# Sr. Engineer – Pen Tester

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. Position Overview The Penetration Tester is a critical member of the Application Security team, focused on identifying, validating, and resolving security vulnerabilities across our cloud infrastructure and applications. You will lead technical security assessments, including application-layer and network-layer penetration testing, to ensure all information assets are secured against evolving threats. This role is vital for maintaining our security posture and ensuring remediation efforts are effectively prioritized and executed. Key Responsibilities Perform comprehensive manual and automated application-layer penetration tests to identify vulnerabilities, adhering to industry standards and internal methodologies. Conduct network-layer penetration tests encompassing all components supporting network functions and operating systems. Validate segmentation and scope-reduction controls at least annually and after any significant changes to ensure isolation of the Cardholder Data Environment (CDE). Triage and

- **Id**: 1085750
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/target-sr-engineer-pen-tester>
- **Role**: QA
- **Role family**: QA
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Bengaluru, India
- **Countries**: IN
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 4
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-09-21T08:46:48Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-09-21
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-08T13:17:11Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 48
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 3090
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: E-commerce Platforms, Online Groceries

## Company

- **Id**: 3684
- **Name**: Target
- **Domain**: target.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/target>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 92
- **Open postings**: 392
- **Ghost share**: 0.018
- **Stale share**: 0.474
- **Repost share**: 0.036
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 9
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

## Salary estimate

- **Min usd**: 6500
- **Max usd**: 17000
- **Period**: year
- **Method**: role_seniority_country_remote_cell
- **Sample n**: 35

## Technologies

- **Burp Suite** — Optional: no
- **DNS** — Optional: no
- **Docker** — Optional: no
- **ISO 27001** — Optional: no
- **Kubernetes** — Optional: no
- **OWASP** — Optional: no
- **PCI DSS** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **Ruby** — Optional: no
- **Slack** — Optional: no
- **SOC 2** — Optional: no
- **TCP/IP** — Optional: no
- **Terraform** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 48

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 4
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-21T08:46:48Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 10
- **Band**: cold
- **Label**: Long shot
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.374
- **P room**: 0.28
- **Age days**: 47
- **Expected fill days**: 9
- **Reasons**: conf:9, velocity, win:tail, crowd:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

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