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Information Security Officer roles qualify for EB-2 and EB-3 green card sponsorship through the PERM labor certification process, which requires your employer to document U.S. recruitment efforts before filing an I-140 petition. Cybersecurity leadership positions typically meet specialty occupation standards, making employer-sponsored permanent residency a realistic path for qualified foreign professionals.
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- 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.
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.
Cybersecurity at Target is on a mission to secure the systems, tools, and processes that team members and guests interact with every day. 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. If you’re excited by the opportunity to demonstrate strong ownership and deep technical expertise while solving complex security challenges at scale, we invite you to join us as a Business Information Security Officer (BISO) for Operational Technology (OT)!
As a BISO for OT, you will help in designing, building, and scaling security solutions to secure Target’s operational tech across supply chain, stores, and corporate offices. Leveraging your security and risk management experience, you will work across Target technology and business teams to implement security requirements, assess risk, and develop mitigation strategies. You will leverage your deep engineering and technical expertise to force-multiply your impact by building new security solutions and influencing across your peers and partner teams. Finally, you will act as a leader within our organization, constantly working to uplevel our team by mentoring your team members in security concepts and engineering best practices.
Core responsibilities of this job are described within this job description. Job duties may change at any time due to business needs.
About You:
- Bachelor’s degree in information security, computer science, or related field; or related experience
- 7+ years of engineering experience in one or more information security domains (e.g., vulnerability management, threat intelligence, application security, incident response, risk management, etc.)
- 2+ years of engineering experience in Operational Technology (OT) or Internet-of-Things (IOT) security
- 2+ years of engineering experience in network architecture, network design, or network segmentation
- Experience defining security requirements, managing findings, and mitigating risk across dozens of unique business lines, hundreds of distinct applications, and thousands of stakeholders
Preferred
- Master’s degree in information security, computer science, or related field; or related experience
- Experience designing, developing, and scaling security solutions that enable developers and technology solutions to be “secure-by-default” (e.g., auto-patching, credential rotation, etc.)
- Demonstrated experience harmonizing and aligning business needs with security requirements to ensure security threats and risks are properly identified and managed
- Executive-level communication skills, both verbal and written, capable of effectively articulating technical topics to a wide range of stakeholders to drive understanding and alignment
- Proven ability to own enterprise-wide security projects or programs (e.g. Patch Management, Risk Management, etc.), including building project plans, identifying stakeholders, communicating progress, and addressing roadblocks
- Experience with both on-prem (e.g., bare metal servers, firewalls, etc.) and cloud-based (e.g., GCP, AWS, Azure, etc.) infrastructure
- Experience leveraging AI tools (e.g., Claude, ChatGPT, etc.) to measurably improve the effectiveness or operations of a security tool or mechanism
- Experience with Operational Technology (OT) Security standards such as ISA/IEC 62443 or NIST SP 800-82 Rev 3
- Experience with common security tooling (e.g., SIEM, DLP, IDS, IPS, etc.)
- Experience with common security frameworks (e.g., NIST, ISO/IEC 27001, PCI-DSS, etc.)
- Relevant security industry certifications (e.g., CISSP, CISM, OSCP, etc.)
This position will operate as a Hybrid/Flex for Your Day work arrangement based on Target’s needs. A Hybrid/Flex for Your Day work arrangement means the team member’s core role will need to be performed both onsite at the Target HQ MN location the role is assigned to and virtually, depending upon what your role, team and tasks require for that day. Work duties cannot be performed outside of the country of the primary work location, unless otherwise prescribed by Target. Click here if you are curious to learn more about Minnesota.
Benefits Eligibility
Please paste this url into your preferred browser to learn about benefits eligibility for this role: https://tgt.biz/BenefitsForYou_E
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
In compliance with state and federal laws, Target will make reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities. If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please reach out to candidate.accommodations@HRHelp.Target.com. Non-accommodation-related requests, such as application follow-ups or technical issues, will not be addressed through this channel.
COMPENSATION
- 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.
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.
Cybersecurity at Target is on a mission to secure the systems, tools, and processes that team members and guests interact with every day. 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. If you’re excited by the opportunity to demonstrate strong ownership and deep technical expertise while solving complex security challenges at scale, we invite you to join us as a Business Information Security Officer (BISO) for Operational Technology (OT)!
As a BISO for OT, you will help in designing, building, and scaling security solutions to secure Target’s operational tech across supply chain, stores, and corporate offices. Leveraging your security and risk management experience, you will work across Target technology and business teams to implement security requirements, assess risk, and develop mitigation strategies. You will leverage your deep engineering and technical expertise to force-multiply your impact by building new security solutions and influencing across your peers and partner teams. Finally, you will act as a leader within our organization, constantly working to uplevel our team by mentoring your team members in security concepts and engineering best practices.
Core responsibilities of this job are described within this job description. Job duties may change at any time due to business needs.
About You:
- Bachelor’s degree in information security, computer science, or related field; or related experience
- 7+ years of engineering experience in one or more information security domains (e.g., vulnerability management, threat intelligence, application security, incident response, risk management, etc.)
- 2+ years of engineering experience in Operational Technology (OT) or Internet-of-Things (IOT) security
- 2+ years of engineering experience in network architecture, network design, or network segmentation
- Experience defining security requirements, managing findings, and mitigating risk across dozens of unique business lines, hundreds of distinct applications, and thousands of stakeholders
Preferred
- Master’s degree in information security, computer science, or related field; or related experience
- Experience designing, developing, and scaling security solutions that enable developers and technology solutions to be “secure-by-default” (e.g., auto-patching, credential rotation, etc.)
- Demonstrated experience harmonizing and aligning business needs with security requirements to ensure security threats and risks are properly identified and managed
- Executive-level communication skills, both verbal and written, capable of effectively articulating technical topics to a wide range of stakeholders to drive understanding and alignment
- Proven ability to own enterprise-wide security projects or programs (e.g. Patch Management, Risk Management, etc.), including building project plans, identifying stakeholders, communicating progress, and addressing roadblocks
- Experience with both on-prem (e.g., bare metal servers, firewalls, etc.) and cloud-based (e.g., GCP, AWS, Azure, etc.) infrastructure
- Experience leveraging AI tools (e.g., Claude, ChatGPT, etc.) to measurably improve the effectiveness or operations of a security tool or mechanism
- Experience with Operational Technology (OT) Security standards such as ISA/IEC 62443 or NIST SP 800-82 Rev 3
- Experience with common security tooling (e.g., SIEM, DLP, IDS, IPS, etc.)
- Experience with common security frameworks (e.g., NIST, ISO/IEC 27001, PCI-DSS, etc.)
- Relevant security industry certifications (e.g., CISSP, CISM, OSCP, etc.)
This position will operate as a Hybrid/Flex for Your Day work arrangement based on Target’s needs. A Hybrid/Flex for Your Day work arrangement means the team member’s core role will need to be performed both onsite at the Target HQ MN location the role is assigned to and virtually, depending upon what your role, team and tasks require for that day. Work duties cannot be performed outside of the country of the primary work location, unless otherwise prescribed by Target. Click here if you are curious to learn more about Minnesota.
Benefits Eligibility
Please paste this url into your preferred browser to learn about benefits eligibility for this role: https://tgt.biz/BenefitsForYou_E
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
In compliance with state and federal laws, Target will make reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities. If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please reach out to candidate.accommodations@HRHelp.Target.com. Non-accommodation-related requests, such as application follow-ups or technical issues, will not be addressed through this channel.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Green Card Sponsorship in Information Security Officer
Document your cybersecurity credentials early
PERM requires your employer to verify your qualifications against the job requirements. Gather degree transcripts, professional certifications like CISSP or CISM, and employment letters that match the specific duties listed in the labor certification application.
Target employers with active PERM filing history
Search the DOL OFLC disclosure data by SOC code for Information Security Analysts to identify companies that have filed PERM applications in your target region. Employers who have navigated PERM before move faster and make fewer errors.
Search for green card sponsoring roles on Migrate Mate
Use Migrate Mate to filter Information Security Officer roles by employers with documented EB-2 and EB-3 sponsorship history. This cuts out the guesswork of cold-applying to companies that have never sponsored a foreign national.
Understand how your degree field affects EB-2 eligibility
EB-2 requires an advanced degree directly related to the role. A master's in computer science or information assurance strengthens your case. A general business degree may push you toward EB-3, which has a longer processing path for some nationalities.
Negotiate PERM filing into your offer before signing
Confirm in writing that your employer will file PERM and cover associated legal fees before you accept the offer. Many companies are willing but won't initiate the process without a direct conversation during the offer stage.
Verify your employer's E-Verify enrollment status
USCIS requires employers sponsoring foreign workers to comply with work authorization verification. E-Verify enrollment signals an employer is familiar with immigration compliance requirements, which reduces friction when PERM documentation and I-140 filing timelines are being set.
Green Card Information Security Officer: Frequently Asked Questions
Does an Information Security Officer role qualify for EB-2 or EB-3 green card sponsorship?
Most Information Security Officer positions qualify for EB-2 if the role requires an advanced degree in a specialized field like cybersecurity, information assurance, or computer science. Roles requiring only a bachelor's degree typically fall under EB-3. Your employer's job description and minimum requirements determine which category applies, and USCIS reviews those requirements as part of the I-140 adjudication.
How does green card sponsorship differ from H-1B sponsorship for this role?
Green card sponsorship through PERM and I-140 is permanent, not subject to the H-1B visa annual lottery, and has no renewal cycle once you reach lawful permanent resident status. The tradeoff is time: PERM alone typically takes six to twelve months before the I-140 is even filed. For most nationalities outside India and China, EB-3 priority dates are current, meaning no additional wait after I-140 approval.
What does the PERM process actually require from a cybersecurity employer?
PERM requires the employer to conduct a formal recruitment campaign, document that no qualified U.S. workers applied, and certify the offered wage meets or exceeds the prevailing wage for the role and location. The DOL reviews the application and may audit the recruitment records. Employers typically work with immigration counsel to complete this process, which takes several months even in straightforward cases.
Where can I find Information Security Officer jobs that offer green card sponsorship?
Migrate Mate lets you search for Information Security Officer roles specifically filtered by employers with EB-2 and EB-3 sponsorship history, so you can focus your applications on companies that have already demonstrated willingness and capacity to sponsor foreign nationals through the PERM process.
Can I switch employers after my PERM is filed but before my green card is approved?
You can change employers after your I-140 is approved and your priority date is current, using the job portability provisions under AC21, provided you move to a same or similar occupational role. Switching before I-140 approval typically means restarting the entire PERM process with the new employer. For Information Security Officers, the O*NET classification helps establish whether a new role qualifies as sufficiently similar.