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Lead Security Engineer - Threat Management Platforms & Integrations
Target Corporation · 🇺🇸 7000 Target Pkwy N,NCD-0375 Brooklyn Park,MN 55445
Sponsorship verdict
Sponsorship possible
One solid signal, not two — worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.
- Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 107 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
- No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- What Target Corporation paid sponsored hires in similar roles46 certified filings for “Lead Engineer” (Software Developers) in MN: $135k–$145k, median $145k. Most were filed at wage level IV (83%) — 4 lottery entries, ≈61% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
- Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).
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Sponsor Radar — Target Corporation
The US Department of Labor certified 107 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
The pay range is $132,000.00 - $238,000.00 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. Find competitive benefits from financial and education to well-being and beyond at https://corporate.target.com/careers/benefits . Lead Security Engineer - Threat Management Platforms & Integrations About us: Target is an iconic brand, a Fortune 50 company and one of America’s leading retailers. Target as a tech company? Absolutely. We’re 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. Target Technology Services is on a mission to offer the systems, tools and support that guests and team members need and deserve. Our high-performing teams balance independence with collaboration, and we pride ourselves on being versatile, agile and creative. We drive industry-leading technologies in support of every angle of the business, and help ensure that Target operates smoothly, securely and reliably from the inside out. About the role: CFC Threat Management Engineering (TME) is a function-aligned engineering capability supporting Threat Management across core detection workloads, application stacks, workflows. TME builds the products, integrations, derived data capabilities, and technical platforms required to enable, operate, measure, and continuously improve Threat Management. The team is designed to solve high-value engineering problems that span systems and workflows, with a slight emphasis on data engineering and the product breadth to turn those capabilities into durable, consumable platforms through APIs, services, automation, and user-facing applications. As a Lead Engineer, you will: • Set technical direction and lead the design of complex, multi-component Threat Management systems translating ambiguous operational needs into durable architectures and executable plans while anticipating dependencies and improving cross-platform interoperability. • Design, build, and evolve consumable Threat Management products and derived data capabilities across APIs, integrations, workflow orchestration, curated datasets, historical models, services, and user-facing applications, selecting the interaction model best suited to the problem. • Lead engineering of detection-lifecycle capabilities that simplify rule authorship, validation, deployment, state verification, synchronization, and exception handling across multiple detection platforms. • Build trustworthy measurement and observability foundations with clear definitions, assumptions, and lineage, enabling Threat Management to understand efficacy and performance, identify systemic friction, and drive evidence-based improvements in reliability, scalability, and engineering efficiency. • Partner closely with Threat Management leadership and practitioners across the Threat Management function to frame problems, reconcile competing requirements, and determ