Engineering Director, Head of Network Security Services

Engineering Director, Head of Network Security Services

Position Overview:
Are you someone who thrives in an environment that encourages innovation and collaboration? Do you enjoy working on fresh problems and finding creative and effective solutions? Do you have a demonstrable record of leading, implementing and maintaining network security services enterprise wide? Are you looking for a career that allows you to work with the latest and greatest technologies? If so, we may have what you are looking for. Apply to join Freddie Mac’s Core and Network Services team!
We are seeking a technically skilled and experienced Director of Network Security Services to lead, modernize and automate network security. This is a dual role where the leader will be the service owner and the engineering leader. As the leader, you will have direct responsibility for all network security services and its lifecycle. The role requires deep experience in product management and technical expertise in network security technologies with a strong product and engineering mindset.

Our Impact:
• We protect the firm internally and externally by engineering and operating network security services enterprise wide.
• We run and improve network security services and platforms, collaborating with teams and leadership within IT and with business partners to advance our technical capabilities and provide network security solutions that drive business results.

Your Impact:
• Directly manage a team of engineers while ensuring meeting the requirements of the product owner.
• Product Leadership:
• Build a network security services’ product vision and be capable of blending the needs from enterprise wide technical & business groups into a product roadmap.
• Lead the creation of network security services and the consumption of those services.
• Monitor and improve the delivery and operations of the services.
• Technical Leadership and Engineering Management:
• Lead, design and collaborate with architecture teams to align with network security services architecture standards.
• Lead a team of network security engineers focused on delivering functional blueprints based on patterns approved by and collaborated with Infrastructure Architects.
• Lead development of network security workflows and automate them.
• Manage deliverables to meet expected deadlines.
• Mentor Engineers to ensure engagement and advancement of the overall Team.
• Build self-service capabilities for the portfolio of services.
• 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 tasks, 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 stakeholders.

Engineering-Driven Compliance & Best Practices:
• 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.

Collaboration and Stakeholder Engagement:
• 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 the evolving threat landscape.

Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or IT, Advanced degree preferred.
• Technical master’s degree and/or an MBA is preferred.
• 12-15+ years of overall experience.
• 5+ years of relevant large-scale enterprise transformation experience as relates to network security modernization is required.
• 5+ years of experience in any of Cloud and SaaS technologies.
• Experience working directly with engineers to define and plan new features for consumption.
• Familiarity with various network security technologies, such as firewalls, automation frameworks, Internet proxy, and Web Application Firewalls.
• Experience with Python, Ansible and AlgoSec.
• Experience in building self-service portals and managing a service catalog.
• Prior experience in the primary or secondary mortgage industry is desirable.
• Deep knowledge of various enterprise-level Platforms widely used in the industry.