Engineering Senior, Data Center Networking

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Position Overview:

Are you passionate about technology transformation Are you looking for a career that enables you to work on the latest and greatest technologies Do you have a proven record of enabling enterprise change through engineering leadership The Freddie Mac Enterprise Operations & Technology (EO&T) division is seeking an Engineering Senior to provide Data Center Networking engineering services working with its Freddie Mac partners.

The Engineering Senior will be an active part of a team of Network Engineers providing services within the Data Center Network Engineering team comprising of seasoned network engineering resources focused on base enterprise data center network technology stack (Switching/Routing Firewall Load balancers and Networkbased services). You will be engaged with teams delivering next generation innovation and automation solutions in alignment with agile and Modern Delivery methodologies within Freddie Mac with focus on Network Security Cloud integration and evolution of highly available networking/cloud operating environments supporting end user and business critical application workloads.

Our Impact:

Technical Leadership

• Introduce the modern network operating model within Enterprise Operations and Technology division for WAN Campus and Data center Network technologies by defining and establishing the Infrastructure as Code principles.
• Design and deploy next gen software defined data center networking capabilities across the enterprise for routing/switching (Ex: Arista Cisco VMWare NSXT) firewall (Ex: Palo Alto DFW AlgoSec) and Load balancer technologies (Ex: F5 and Avi) and associated core network services such as DNS (Ex: Infoblox)
• Collaborate with Enterprise Architecture Network Delivery and Network Operations groupsto ensure new and existing solutions are compliant with enterprise standards
• Own and drive development and maintenance of detailed solution intent product design for a responsible ARTs (information application technology security and deployment viewpoints) that addresses functional and nonfunctional requirements and ensures alignment in implementation of Data Center Network technologies.

Your Impact:

Data Center Network Engineering Sr.

• Execute projects per approved engineering design standards and document endtoend solution implementation for the data center network infrastructure ensuring high availability and performance including (but not limited to) Arista F5 and Palo Alto Networks products with a focus on NextGeneration technologies.
• Implement and configure routing protocols (e.g. BGP OSPF) and switching technologies (e.g. VPN VxLAN SpineLeaf topology 802.1Q VRF L2) to support diverse applications and services.
• Develop automation scripts using Ansible and/or Python to streamline network provisioning configuration and monitoring tasks.
• Work with delivery engineering and network operations teams for smooth transition of network technologies deployed in the environment.
• Collaborate with crossfunctional teams to understand networking requirements and provide effective solutions.
• Monitor network performance troubleshoot issues and perform root cause analysis to resolve incidents promptly.
• Participate in capacity planning network security and disaster recovery strategies and document relevant SOPs / Visio for network repositories.
• Stay up to date with industry trends and best practices in data center networking and automation.
• Identify alternative network solutions and/or new technologies to meet new business needs or solve existing business concerns such as customer experience operational efficiency performance and cost effectiveness
• Participate in predeployment deployment and postdeployment activities to ensure successful network solution deployments
• Participate in incident resolution process to help troubleshooting identify issue resolution and impact assessments
• Document configuration and security standards for Data Center network technologies.
• Work with Architecture team and help build design blue prints for reusability and accelerated adoption of new architectural standards/patterns.

Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in computer science Information Technology or related field (or equivalent experience)
• 57 years of relevant handson experience in IT Network Engineering Network Security and/or Operations
• Proven experience as a Network Engineer with a focus on data center routing/switching load balancers and firewalls
• Solid knowledge with prior implementation experience of automation tools such as Ansible and programming languages like Python is a big plus
• Proficiency in configuring and troubleshooting equipment from major vendors (e.g. Arista Cisco F5 Palo Alto and Network Services in AWS VPC).
• Strong understanding of routing and switching protocols (BGP VXLAN EVPN SpineLeaf topology)
• Solid knowledge of network monitoring and management tools (e.g. NetBrain Thousand Eyes SNMP NetFlow syslog)
• Excellent problemsolving skills and ability to work well under pressure and in a team environment
• Effective communication skills to collaborate with both technical and nontechnical stakeholders

Keys to Success in this Role:

• Highly motivated and energetic selfstarter with strong organizational and time management skills
• Proven experience operating at high standards of quality and accuracy within a fastpaced changing environment
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Solid understanding of Infrastructure as code constructs network protocols load balancers and firewalls with knowledge of both legacy and modern cloudbased infrastructure (networking technologies and distributed systems)

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