Principal Infrastructure Architect

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Position Overview:

The Freddie Mac Infrastructure Architecture team is seeking a Senior Technical Lead to provide leadership and oversight associated with infrastructure architecture in partnership with engineering and operations!

Our Impact:

• Design and implement comprehensive IT infrastructure architectures that strictly meet business requirements.
• Develop and maintain technical roadmaps to guide our future initiatives.
• Ensure the security, compliance, and governance of our infrastructure architectures.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to determine and prioritize infrastructure projects.
• Conduct research to stay up-to-date on emerging trends and technologies.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to our teams.
• Develop and maintain detailed documentation of infrastructure designs, configurations, and procedures.

Your Impact:

• Collaborate with other Infrastructure Architects to ensure alignment with the strategic vision, roadmap, principles, and guidelines of Freddie Mac, enabling software engineering teams and solution architects to deliver on business outcomes.
• Define and implement reference architecture patterns for development teams.
• Lead the transformation into Agile Architecture and align with the Modern Delivery methodology within Freddie Mac.

Qualifications:

• Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience required; Advanced degree preferred.
• 10+ years of experience in infrastructure architecture, design, and implementation for a financial services organization.
• 3+ years of relevant large-scale enterprise transformation experience in architecture preferred.
• Prior experience in the primary or secondary mortgage industry is desirable.
• Strong understanding of network architecture, protocols, and security (TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP).
• Experience with storage systems (SAN, NAS) and backup/recovery solutions.
• Deep knowledge of various enterprise-level platforms widely used in the industry.
• Strong knowledge of cloud computing platforms (AWS, Azure).
• Strong experience with virtualization technologies (VMware).
• Strong experience with containerization technologies (Docker) and orchestration tools (Kubernetes).
• Tech Certifications desirable (AWS, Azure, CNCF, TOGAF, etc.).
• Hands-on and architectural experience with these is required in this role.
• Experience with AI/ML and GenAI Basics.

Keys to Success in This Role:

• Highly motivated and upbeat self-starter with strong organizational and time management skills.
• Proven experience operating at high standards of quality and accuracy within a fast-paced, changing environment.
• Strong communication, leadership, and relationship management skills to collaborate with and influence important collaborators.
• Technical and architectural leadership with knowledge of both legacy and modern cloud-based distributed systems.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to succinctly present complex subject matter, specifically translating technology problems/solutions to business partners.

Today, Freddie Mac makes home possible for one in four home borrowers and is one of the largest sources of financing for multifamily housing. Join our smart, creative and dedicated team and you’ll do important work for the housing finance system and make a difference in the lives of others.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Freddie Mac offers a comprehensive total rewards package to include competitive compensation and market-leading benefit programs. Information on these benefit programs is available on our Careers site.