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Cloud Engineer (Advisor)

Fannie Mae
Reston, VA Full Time
POSTED ON 4/9/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/22/2026
Playing an essential role in the U.S. economy, Fannie Mae is foundational to housing finance. Here, your expertise can help fuel purpose-driven innovation that expands access to homeownership and affordable rental housing across the country. Join Fannie Mae to grow your career and help people find a place to call home.

Job Description

As a valued contributor to our team, you will design and develop unprecedented solutions for Cloud E ngineering , solving complex or unusual business problems across several projects, programs, or products. This work includes architecture, design, coding, testing, and certifying technology platforms, software, and applications.

THE IMPACT YOU WILL MAKE

The ideal candidate brings extensive experience in team building, collaboration, and facilitation of Cloudengineeringin a large, multinational Fortune 500 enterprise. Thisindividualwillpossessextensiveexperience in secure, scalable cloud infrastructure, with proven leadership capabilities. In this role,they will managelarge-scale public cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).

Responsibilities

The Cloud Infrastructure - Technology Engineering- Advisorrole willafford you the opportunity towork as an individual contributor,while partnering with peers at theManagerand SeniorManager levels.Theresponsibilitiesinclude:

  • Develop and execute strategic cloud infrastructure plans and drive best practices
  • Design and implement cloud strategies and architectures.
  • Build robust and modern solutionswithhands-oncoding
  • Foster a culture of continuous improvement and innovation.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align cloud solutions with business goals.
  • Stay current with cloud technologies and industry trends.
  • Develop technical documentation and executive-level presentations.
  • Mentorjuniorengineers.
  • Ensure integration of cloud solutions with existing systems.
  • Identifyand mitigate risks; troubleshoot complex issues.
  • Advocate for cloud best practices and standards.

Minimum Required Experiences

THE EXPERIENCE YOU BRING TO THE TEAM

  • 6years of hands-on experience engineering cloud platforms

Desired Experiences

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent
  • Cloud Certifications
  • Experience working in mission-critical environments

TechnicalSkills

  • Skilled in engineering resilient,highly availablecloud solutions insecuremulti-cloud environmentse.g.AWS, Azure, GCP
  • Deep knowledge of cloud infrastructure, network architecture, security, and identity management.
  • Experience inbuilding cloud environments (accounts and VPCs) and software-defined networking that allows for connectivity across the enterprise platforms
  • Ability to designFault Tolerant platformsand implement Failover and Recovery Strategies
  • Skilled in DevOps and modern CI/CD methodologies and tools
  • Automating cloud orchestrationwithInfrastructure as Code (IaC)toscale services
  • Experience with Cloud-native development frameworks and toolse.g.VPC, Lambda, SNS
  • Understanding of modern cloud scalability to right-size resources to meet platforms computing needs
  • Analytics and KPI usage to continuously evolve and improve Cloud Platforms
  • Knowledgeable ofmodern cloud architecture and holistic developer experience.

Soft Skills

  • Ability to train and develop mid-senior level engineers
  • Strong understanding of mission-critical environments
  • Ability to advise technical and non-technical stakeholders on Cloud Strategyand solutions
  • Strong problem solving, critical thinking, and analytical skills

Tools

  • Public Cloud Services:AWS
  • Infrastructure as Code (IaC):Terraform,CloudFormation, JSON, YAML,andARM Templates
  • Programing/Scripting:Shell Script,Python, PHP, JavaScript, Perl, Ruby, and AWS step functions
  • OS:Linux
  • DevOps Practices: Continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD)
  • Networking: Understanding cloud network architecture, VPCs,andload balancing
  • Security: Implementing security best practices, access control,anddata encryption
  • Compliance: Adhering to industry regulations and compliance standards

Qualifications

Active Directory (AD), Active Directory (AD), Amazon Web Services (AWS), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Atlassian JIRA, Authentication Management, Backup and Recovery (Software), Business Insight Skills, Business Process Management Skills, Calendar and Scheduling Tools, Cleaning and Transforming Data, Cloud Technology, Collaborating Cross-Functionally, Communicating in Technical Writing, Communicating Technical Information, Communication, Configuration Management (CM), Conflict Resolution, Coordination, Customer and Market Insights, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), CyberArk, Cybersecurity Analysis, Data Analysis, Data Analysis Interpretation { 60 more}

Education

Bachelor's Level Degree (Required)

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For most roles, employees are expected 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 .

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