Senior Cyber 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 Cyber Security Engineer to join the Endpoint Security team within the Information Security Engineering department of the Information Technology Division. The engineer is responsible for providing administration and operations support of various endpoint security tools. The engineer will have the opportunity to administer and support multiple enterprise endpoint security tools. Read onto learn more about this exciting opportunity!
Our Impact:
You will be part of the Information Security Endpoint Engineering Team at Freddie Mac and will help fulfill the Information Security department’s vision of reducing information risk by ensuring and enhancing the Confidentiality, Availability, and Integrity of Information systems at Freddie Mac. You will lead the development and delivery of our technical solutions related to Endpoint Security. You will build, develop, and maintain relationships with internal and external customers, and vendors to formulate remediation solutions for issues related with Information Security.
Your Impact:
Security Administration and Operations

Install, configure and troubleshoot Endpoint antivirus/antimalware and other agent-based software on Windows desktops, as well as

Windows and Unix servers.

Apply patches and upgrades to clients, administrative tools, and utilities on a regular basis.

Perform daily monitoring for integrity and availability of appliances, management servers, systems and processes which may also include

reviewing system and application logs, and verifying services and jobs are running as expected.

Establish and maintain operational, configuration and other process/procedures to ensure effectiveness of new and existing detective and

preventative configuration policies.

Provide support Management and IT Security Audit teams to provide answers, artifacts and solutions.

Provide support to the Cyber Security Operations Center and Threat Detection Teams with recommendations and handling of their requests

for changes, updates and improvements to endpoint polices.

Coordinate with other infrastructure, engineering, and application project/support teams to ensure new policies/assets are deployed and

issues impacting tools and systems are resolved quickly and effectively without adversely impacting the affected business systems.

Augment production support team to ensure 24/7 coverage and operations. Responsibilities sometimes require working evenings and

weekends, sometimes with little or no advanced notice.

Participate in On call rotation

Baseline security configurations.

Understand and advocate IT Security standards, reference architectures.

Demonstrate an understanding of malware, threats, vulnerabilities and the complete affect these could have in the environment.

Communicate effectively with clients to identify needs and evaluate alternative technical solutions and strategies

Develop SOP’s and Runbooks to promote successful operations

Ensure processes reflect our technical obligations of system uptime and performance

Presentation of metrics and other attributes to convey accomplishments

Qualifications:
5-7 years of relevant experience in IT Security
Familiar with industry security regulations and frameworks (MITRE Attack Framework, CIS CSC, etc.)
Familiar with change management activities and CAB routines.
3-5+ years of experience in administration of security tools .
An understanding of Endpoint Protection, File Integrity Monitoring, Data Loss Prevention, Security Configuration Management, Database
Activity Monitoring, Data Masking, Malware Isolation, SaaS security solutions and cloud client security.
Working knowledge of network ports, protocols and firewalls
Working knowledge of cloud security for AWS, GCP etc.
An understanding of HIPS clients and firewall rules and settings.
Needs to be organized and have the capability to multitask by working multiple problems, tasks and still seeing tasks through to closure
working with all type of endpoint technologies.
Must have experience working on physical and virtual appliances. Configurations, Windows, Linux and Network commands
Python scripting experience
Keys to Success in this Role:
Self-starter and self-motivated
Ability to work & collaborate effectively in a team environment
Ability to communicate clearly, effectively, persuasively, and credibly with internal management and external entities
Motivated to learn new technologies and come up with process improvements and efficiencies
Sense of urgency and able to apply risk-based approach to prioritize work
Ability to adopt change while continuing to deliver on assigned objectives
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Leadership and mentorship
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.
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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 site.
This position has an annualized market-based salary range of $115,000 – $173,000 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.

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