sick leave
Paid national holidays
Paid vacation
Financial, education, and well-being benefits and programs
Remote work arrangement may allow working full-time from home or an alternate non-Target location
Remote team members may travel to HQ up to 4 times a year