Information Security Assurance Technical Lead

Position Overview:

Freddie Mac is looking for a senior professional to support the Information Security (IS) department in improving security maturity by performing technical assessments and managing security exceptions in a Governance Risk and Compliance (GRC) function.

Our Impact:

• Perform technical security assessments against applications and platforms and track findings to remediation

• Manage common security metrics

• Provide oversight of security risks associated with all operating activities of Enterprise Operations and Technology (EO&T) organization

• Help teams proactively identify and address risks before they cause harm to the enterprise

Your Impact:

• Assist in identifying and communicating control deficiencies and the associated risks

• Support security teams in creating new controls or updating existing controls creating Standard Operating Procedures and defining the correct level of evidence to demonstrate control

• Support security teams in remediating control failures

• Provide quality control reviews and guidance to junior staff members

Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree or related experience

• 8 or more years of experience in Information Security or equivalent technical experience

• Familiarity with PKI encryption in transit and encryption at rest

• Familiarity with Identity and Access Management and Privileged Access Management

• Experience with network infrastructure or operating system security including system hardening

• Experience with Financial Services or other highlyregulated industry strongly preferred

• Industry certifications such as CISM CISSP or relevant GIAC certs are a plus

Keys to Success in this Role:

• Strong verbal and written communication skills

• Ability to understand IT business processes and management objectives

• Ability to rapidly learn new technologies and identify process improvements and efficiencies

• Ability to work & collaborate effectively in a team environment

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 youll 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 Macs business. This includes employee commitment to our acceptable use policy applying a vigilancefirst 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.

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