Technology Strategy Director (Platform Engineering Manager)
Technology Strategy Director (Platform Engineering Manager)
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Job Description
At Freddie Mac our mission of Making Home Possible is what motivates us and its at the core of everything we do. Since our charter in 1970 we have made home possible for more than 90 million families across the country. Join an organization where your work contributes to a greater purpose.
Position Overview:
As a Technology Strategy Director you will be a handson leader leading a team of engineers shaping and guiding the buildout of a new businessled technology platform for application development. We need your help in sourcing requirements identifying technology dependencies building the CI/CD platform that will support our evolution in testing code automation for production deployments. If you have experience with leading high performing teams to build and deliver CI/CD platforms automating and deploying resilient AWS Cloud Infrastructure environments and are comfortable delivering in a fastpaced environment then this is the role for you!
Our Impact:
Freddie Mac is actively engaged in a major digital modernization and transformation effort. Our team is creating a path to enable DevOps at scale with advanced Infrastructure as Code automation. We will be enabling standardization and scalability for cloud environments that align with business needs. We are responsible for identifying new opportunities to advance technology coordinating stakeholder requirements ensuring adherence to technical controls communicating impact and delivering cloud infrastructure that satisfies the business needs.
Your Impact:
- Bring your experience to the team and advise on modern software development methodologies and CI/CD platforms
- Have experience with cloud infrastructure design considerations
- Lead teach and mentor junior developers on how to design resilient code in a cloudbased environment
- Translate business requirements into technology design specifications
- Define the scope and help plan the work for the teams sprint cycles
- Lead in effective prioritization of the backlog
- Develop advanced cloud infrastructure patterns through a combined use of Terraform Helm Charts and/or Cloud Formation Templates as required
- Help drive cross divisional alignment with our central IT division to enable our ongoing cloud transformation
- Ensure that all delivered capabilities align with business objectives
- Partner with internal collaborators and develop relationships
Qualifications:
- 10 years of relevant development experience
- Bachelor degree in Computer Science Engineering or related field
- Experience leading and managing teams of engineers to deliver best outcomes
- Experience with various DevOps CI/CD tools like Jenkins TeamCity ArgoCD Helm Jira Confluence etc.
- Advanced knowledge of AWS cloud infrastructure design and resiliency patterns
- Experience with various observability stacks and DevOps tools
- Ability to develop code across Terraform Helm Charts and Cloud Formation Templates
- Hands on development experience with Python Java or other development languages
- Desire to automate standardize and scale consumption for the end user
- Ability to influence the thinking of or gain acceptance from others while navigating sensitive situations
Keys to Success in this Role:
- Energetic selfstarter and relationship builder
- Strong creative communication and presentation skills
- Instinctual critical problem solver and strategic thinker
- Effective credible and polished communicator
- Accountable and results oriented
- Resourceful and adaptable to change
- Ability to influence others
- Leads by example
Current Freddie Mac employees please apply through the internal career site.
We consider all applicants for all positions without regard to gender race color religion national origin age marital status veteran status sexual orientation gender identity/expression physical and mental disability pregnancy ethnicity genetic information or any other protected categories under applicable federal state or local laws. We will ensure that individuals 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.
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Timetype:Full timeFLSA Status:ExemptFreddie Mac offers a comprehensive total rewards package to include competitive compensation and marketleading benefit programs. Information on these benefit programs is available on our Careers site.
This position has an annualized marketbased salary range of $206000 $310000 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.Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Full-Time
