Data Protection Engineer

Job Description

Data Protection Engineer

Location : This position will work a hybrid model (remote & office). The ideal candidate will live within 50 miles of one of our Elevance Health PulsePoint office locations.

The Data Protection Engineer supports the Data Protection and Monitoring Services (DPMS) team and has experience with various data structures, database structures, data platforms including on premises and Cloud environments, data models, and data services.

The ideal candidate will have experience in a Data Loss Prevention Program, Data Classification Program, or similar initiative.

How You Will Make An Impact :

• Provides advanced level engineering design for DLP and Data Discovery / Classification tools, including monitoring and discovery controls to enterprise including deployment, configuration, engineering and administration of the security infrastructure and application.
• Ensuring and reviewing appropriate testing practices for current and future state technologies.
• Reviewing and investigating results from deployed technologies to provide key data points to other Information Security programs and key stakeholders, e.

g., Legal, Privacy, Compliance.

• Assisting in process and project management.
• Provide required information for audit and compliance.
• Representing major upgrades and business system replacements to leadership and providing strategy inputs,
• Establishes vendor relationships for DLP and Data Discovery / Classification products and services and ensures product related issues are resolved.
• Provides technical guidance and leadership to Program engineers
• Ensures security solutions involving the use of technologies are well-conceived, designed and implemented in compliance with enterprise standards.
• Provides first level engineering design functions and trouble resolution; provides trouble resolution and serves as point of technical escalation on complex problems;

leads or plans implementations for access management and network security technologies.

Develops testing plans to ensure quality of implementation; leads the investigation and reporting of data security events and incidents;

provides system and network architecture support for information and network security technologies.

• Provides technical support to business and technology associates in risk assessments and implementation of appropriate information security procedures, standards and technologies.
• Maintains security incident response plans; represents major upgrades and business system replacements in change control.
• Oversees Enterprise mix of vendor services; recommends changes and updates to strategy; may act a key contact for setting vendor strategy;

designs & engineers repetitive technical solutions based on business requirements and defined technology standards.

• Leads level 1 & 2 incident recoveries; may organize the efforts of other analysts as part of incident recovery; leads root cause analysis efforts.
• Must be capable of providing top-tier support for 4 or more of the information security technology common body of knowledge skill sets : 1) Access Control, 2) Application Security, 3) Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Planning, 4) Cryptography, 5) Information Security and Risk Management 6) Legal, Regulations, 7) Compliance and Investigations, 8) Operations Security, 9) Physical (Environmental) Security, 10) Security Architecture and Design, 11) Telecommunications and Network Security.

Minimum Requirements :

Requires BS / BA degree in Information Technology or related field of study and a minimum of 5 years experience in systems support, system administration, system engineering, system security, access management, network security, network communications, computer networking, telecommunications, systems development and management, hardware, software, and / or data;

or any combination of education and experience, which would provide an equivalent background.

Requires experience in planning and designing highly complex systems.

Preferred Skills, Capabilities & Experiences :

• Prior experience in a Data Loss Prevention Program, Data Classification Program, or similar initiative is highly preferred.
• Basic networking knowledge will be helpful.
• AWS, GCP, M365 and Azure general knowledge is preferred.
• Security Certifications : CISSP or other technical security certifications (e.g. Systems Security Certified Practitioner, Certification and Accreditation Professional) strongly preferred.

Job Level :

Non-Management Exempt

Workshift :

1st Shift (United States of America)

Job Family : IFT >

IFT >

IT Security & Compliance

Please be advised that Elevance Health only accepts resumes for compensation from agencies that have a signed agreement with Elevance Health.

Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers, are deemed to be the property of Elevance Health.

Who We Are

Elevance Health is a health company dedicated to improving lives and communities and making healthcare simpler. We are a Fortune 25 company with a longstanding history in the healthcare industry, looking for leaders at all levels of the organization who are passionate about making an impact on our members and the communities we serve.

How We Work

At Elevance Health, we are creating a culture that is designed to advance our strategy but will also lead to personal and professional growth for our associates.

Our values and behaviors are the root of our culture. They are how we achieve our strategy, power our business outcomes and drive our shared success - for our consumers, our associates, our communities and our business.

We offer a range of market-competitive total rewards that include merit increases, paid holidays, Paid Time Off, and incentive bonus programs (unless covered by a collective bargaining agreement), medical, dental, vision, short and long term disability benefits, 401(k) +match, stock purchase plan, life insurance, wellness programs and financial education resources, to name a few.

Elevance Health operates in a Hybrid Workforce Strategy. Unless specified as primarily virtual by the hiring manager, associates are required to work at an Elevance Health location at least once per week, and potentially several times per week.

Specific requirements and expectations for time onsite will be discussed as part of the hiring process. Candidates must reside within 50 miles or 1-hour commute each way of a relevant Elevance Health location.

The health of our associates and communities is a top priority for Elevance Health. We require all new candidates in certain patient / member-facing roles to become vaccinated against COVID-19.

If you are not vaccinated, your offer will be rescinded unless you provide an acceptable explanation. Elevance Health will also follow all relevant federal, state and local laws.

Elevance Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, citizenship status, color, creed, disability, ethnicity, genetic information, gender (including gender identity and gender expression), marital status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status or any other status or condition protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

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