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Fannie Mae

Cloud Engineer (Advisor)

4 days ago• Reston, VA
(+1 more)
  • Plano, TX

About us

At Fannie Mae, futures are made. Here, you will help lead our industry forward and make your career.

★ 3.9 out of 5 · 14 reviews

  • Size: 5,001-10,000 employees
  • Industry: Finance: Personal & Commercial Banking
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Why you should apply for a job to Fannie Mae:

  • 3.9/5 in overall job satisfaction
  • 3.9/5 in supportive management
  • 79% say women are treated fairly and equally to men
  • 71% would recommend this company to other women
  • 85% say the CEO supports gender diversity

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Playing an essential role in the U.S. economy, Fannie Mae is foundational to housing finance. Here, your expertise can help fuel purpose-driven innovation that expands access to homeownership and affordable rental housing across the country. Join Fannie Mae to grow your career and help people find a place to call home.

Job Description

As a valued contributor to our team, you will design and develop unprecedented solutions for Cloud Engineering, solving complex or unusual business problems across several projects, programs, or products. This work includes architecture, design, coding, testing, and certifying technology platforms, software, and applications.

THE IMPACT YOU WILL MAKE

The Cloud Engineer - Advisor ideal candidate brings extensive experience in team building, collaboration, and facilitation of Cloud engineering in a large, multinational Fortune 500 enterprise. This individual will possess extensive experience in secure, scalable cloud infrastructure, with proven leadership capabilities. In this role, they will manage large-scale public cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).

The role will afford you the opportunity to work as an individual contributor, while partnering with peers at the Manager and Senior Manager levels. The responsibilities include:

  • Develop and execute strategic cloud infrastructure plans and drive best practices


  • Design and implement cloud strategies and architectures.


  • Build robust and modern solutions with hands-on coding


  • Foster a culture of continuous improvement and innovation.


  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align cloud solutions with business goals.


  • Stay current with cloud technologies and industry trends.


  • Develop technical documentation and executive-level presentations.


  • Mentor junior engineers.


  • Ensure integration of cloud solutions with existing systems.


  • Identify and mitigate risks; troubleshoot complex issues.


  • Advocate for cloud best practices and standards.

Qualifications

THE EXPERIENCE YOU BRING TO THE TEAM

Minimum Required Experiences

  • 6 years of hands-on experience engineering cloud platforms
  • Shows curiosity and adaptability in learning and responsibly applying new technologies, including artificial intelligence, to reimagine how we work.

Desired Experiences

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent
  • Cloud Certifications
  • Experience working in mission-critical environments

Technical Skills

  • Skilled in engineering resilient, highly available cloud solutions in secure multi-cloud environments e.g. AWS, Azure, GCP
  • Deep knowledge of cloud infrastructure, network architecture, security, and identity management.
  • Experience in building cloud environments (accounts and VPCs) and software-defined networking that allows for connectivity across the enterprise platforms
  • Ability to design Fault Tolerant platforms and implement Failover and Recovery Strategies
  • Skilled in DevOps and modern CI/CD methodologies and tools
  • Automating cloud orchestration with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to scale services
  • Experience with Cloud-native development frameworks and tools e.g. VPC, Lambda, SNS
  • Understanding of modern cloud scalability to right-size resources to meet platforms computing needs
  • Analytics and KPI usage to continuously evolve and improve Cloud Platforms
  • Knowledgeable of modern cloud architecture and holistic developer experience.

Soft Skills

  • Ability to train and develop mid-senior level engineers
  • Strong understanding of mission-critical environments
  • Ability to advise technical and non-technical stakeholders on Cloud Strategy and solutions
  • Strong problem solving, critical thinking, and analytical skills

Tools

  • Public Cloud Services: AWS
  • Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Terraform, CloudFormation, JSON, YAML, and ARM Templates
  • Programing/Scripting: Shell Script, Python, PHP, JavaScript, Perl, Ruby, and AWS step functions
  • OS: Linux
  • DevOps Practices: Continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD)
  • Networking: Understanding cloud network architecture, VPCs, and load balancing
  • Security: Implementing security best practices, access control, and data encryption
  • Compliance: Adhering to industry regulations and compliance standards

This position is designated as sensitive and requires the incumbent to undergo an initial background investigation and periodic re-screenings based on role sensitivity and company requirements. Employees in sensitive positions are required to fulfill a mandatory absence of 10 consecutive business days per calendar year, in alignment with risk management and operational integrity standards.

Cloud Infrastructure - Technology Engineering - Advisor

Target Salary: $155,000 to $209,000 a year

#LI-Hybrid

Qualifications
Design, Information Technology (IT) Infrastructure, Solutions Development

Education:
Bachelor's Level Degree (Required)

The future is what you make it to be. Discover compelling opportunities at Fanniemae.com/careers.

For most roles, employees are expected to work onsite on a regular basis at their designated office location. In-office work cadence is determined by your manager. Proximity within a reasonable commute to your designated office location is preferred unless the job is noted as open to remote.

Fannie Mae is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity/gender expression, marital or parental status, or any other protected factor. Fannie Mae is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities who are employees or applicants for employment, unless to do so would cause undue hardship to the company. If you need assistance using our online system and/or you need a reasonable accommodation related to the hiring/application process, please complete this form.

The hiring range for this role is set forth below. Final salaries will generally vary within that range based on factors that include but are not limited to, skill set, depth of experience, certifications, and other relevant qualifications. This position is eligible to participate in a Fannie Mae incentive program (subject to the terms of the program). As part of our comprehensive benefits package, Fannie Mae offers a broad range of Health, Life, Voluntary Lifestyle, and other benefits and perks that enhance an employee's physical, mental, emotional, and financial well-being. See more here.

Requisition compensation:
155000
to
209000

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Additional Information

  • Salary: $155,000 – $209,000
  • Posted: 4 days ago
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