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:
As an AWS DevOps Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and managing our cloud infrastructure and deployment on Amazon Web Services (AWS).
Your expertise in Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), CloudFormation Templates (CFT), and other AWS services will be crucial to maintaining our data lakes and optimizing our EC2 instances. You will also work with AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) to ensure secure and efficient access to resources and contribute to the management of our Elastic MapReduce (EMR) clusters.
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Out Impact:
Works on an Agile product team to design, code and test the overall technological architecture of the product with the help of the team. Works with the team to ensure commitments to the sprint are delivered in line with expectations of time and quality. Constantly looking for better ways of solving technical problems and designing the solution, not afraid of challenging the status quo. Build using modern design patterns and architectural principles. Responsible for both unit and integration tests, and develop automation tools for daily tasks as well as the development of high quality, well documented, and efficient code. Provides resolutions to an extensive range of complicated problems. Solutions are innovative, thorough, and practicable. Works under limited direction Independently determines and develops approach to solutions. Work is evaluated upon completion for adequacy in satisfying objectives. Represents the organization as the principal customer contact on contracts and often performs project leadership role. Interacts with senior customer personnel on significant technical matters frequently requiring coordination across organizational lines.
Your Impact:
- Design, deploy, and manage scalable cloud infrastructure using AWS services.
- Design, develop and manage Jenkins Pipeline as Library and Strong Understanding of Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment Process.
- Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using AWS CloudFormation Templates (CFT) or Terraform.
- Expertise on of the programming language Python, Groovy or Java
- Expertise on one of the configuration Tool (Ansible or Helm)
- Experience in source code management, repository management and package management with tools such as JFrog Artifactory, Bitbucket, and Helm for Kubernetes Package management
- Has proven ability to collaborate with partner teams and peer to support technology implementation and solution delivery in ecosystems using; AWS, Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana, Open Policy Agent (OPA), Horizontal Pod Autoscaler (HPA), Docker & containerized workloads, Service Mesh tools, Information Security tools such as HashiCorp Vault and CyberArk for Credentials Management
- Understanding of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) practices, familiar in building CI/CD pipelines and practicing Test Driven Development (TDD) for writing test case scenarios for automated testing
- Optimize and manage EC2 instances for performance and cost efficiency.
- Implement and manage AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) policies and roles.
- Design, build, and maintain data lakes for scalable data storage and analytics.
- Manage and optimize AWS Elastic MapReduce (EMR) clusters for big data processing.
- Monitor and troubleshoot cloud infrastructure issues, ensuring high availability and reliability.
- Collaborate with development teams to integrate cloud solutions with existing applications.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field; or equivalent experience; advanced studies/degree preferred.
- 5 -7 years of experience in delivering solutions using Software Development Life Cycle
- 5+ years of experience using DevOps (CI/CD) Jenkins, GitHub, Bitbucket, Spinnaker, JUnit, Cypress, Cucumber JS unit testing library.
- 5+ years of experience using AWS services including EC2, IAM, EKS, EMR, and data lakes.
- 5+ years of experience using Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Deployment (CD).
- 5+ years of experience using Ansible or Helm
- 3+ years of experience using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and AWS CloudFormation Templates (CFT).
- 5+ years of experience developing and deploying Jenkins Pipelines for Java, Spring Boot, RESTful APIs, Angular, Node JS in container-based platform
- Experience with Terraform or similar IaC tools is a plus.
- Familiarity with cloud security best practices and IAM policies.
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to troubleshoot complex issues.
- Excellent communication and teamwork skills.
Keys to Success in this Role:
- AWS certifications such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect or AWS Certified DevOps Engineer.
- Experience with other cloud platforms (e.g., Azure, Google Cloud) is a plus.
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 $127,000 - $191,000 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.