Sr Cybersecurity Specialist

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.
Every time a guest enters a Target store or browses Target.com, they experience the impact of 
Target’s investments in technology and innovation. We’re the technologists behind one of the most 
loved retail brands, delivering joy to millions of our guests, team members, and communities.
Join our global in-house technology team of more than 4,000 engineers, data scientists, architects, 
coaches, and product managers striving to make Target the most convenient, safe, and joyful place 
to shop. We use agile practices and leverage open-source software to adapt and build best-in-class 
technology for our team members and guests and we do so with a focus on diversity and inclusion, 
experimentation, and continuous learning. Professionals in this group specialize in client due 
diligence, enhanced due diligence, and customer identity management programs. Responsibilities 
also include monitoring customer activity, flags and patterns, and investigation of potential fraud 
and abusive behavior. The process involves loss prevention and minimizing the organization's 
exposure to illegal credit card payments/transactions, policies and abuse of external fraudulent 
activity.
As a Sr. Cybersecurity Specialist, you’ll analyze real-time transactions placed on Target.com for 
suspicious fraudulent activity to minimize Target Corporation’s fraud losses. You’ll collaborate with 
the team to identify changing fraud trends and present new strategies to prevent 
unauthorized Target.com activity. You’ll be working closely with peers, leaders, internal business 
partners, and external partners on special projects that expand fraud knowledge and skills, as well 
as pioneer process updates. You will understand risk in the context of its role and escalate 
identified issues as applicable. Job duties may change at any time due to business needs.
In this position, you will:
• Develop expertise within the Fraud and Abuse Prevention domain – processing orders in an 
efficient, accurate, and timely manner through critical thinking and attention to detail. This 
will all happen in a fast-paced environment to ensure authorized orders are processed and 
fraudulent orders are prevented.
• Consistently deliver strong productivity metrics, through ever-changing processes and 
leadership initiatives beyond baseline expectations
• Initiate new strategies and collaborate with partners to identify and propose solutions to 
problems with current system and processes
• Field tips and escalations from other teams and use critical thinking and investigational 
mindset to deliver confident and thorough resolutions
• Develop checks and balances to ensure accuracy and identify and escalate potential 
threats
Requirements:
• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited university
• 0 – 1 yr of experience
• Good verbal and written communication skills, including listening, negotiating and 
decision-making skills
• Ability to interact with peers professionally, give and receive feedback and make critical 
decisions on escalations
• Ability to use various information sources to answer questions, verify and 
confirm Target.com activity, work in grey areas, willingness to dig deep and investigate and 
hunt thoroughly
• Strong technical skills, ability to work within multiple systems, high proficiency with 
PC/Microsoft applications
• Open to work in 24/7 shifts, preferably working in US time zones
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