Title:  Data Protection Engineer

ABOUT ADVANCED ENERGY

Advanced Energy (Nasdaq: AEIS) is a global leader in the design and manufacturing of highly engineered, precision power conversion, measurement and control solutions for mission-critical applications and processes. AE’s power solutions enable customer innovation in complex applications for a wide range of industries including semiconductor equipment, industrial, manufacturing, telecommunications, data center computing and healthcare. Advanced Energy has devoted four decades to perfecting power for its global customers and is headquartered in Denver, Colorado. 

WHY BE A PART OF ADVANCED ENERGY? 

Some people say it’s like working in the best of two worlds. We operate like an agile, growing, small company – you can see your work make a difference to the company every day. Things move quickly and you can see and feel it. At the same time, we’re a global company founded in 1981 and have been publicly traded for more than 28 years. We have a strong cash position, deep trust and partnership with leading customers, a global best-in-class operations capability, and a proven leadership team. We have a track record and resources to make things happen both organically and inorganically. Being part of a nimble company with a solid foundation attracts team members that are capable, driven and like a challenge. Our employees collaborate and know how to have fun inventing, working, building and winning together. At our core, we are Advanced Energy – powering the future, together.  

POSITION SUMMARY:                                  

The Data Protection Engineer will work in a critical role designed to help protect and defend against the loss of Advanced Energy’s (AE) most critical data and intellectual property as well as the misuse and/or abuse of AE’s corporate systems and information. In this position of high trust, the Data Protection Engineer will work with the business to identify and classify critical data, manage data protection administrative and technical controls, as well as perform audits and reporting of access related to this data. The engineer will become a subject matter expert and play an important role in testing and evaluating new processes designed to help improve visibility into potential gaps in the current operating environment where warranted.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Collaborate with the business to identify improvements in existing technical models geared towards data protection
• Identify gaps and weaknesses on current alerting platforms and recommend improvements to ensure evolving capabilities
• Identify gaps and weaknesses on User Behavior Analytics (UBA) and Data Loss Prevention platforms
• Continually review existing risk scoring models and adjust accordingly to ensure proper focus on significant security events and business needs
• Identify and define clear metrics and Key Performance Indicators (KPI) surrounding the data protection program’s success criteria to be shared at the executive level
• Work closely with partners in cyber security and business stakeholders to ensure focus on data protection is considered with current and new projects
• Prepare cases, briefs, and investigative reports for dissemination to executives and partners in legal and human resources
• Convey security concepts related to information protection, data classification, information labeling, and other related concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• Location: Fort Collins or Denver, Colorado
• Environment: Office setting

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Must have experience with data classification and tagging 
• Strong analytical skills to identify complex security issues and respond at the same level with a technical understanding of when to escalate impacting data security events
• Excellent oral communication and writing skills
• Experience with commercial Data Loss Prevention and User Activity Monitoring (UAM) tools, including configuring alerts, monitoring activity, creating data protection rules, and reporting
• Self-motivated and capable of independent work while operating in a geographically and culturally diverse peer group
• Possess functional knowledge and administrative experience on Windows endpoints
• Awareness of PCI/CISP programs, Security and Operations framework certification preferred
• Experience conducting data triage of anomalous events collected by UAM and Data Loss Prevention tools and creating new rules or policies to optimize alerting and reporting

EXPERIENCE:                                              

Essential:

• Minimum 1-3 years' of Data classification and tagging experience
• Minimum 5 - 7 years’ work experience in a field related to cybersecurity, data protection, insider threat, counterintelligence, or similar role preferred.
• Minimum 5 years' Data analytics experience
• Subject matter expert or lead experience

Desirable:

• Presentation experience
• Digital Forensics and investigations experience
• Experience conducting or leading investigations
• Counterintelligence investigators or counterintelligence analysts experience with data analytics tools and data bases, graduate of FLETC, DCITA, JCITA, DoD, other US Federal Government, Intelligence Community CI analysis or other formal CI training courses or programs

EDUCATION:                                                                                    

Essential:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field

Desirable:

• Advanced degree, continuing education, certifications (e.g., CISSP)

COMPENSATION:                           

As required by multiple state pay transparency laws, Advanced Energy provides a reasonable range of compensation for each job posting.  Actual compensation is influenced by an array of factors including, but not limited to, skill set, level of experience, and specific office location.  The range of starting pay for this role is $90,000 to $120,000 per year.   

BENEFITS: 

As part of our total rewards philosophy, we believe in offering and maintaining competitive compensation and benefits programs for our employees to attract and retain a talented, highly engaged workforce. Our compensation programs are focused on equitable, fair pay practices including market-based base pay, an annual pay-for-performance incentive plan for eligible positions, and a discounted Employee Stock Purchase Plan.   

In addition to our competitive compensation practices, we offer a strong benefits package in each of the countries in which we operate. In the U.S., we offer a rich benefits package that includes: 

• Medical - multiple medical plans are available to choose from 

• Short and long-term disability and life insurance 

• Health savings and flexible spending accounts 

• Generous time off policy starting with 3 weeks of paid vacation, 7 days of paid sick time, and 12 paid holidays  

• 8 hours of paid volunteer time off 

• 8 weeks of paid parental leave for both Moms and Dads 

• Company matched 401(k) 

• Tuition reimbursement 

• Expanded mental health coverage and employee assistance programs   

• Other voluntary benefits include critical illness, accident and hospital indemnity, pet insurance, identify theft, and legal assistance 

Advanced Energy is committed to diversity in its workforce including Equal Opportunity Employment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, and/or veteran status. 

Advanced Energy is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our job application process/procedures for qualified individuals with disabilities. If you require assistance in completing an Advanced Energy application, please reach out to HumanResources@aei.com 

Applications will be accepted through 4/30/2024, the company reserves the right to review applications at any point after they are submitted.