At Freddie Mac, you will do important work to build a better housing finance system and you’ll be part of a team helping to make homeownership and rental housing more accessible and affordable across the nation.

Position Overview:

Our rapidly evolving IT department is in search of a “UNIX Engineering/AWS EC2 Team – Senior Engineer ” with excellent technical/communication skills and a consistent track record of setting and reaching team goals! The position will also provide the planning, engineering, and delivery of business scalable infrastructure solutions to meet project timeline and needs while ensuring design compliance and enforcement of the latest best practices and technology standards.

Our Impact:

The UNIX/AWS EC2 engineering team is responsible for UNIX servers we have in our colocation facilities as well as the EC2 instances in the cloud. Our #1 goal is to maintain a stable, healthy, and scalable platform, providing resiliency and solid performance for all UNIX servers across our business units through automation, best practices, and SME support.

We assure Stability, Availability and Reliability for thousands of servers to support a wide range of applications in a hybrid Cloud environmentWe strive to prevent service impacts in a wide-ranging and constantly evolving ecosystem, assure rapid recoverability from any impacts to business and servicesWe strategize and transform IT with Automation and Process Engineering

Your Impact:

In this role, you will be an integral part of the Engineering team within the platform and Infrastructure services group and expected to perform in the following areas

Leverage and align work to appropriate resources across the team to ensure work is completed in the most efficient and impactful way, including automating processes where possibleUnderstand capabilities and current trends to maximize efficiency of team by leveraging current tools and applications in place and look for opportunities to improve turnaround time.Provide appropriate level of support within the organization to understand needs and develop a strategy in support of the Infrastructure Operations division’s delivery model and feedback from key stakeholder groupsIdentify and implement best practice methodologies across the environments that support the organization with the highest level of effectiveness and impact by working with vendors and other engineering teamKeep abreast of best-in-class and current trends in training and development and make recommendations to improve or better align offerings with the goals of the companyIdentify and manage external vendors to ensure offerings are effective, achieving the desired impact and there is an acceptable cost to value ratioLeverage learning industry trends to foster greater efficiency and deliver innovation and positive learning experiences

Qualifications:At least 5 years demonstrated experience in Information Technology with in-depth knowledge of Linux and Infrastructure Engineering.Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experienceMinimum 2 years of development experience in AWS services – Code Pipeline, Code build, Cloud Formation templates, Systems manager, AWS lambdaPrior experience with scripting and automation using (Python, Ansible, Jenkins and shell and bash scripting)Experience with CICD pipelines for code versioning and code deploymentsShould have an inclination for innovation and current trends and focus on implementation the latest trends in-house.Understanding of vulnerability management and risk remediationUnderstanding of HA and DR concepts as they apply to Infrastructure DesignsExperience with Legacy to Current Infrastructure migrationsCommunicates well within the team to set clear goals and effectively relay the status and accomplishments to managementAn eye for automating common processes

Keys to Success in this Role:

Communicates and influences very effectively.Demonstrates deep job specific knowledge and methodologies to drive effective change and transform how work is performed.Elevates team members via mentoring and knowledge sharing. Highly effective team member .Significant contributions to strategy and objectives using knowledge leadership for areas of responsibility.Thinks beyond individual sphere.

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 you’ll 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.

CA Applicants:  Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

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Time-type:Full time

FLSA Status:Exempt

Freddie Mac offers a comprehensive total rewards package to include competitive compensation and market-leading benefit programs. Information on these benefit programs is available on our Careers site.

This position has an annualized market-based salary range of $133,000 - $175,000 and is eligible to participate in the annual incentive program. The final salary offered will generally fall within this range and is dependent on various factors including but not limited to the responsibilities of the position, experience, skill set, internal pay equity and other relevant qualifications of the applicant.