Senior Network Security Engineer (Hybrid or Remote Work Schedule)

At Freddie Mac, you will do important work to build a better housing finance system and you’ll be part of a team helping to make homeownership and rental housing more accessible and affordable across the nation.

Position Overview:

We are seeking a Senior Network Security Engineer to join the Security Perimeter team! This role will provide administration of the firewalls on prem and in the cloud. Other opportunities include automation through scripting, companywide new application implementation and other secure perimeter activities for the Freddie Mac infrastructure and applications across multi-site enterprise cloud and data center environments. This role also includes a bi-monthly on-call rotation and will assist with troubleshooting firewall tickets.

Our Impact:

Our team is responsible for securing the perimeter of Freddie Mac Networks. We assist by securing the environment we utilize and rely on every day!

Your Impact:

• Collaborate with the business as they are our customers. We have many daily requests for the business which need to be responded to in a timely manner.

• Improve our audit evidence gathering. We are heavily audited and need to streamline our evidence capturing processes.

• Handle a que of request that come from the business (our customers).

• Advise the business on current perimeter configurations and upcoming changes

• Execute to completion any task given to you.

• Resolve correctness of different firewall request in accordance with our controls.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in information technology, engineering, computer science, related field, or equivalent experience.

• 5+ years of professional IT experience with implementation and administration of any firewalls and other secure perimeters

• Solid grasp of Palo Alto Networks products, with a focus on Next-Generation Firewall and some comparative technologies preferred

• Experience with WAF and Proxy Technologies

• Proficiency in scripting/programming languages Python or Perl

• Experience of AWS security and CFT

• Experience with infrastructure automation platform Ansible, terraform

• Knowledge of CI/CD pipeline

• Linux skills

• Experience with Networking and troubleshooting

• Ability to prioritize work without management oversight and provide clear, detailed status updates to the management and the team.

• Advanced problem-solving skills and ability to work optimally under tight deadlines.

• Experience in supporting encryption and/or security appliance devices.

Keys to Success in this Role:

• Solid understanding of network infrastructure

• Familiar with Cloud service and Technology infrastructure

• Critical Thinking of status quo

• Proactive, self- motivated learner with strong aim to achieve personal goals.

• Ability to work with remote teams.

Current Freddie Mac employees please apply through the internal career site.

Today, Freddie Mac makes home possible for one in four home borrowers and is one of the largest sources of financing for multifamily housing. Join our smart, creative and dedicated team and you’ll do important work for the housing finance system and make a difference in the lives of others.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We will ensure that individuals with differing abilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

CA Applicants:  Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

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Time-type:Full time

FLSA Status:Exempt

Freddie Mac offers a comprehensive total rewards package to include competitive compensation and market-leading benefit programs. Information on these benefit programs is available on our Careers site.

This position has an annualized market-based salary range of $126,000 - $190,000 and is eligible to participate in the annual incentive program. The final salary offered will generally fall within this range and is dependent on various factors including but not limited to the responsibilities of the position, experience, skill set, internal pay equity and other relevant qualifications of the applicant.