Senior Network Security Engineer

At Freddie Mac, our mission of Making Home Possible is what motivates us, and it’s at the core of everything we do. Since our charter in 1970, we have made home possible for more than 90 million families across the country. Join an organization where your work contributes to a greater purpose.

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.

We consider all applicants for all positions without regard to gender, race, color, religion, national origin, age, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, physical and mental disability, pregnancy, ethnicity, genetic information or any other protected categories under applicable federal, state or local laws. We will ensure that individuals 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.

A safe and secure environment is critical to Freddie Mac’s business. This includes employee commitment to our acceptable use policy, applying a vigilance-first approach to work, supporting regulatory mandates, and using best practices to protect Freddie Mac from potential threats and risk. Employees exercise this responsibility by executing against policies and procedures and adhering to privacy & security obligations as required via training programs.

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.