Network Security Engineer Technical Lead

Freddie Mac

Remote Eligibility

On-site

Domain

Network Security

State

Texas

City

Dallas

Job Description

Posted on:

March 10, 2025

Primary NIST Speciality

Operate and Maintain

NIST Sub-speciality

Network Services

Seniority

Senior

Salary ($K)

150

224

Summary and company overview

Position Overview:

We are seeking a Network Security Engineer Tech Lead to join the Security Perimeter team within the Enterprise Network Services of the Information Technology Division. The Network Security Engineer Tech Lead will provide engineering and automation of Firewall/Web Application Firewall 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 monthly on-call rotation and will assist with level 3 troubleshooting.

Company Overview:

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.

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.

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.

Responsibilities

Build a network capability of blending the needs from enterprise wide technical & business groups into a product road map
Lead, design and collaborate with architecture teams to align with network security services architecture standards.
Focus on delivering functional blueprints based on patterns approved by and collaborated with Infrastructure Architects
Mentor Engineers to ensure engagement and advancement of the overall Team
Develop best practices for engineering and deploying network security services.
Create and maintain a process and automation library.
Always start from a view of automating as much of the overall process as possible.
On a continuous basis review task, increase efficiency, and mark tasks for automation/transfer to delivery team.
Utilize and drive project milestones through Jira to ensure clear communication/expectations with leadership and stakeholder.
Ensure solutions align with regulatory and compliance requirements – specifically NIST, while maintaining scalability to meet evolving business needs
Engineer solutions with the understanding FM is a highly regulated firm which requires control validation by non-technical team members.
Utilize a problem-solving approach to design solutions that not only address immediate risks but also future-proof network defenses against emerging threats.
Collaborate with IT, Operations, End User Support, and software engineering teams to integrate security into every layer while keeping users experience as a key function of the solution.
Work closely with senior leadership on the selection, design and delivery blueprint of new network security technologies and tools to address evolving threat landscape

Job Requirements

Required Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in information technology, engineering, computer science, related field, or equivalent experience.
8+ years of professional IT experience with implementation and administration of any firewalls and other secure perimeter applications
Proficiency in scripting/programming languages Python, Perl, Yaml, PowerShell
Experience of AWS security and CFT
Experience on VMware NSX Distributed Firewall (DFW), Prisma Access (Global Protect), Micro-segmentation /Zero trust
Linux skills
Experience with Networking and troubleshooting
Ability to prioritize work without management direction and provide clear, documented status updates to the management and the team.
Advanced problem-solving skills and ability to work effectively under tight deadlines.
Experience in supporting encryption and/or security appliance devices.

Preferred Qualifications:

Added advantage on Experience with infrastructure automation platform Ansible, terraform
Added advantage on Knowledge of CI/CD pipeline

Additional commentary

Excellent collaborator and partner
Spirit for innovation and ability to work in the space of “no longer” and “not yet”
Ability to quickly comprehend the functions and capabilities of new technologies
Proactive in nature with security and customer satisfaction a top priority
Innovative in providing solutions, likes to take on challenges with calculated risk

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

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.

Notice to External Search Firms: Freddie Mac partners with BountyJobs for contingency search business through outside firms. Resumes received outside the BountyJobs system will be considered unsolicited and Freddie Mac will not be obligated to pay a placement fee. If interested in learning more, please visit www.BountyJobs.com and register with our referral code: MAC.

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 $150,000 - $224,000 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.