Job Title: Information Technology - DevOps Engineer Senior

Job Description: DevOps Engineer Senior

Location: Fully Remote

Assignment Type: Contract Only - Opportunity for extension, no plans for conversion at this time.

Duration: 12 Month initial contract

Work Authorization: This requirement is open to sponsored candidates through sub-vendors - one layer deep. The candidates must be W2 employees of the sub vendor.

Must Have Qualifications: 5+ Hands on Linux/Unix admin experience, Red Hat is preferred but not a must. Must have experience with Linux containers. Strong preference for candidates with some experience of knowledge on development. Scripting experience with Bash/Python is a must, Groovy would be nice. Must have a solid understand of containerization and orchestration concepts with a preference for hands on experience with Docker and Kubernetes.

Schedule: Monthly on-call rotation requiring after hours and/or weekend work. The expectation is that this time would be comped throughout the pay period and wouldn't be overtime.

Shortlisting Deadline:1/9

Interview Information

Rounds: 2

Duration: 1st Round - 30 | 2nd Round - 45

Interview Type: MS Teams Video Interview

Interview Placeholders: 1st Round - 1/14 2:00pm, 2:30pm, 3:00pm, 3:30pm | 2nd Round - Targeting 16th & 17th

Interview Debrief: 1/15 @ 2:00pm

Supplier Vetting Questions

• What makes an excellent DevOps engineer? What makes a bad one? What is a typical day-in-the-life of a DevOps person?
  
  

2 Please describe your experience in supporting fellow software developers.

• What do you feel is your greatest strength in providing excellent customer service? Why does it matter?
  
  

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

• 5yrs+ experience of Linux/Unix Administration
• 3yrs+ experience of hands-on experience with Linux Containers
• 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.)
  
  

Key to Success in the Role

1 Unix administrator with software developer's acumen

2 Engineering mindset to develop innovative solutions and optimize complex systems

3 Intellectual agility and interpersonal flexibility

4 Facilitate complete solutions meeting software developer, infrastructure and DevOps teams' needs

5 Develop fully automatic and lights-out implementations

6 Strong consultation and communications skills

7 Curiosity to learn and instill new paradigms in others