Security Engineer

At Otter Tail Power, our employees help us to serve the communities we support by producing reliable, affordable, and environmentally responsible electricity. In this role, the IT Security Engineer will be a vital team member in maintaining cybersecurity systems to protect the organization's information systems, IT assets, and intellectual property.

Some examples of those activities will include:

• Implement organizational cybersecurity strategy and information security systems to ensure the organization's proprietary information is safeguarded.
• Execute security architecture activities to provide principle of least privilege for accessing organizational information
• Investigate security breaches to determine system weaknesses and conduct testing and configuration procedures across products and systems.
• Analyze security management systems, enterprise systems, and data files to validate security and understand and mitigate risk.
• Plan for security backup and system disaster recovery.

Qualifications:

We’re seeking candidates with a wide range of skills who are obsessed with securing and safeguarding information while aligning with our values: Integrity, Safety, Community, Resourcefulness, Customer Service and People. Some examples of what we’re looking for include:

• Strong organizational, analytical, diagnostic, and project management skills.
• Cyber security requires a lot of collaboration, so effective interpersonal and communication skills, along with a team-oriented mindset are necessary to successfully complete projects.
• A bachelor’s degree in engineering, Computer Science, IT security or equivalent work-related experience.
• A minimum of three years of relevant technical experience or demonstrated knowledge of IT security concepts and best practices is required. Examples include system life cycles, threat vectors, surface attack areas and associated methods performed in external and internal attacks on existing or new vulnerabilities.

Don’t meet every single requirement? At OTP, we are dedicated to building a workplace that fosters many perspectives and skillsets, so if you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Offering:

We believe employment is a partnership and we expect excellence from our talented employees. To support our employees and help drive their career experience and goals.

• Competitive wage & benefit package.
  • The expected base compensation for this role is $76,000 - $95,000 annually. Actual base compensation within the identified range will vary based on factors relevant to the position.
  • Incentive plans
  • Employee Stock Ownership options
  • Retirement Savings Fund with employer match
  • Health, disability and life insurance plan options
• Training – our employees are provided training and development opportunities each year, including education reimbursement! This includes safety – one of our values and key to our success – technical, compliance and developmental training.
• Career development is critical to our long-term success. Otter Tail Power employees have opportunities to participate in various leadership development programs, gain access to an a la carte online leadership course catalog, receive mentorship from current leaders and more!
• Mental health support from the experts at SupportLinc as well as competitive vacation and sick leave to ensure employees are at their best when they’re working.

If this sounds like a great fit for you, apply today. Don’t wait too long though! To apply, visit our careers page at www.otpco.com. In addition to the online application, please upload a current resume. We’ll accept applications through April 14, 2025.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

Salary : $76,000 - $95,000