DevOps Engineer, Senior (Hybrid – 3 days in Office)

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:

Are you a Unix Administrator and software developer at heart? Do you know what the correct technical infrastructure is for an agile and business focused organization? Have you successfully delivered the right foundation that software development community thrives on? Do you have hands on experience with Ansible, Docker and Bash/Python scripting? If you’ve designed, provisioned and managed run-time platforms, fully automated continuous integration and deployment solutions then we have a destination for you: The DevOps team within the Capital Markets division of Freddie Mac. Your responsibilities:

Create and maintain automation for the run-time environment for Nimble Development Methodology (NDM) solutions Automate provisioning of computing, network, and storage resources in the environment Create and maintain the software deployment automation solutions Define, implement and facilitate interface solutions with enterprise service management systems Collaborate with divisional software developers to maximize developer productivity via NDM Maintain production environment’s integrity embracing the extended support model

Our Impact:

Our Capital Markets division’s well-established DevOps team is managing, operating and extending its Agile (Nimble Development Methodology, aka “Nimble”) based platform for software developments. The Nimble DevOps:

• Owns production integrity, enabling Capital Markets to manage Freddie Mac’s retained portfolio as well as debt funding, liquidity management, interest-rate hedging and securitization
• Provides a platform for the division’s software development community (200+ professionals), guaranteeing consistency between development, integration, pre-production and production environment
• Delivers automated tools and pipeline for continuous integration and development (CI/CD), meeting demanding and challenging business needs in a controlled yet efficient and timely manner

Your Impact:

You will support, directly and indirectly, various development teams to maximize Nimble’s value proposition. As the subject matter expert to the development community, you support providing a one-stop technical solution to anyone delivering products driven by business in a timely, efficient and agile manner.

Our ideal candidate also collaborates with the internal community and empowers it to economically and effectively meet business needs — providing consultancy throughout the entire lifecycle, especially in: (a) Application architecture and software containerization (b) Iterative and test-driven development (c) Continuous integration and deployment (d) Automated testing.

You will thrive on developing, maintaining, and extending Nimble’s automation fabric and enhancing tools for Project workflow, Source code and artifacts management, development workflow, continuous build and integration, test automation, and continuous delivery and deployments.

Qualifications:

• Bachelors in Computer Science, or related field.
• 5 – 7 yrs+ experience of Linux/Unix Administration 3yrs+ experience of hands-on experience with Linux Containers 5yrs+ experience developing solutions and managing environments that automate software deployment and configuration.
• 5 yrs+ experience in infrastructure engineering for both non-production and production environments 6 – 10 years relevant professional experience.

Expert in Operating System Platform Configuration:

• Linux platforms (Red Hat)
• Automated configuration management (Ansible)

Expert in High Availability techniques:

• Failover techniques and load balancing
• Business continuity – wide area resiliency

Expert in scripting languages:

• Bash / Python
• Groovy

Knowledge of software containerization and orchestration:

• Docker
• Kubernetes etc

Knowledge of Cloud computing platforms (e.g. Amazon Web Services etc.)

Keys to Success in this Role:

Unix administrator with software developer’s acumen Engineering mindset to develop innovative solutions and optimize complex systems Intellectual agility and interpersonal flexibility Facilitate complete solutions meeting software developer, infrastructure and DevOps teams’ needs Develop fully automatic and lights-out implementations Strong consultation and communications skills Curiosity to learn and instill new paradigms in others

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 $130,000 – $196,000 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.

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