Cloud Security Architect Lead
Freddie Mac4 months ago
Plano, TX, USAStaff+
Base Salary
$150k - $224k/yr
Responsibilities
- Set the vision and lead and coach security architecture and automation teams responsible for cloud solution architecture and security controls.
- Improve security designs for existing and new on-premise and cloud solutions while reducing risk and maintaining operational stability.
- Develop security patterns that help application teams design and build applications with appropriate security controls.
- Monitor current threat vectors and maintain expertise in cloud security tools and technologies.
- Standardize and automate security tool configuration and patching processes in the cloud.
- Prototype, optimize, consolidate, and retire security tools based on organizational strategy and evolving threats.
- Automate security testing in CI/CD pipelines to improve the application development lifecycle.
- Use security performance data and key performance indicators to improve system reliability and performance.
- Champion Agile and DevOps-focused ways of working and support application teams with deployment.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related technical field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- At least 8 years of experience in security architecture, information security, information technology, or information risk management.
- At least 4 years of experience establishing cloud security architectures in AWS.
- Azure and GCP experience is beneficial.
- CISSP, CISA, AWS, and/or Azure certifications are desirable.
- Strong collaboration, adaptability, innovation, customer focus, and ability to learn new technologies are required.
Benefits
- Full-time, exempt position.
- Annualized market-based salary range of $150,000-$224,000, with eligibility for an annual incentive program.
- Comprehensive total rewards package and market-leading benefit programs.
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About Freddie Mac
Freddie Mac is a government-sponsored enterprise that buys mortgages from lenders, securitizes them into mortgage-backed securities, and guarantees timely payments to investors, providing liquidity for U.S. housing. It operates across single-family and multifamily markets, earning guarantee fees and investment income. Founded in 1970 and headquartered in McLean, Virginia, it remains under Federal Housing Finance Agency conservatorship, supporting affordable homeownership and rental housing.