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Senior Backup Operations Engineer - Cloud Infrastructure

AT Fannie Mae
Fannie Mae

Senior Backup Operations Engineer - Cloud Infrastructure

Reston, VA

At Fannie Mae, the inspiring work we do helps make a home a possibility for millions of homeowners and renters. Every day offers compelling opportunities to impact the future of the housing industry while being part of a collaborative team thriving in an energizing environment. Here, you will grow your career and help create access to affordable housing finance.

Job Description

At Fannie Mae, the inspiring work we do helps make a home a possibility for millions of homeowners and renters. Every day offers compelling opportunities to impact the future of the housing industry while being part of a collaborative team thriving in an energizing environment. Here, you will grow your career and help create access to affordable housing finance.

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As a valued colleague on our team, you will act as a Senior Engineer in designing and developing advanced solutions for information technology (IT) infrastructure environments. This includes coding, testing, and certifying technology platforms, software, and applications, as well as coaching and mentoring team members.

The Impact You Will Make:

The Senior Backup Operations Engineer - Cloud Infrastructure role offers you the flexibility to make each day your own while working alongside people who care. You will deliver on the following responsibilities:

  • Apply your advanced skills and knowledge to develop backup solutions for application, cloud and data systems.
  • Understand the end-to-end performance of on-premises and cloud systems and various support frameworks.
  • Establish and maintain policies, guidelines, and standard operating procedures.
  • Monitor performance and capacity metrics for technology solutions and lead the team in addressing identified issues.

The Experience You Bring to the Team

Minimum Required Experience:

  • 2 years of hands-on experience in on-prem backup operations and engineering
  • Experience supporting hybrid systems, on-prem and in the cloud
  • Experience with NetBackup and its various types
  • Experience with continuity planning and disaster recovery
  • Experience running on-prem backup environments
  • Experience automating failover requests

Desired Experience:

  • 4+ years of experience in engineering on-prem backup solutions
  • Bachelor's degree
  • AWS certifications

Skills

  • Skilled in backup operations and continuity planning
  • Strong understanding of on-prem backup environments
  • Ability to automate failover tasks
  • Skilled in stakeholder and crisis management
  • Strong understanding of business insights and impact of critical systems to daily operations
  • Skilled in agile methodology
  • Ability to prioritize incidents in regards to business continuity operations
  • Ability to customize solutions based on the demands of the customer
  • Skilled in monitoring and observability technologies

Qualifications

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 encouraged 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:
121000
to
158000

Client-provided location(s): Reston, VA, USA
Job ID: Fannie-REF14014L_P-100280-101
Employment Type: Full Time

Perks and Benefits

  • Health and Wellness

    • Health Insurance
    • Dental Insurance
    • Vision Insurance
    • FSA
    • On-Site Gym
    • Life Insurance
    • Short-Term Disability
    • Long-Term Disability
    • HSA With Employer Contribution
    • Fitness Subsidies
    • Mental Health Benefits
  • Parental Benefits

    • Birth Parent or Maternity Leave
    • Adoption Assistance Program
    • Adoption Leave
    • Non-Birth Parent or Paternity Leave
    • Fertility Benefits
    • Family Support Resources
  • Office Life and Perks

    • Commuter Benefits Program
    • Casual Dress
    • Happy Hours
    • On-Site Cafeteria
    • Holiday Events
  • Vacation and Time Off

    • Paid Vacation
    • Paid Holidays
    • Personal/Sick Days
    • Leave of Absence
    • Volunteer Time Off
    • Summer Fridays
  • Financial and Retirement

    • 401(K) With Company Matching
    • Financial Counseling
    • Relocation Assistance
  • Professional Development

    • Tuition Reimbursement
    • Promote From Within
    • Internship Program
    • Leadership Training Program
    • Associate or Rotational Training Program
    • Shadowing Opportunities
    • Access to Online Courses
    • Lunch and Learns