About us:
As a Fortune 50 company with more than 400,000 team members worldwide, Target is an iconic brand and one of America's leading retailers.
Joining Target means promoting a culture of mutual care and respect and striving to make the most meaningful and positive impact. Becoming a Target team member means joining a community that values different voices and lifts each other up. Here, we believe your unique perspective is important, and you'll build relationships by being authentic and respectful.
Overview about TII
At Target, we have a timeless purpose and a proven strategy. And that hasn’t happened by accident. Some of the best minds from different backgrounds come together at Target to redefine retail in an inclusive learning environment that values people and delivers world-class outcomes. That winning formula is especially apparent in Bengaluru, where Target in India operates as a fully integrated part of Target’s global team and has more than 4,000 team members supporting the company’s global strategy and operations.
(Pyramid overview)
About Network Security Monitoring: Target's Network Security Monitoring (NSM) team builds and maintains a fleet of over 2000 network sensors across the globe, providing network visibility and advanced monitoring capabilities to our Cyber Defense organization. We build scalable and maintainable infrastructure with full end-to-end ownership of both the hardware and software lifecycle. Our work enables timely detection and response of adversaries by delivering reliable network visibility through a resilient sensor grid and advanced monitoring capability.
Team Overview
NSM team members regularly:
• Collaborate with Networking partners on network design and network sensor placement.
• Build, deploy, and upgrade network sensors (servers) globally
• Design and implement network traffic analysis solutions using engines like Zeek and Suricata.
• Leverage Salt for configuration management, deployment automation, and infrastructure-as-code implementation.
• Partner with Cyber Defense to build network-based detections and consult in response scenarios.
• Develop performance monitoring solutions to track data quality and sensor health to ensure grid health and data fidelity.
Position Overview
Expect to:
• Configure, troubleshoot, and optimize network sensors across diverse environments
• Debug complex networking issues and perform packet-level analysis to ensure proper traffic visibility
• Build and maintain Salt-based automation for configuration management and deployment
• Analyze monitoring data to identify system improvements and validate detection coverage
• Develop and automate testing to ensure results and outcomes are as expected
• Participate in on-call rotations to support the global sensor grid and respond to critical issues
• Collaborate cross-functionally with teams throughout Cyber Defense and IT
• Document operational procedures for sensor management best practices
• Research new network security monitoring technologies and evaluate their potential implementation
• Contribute to capacity planning and architectural design of monitoring infrastructure.
About you:
Bachelor's degree in Networking, Computer Science, or related field (or equivalent experience)
4+ years of experience network administration, network security, or related roles, with a deep knowledge of network protocols and packet analysis
Experience with network security monitoring tools, including Zeek and Suricata
Strong foundation in automation and infrastructure as code, Salt experience preferred
You understand CI/CD principles and can implement pipelines for testing and deploying code and configuration changes
Comfortable with Linux systems administration and command-line environments
Practical experience with packet capture technologies and traffic analysis tools
Proven ability to troubleshoot complex distributed systems and methodically diagnose network issues
You appreciate the importance of dev/prod parity and can design for consistent environments across dev and prod
Experience writing custom detection rules and understanding their performance implications
Familiarity with technologies such as Zabbix, Prometheus, Nagios, Grafana, Elastic, Kibana
Useful Links-
Life at Target- https://india.target.com/
Benefits- https://india.target.com/life-at-target/workplace/benefits
New Link: https://india.target.com/life-at-target/belonging
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What We Do
Target is an American retailing company providing access to a wide selection of products such as furniture, electronics, toys, and more. Target is one of the world’s most recognized brands and one of America’s leading retailers. We make Target our guests’ preferred shopping destination by offering outstanding value, inspiration, innovation and an exceptional guest experience that no other retailer can deliver. Target is committed to responsible corporate citizenship, ethical business practices, environmental stewardship and generous community support. Since 1946, we have given 5 percent of our profits back to our communities. Our goal is to work as one team to fulfill our unique brand promise to our guests, wherever and whenever they choose to shop.
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