Cloud Engineer-Advisor (AWS)
Fannie Mae
Reston, VA · Posted November 10, 2026
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About the job
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 apply your extensive knowledge of principles, advanced techniques, and theories to the design and development of information technology (IT) infrastructure environments, including coding, testing, and certifying technology platforms, software, and applications. You'll provide technical direction to the team and solutions to technical business problems. THE IMPACT YOU WILL MAKE The ideal candidate brings extensive experience in team building, collaboration, and facilitation of Cloud engineering in a large, multinational Fortune 500 enterprise. This individual will possess extensive experience in secure, scalable cloud infrastructure, with proven leadership capabilities. In this role, they will manage large-scale public cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
The Cloud Infrastructure - Technology Engineering – Advisor role will afford you the opportunity to work as an individual contributor, while partnering with peers at the Manager and Senior Manager levels. The responsibilities include:
Develop and execute strategic cloud infrastructure plans and drive best practices
Design and implement cloud strategies and architectures.
Build robust and modern solutions with hands-on coding
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.
Mentor junior engineers.
Ensure integration of cloud solutions with existing systems.
Identify and mitigate risks; troubleshoot complex issues.
Advocate for cloud best practices and standards.
Qualifications
THE EXPERIENCE YOU BRING TO THE TEAM
Minimum Required Experiences
6 years of hands-on experience engineering cloud platforms
Desired Experiences
Bachelor's degree or equivalent
Cloud Certifications
Experience working in mission-critical environments
Technical Skills
Skilled in engineering resilient, highly available cloud solutions in secure multi-cloud environments e.g. AWS, Azure, GCP
Deep knowledge of cloud infrastructure, network architecture, security, and identity management.
Experience in building cloud environments (accounts and VPCs) and software-defined networking that allows for connectivity across the enterprise platforms
Ability to design Fault Tolerant platforms and implement Failover and Recovery Strategies
Skilled in DevOps and modern CI/CD methodologies and tools
Automating cloud orchestration with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to scale services
Experience with Cloud-native development frameworks and tools e.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 of modern 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 Strategy and solutions
Strong problem solving, critical thinking, and analytical skills
Tools
Public Cloud Services: AWS
Infrastructure as Code (IaC) : Terraform, CloudFormation, JSON, YAML, and ARM Templates
Programing/Scripting : Shell Script, Python, PHP, JavaScript, Perl, Ruby, and AWS step functions
OS: Linux
DevOps Practice s: Continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD)
Networking : Understanding cloud network architecture, VPCs, and load balancing
Security : Implementing security best practices, access control, and data encryption
Compliance : Adhering to industry regulations and compliance standards
This position is designated as sensitive and requires the incumbent to undergo an initial background investigation and periodic re-screenings based on role sensitivity and company requirements. Employees in sensitive positions are required to fulfill a mandatory absence of 10 consecutive business days per calendar year, in alignment with risk management and operational integrity standards.
JR2964
Cloud Infrastructure - Technology Engineering - Advisor
$155,000-$209,000
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 .
Requisition compensation: 155000 to 209000