Senior Cybersecurity Risk Analyst

Freddie Mac

Cybersecurity Risk Senior Analyst at Freddie Mac enhancing cybersecurity risk management practices. Collaborating with various teams in a challenging cybersecurity environment to drive organizational change.

Posted 4/29/2026full-timeMcLean • Texas, Virginia • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $111,000 - $167,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudCyber Security

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Enhance and mature Risk Management practices by supporting the development of enterprise-wide cybersecurity policies and standards
Provide oversight and advisory services to 1st line partners regarding the application of standard requirements across a wide variety of technologies to manage risk
Support the development and execution of controls to monitor cybersecurity compliance and drive organizational change
Develop effective and measurable metrics (KRI, KPI and KCI) to analyze data and proactively identify trends or new/emerging risks
Execute risk analytics and reporting
Provide advisory consultation to lines of businesses and make course of action recommendations to manage risk
Effectively challenge our 1st line of defense technology teams while collaborating with the 3rd line of defense and internal 2nd line partners
Collaborate with key risk areas, business partners, and IT counterparts to design action plans to address Cybersecurity and IAM risk
Autonomously lead program execution with documented project plans, expectations and schedule
Provide status reports, escalation and impediment resolution when needed
Support the Director in leading and managing the team

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience
5+ years of relevant experience
Some industry leading Certifications preferred: CISSP, CISA, CRISC, CISM, CEH, and/or CIPT
Prior experience in IT Operational Risk Management methodologies and principles, previous big four experience preferred
Minimum of 5 years+ working in and/or auditing IT security areas such as penetration testing, operations, threat intelligence, monitoring, vulnerability management or security engineering in large enterprises
Knowledge of cloud migration, security and access management experience preferred
Demonstrates proficiencies and comfortable working in the previously stated cybersecurity domains
Working knowledge of industry security standards and guidance such as NIST or ISO
Capable of working independently and within a collaborative team environment
Must demonstrate the ability to deliver effective verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills.

Benefits

Comp & perks

competitive compensation
market-leading benefit programs

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Hard Skills & Tools

risk managementcybersecurity policiescybersecurity compliancerisk analyticsKRIKPIKCIpenetration testingvulnerability managementsecurity engineering

Soft Skills

advisory consultationcollaborationproject managementcommunication skillsindependent workteamworkproblem-solvingleadershiporganizational changestatus reporting

Certifications

CISSPCISACRISCCISMCEHCIPT