Network Automation Engineer, Professional

Explore opportunities for the next step in your career. Position Overview: Our constantly evolving Foundational Network Services Engineering department is in search of a Professional Automation Engineer with excellent time management skills and a proven track record of setting and meeting goals! We’re looking for a candidate with Network Automation experience in large environments who can lead automation & development projects, handle workloads in a fast-paced environment and proactively ensure standard processes are crafted and implemented for our National Enterprise offices throughout the country! Our Impact: • We assure Stability, Availability and Reliability for 10,000+ of End-User Devices to support a wide range of applications in a hybrid Cloud environment. • We strive to prevent service impacts in a multifaceted and constantly evolving ecosystem, assure rapid recoverability from any impacts to business and services. • Our strategy is to transform the Network with Automation and Process Engineering. Your Impact: • Provide network automation with the ability to think and execute proactively to ensure the scalability, stability and security of the platform. • Identify, Influence and Implement technology and processes to modernize our Infrastructure. • Collaborate with Network leadership to assure visible communication, risk reduction and accountability for the performance and stability of the Wireless network platforms. Qualifications: • College Degree or equivalent experience. • 5+ years in a Network Engineering role engaged with IP network technologies including LAN switching, BGP/OSPF routing, VPLS/MPLS, Quality of Service, traffic engineering, server load balancing and network-security design and delivery for large scale multi-site data center environments. • Demonstrated ability as a Network Automation Engineer applying Python, Ansible Tower or Automation Platform, SCM, CI/CD pipelines, testing & validation and visualization technologies. • Provide technical guidance, strong hands-on skills, develop design documents, perform product installation, upgrades and certification, implementation plan, deployment and troubleshooting support. • Partner with Architecture, Information Security and business areas to define technical solutions to complex business issues that align with target state architecture and conforms to corporate standard processes. • 5 years of experience with Automation and Design of Platforms such as: • Arista – Routers / Switches / AVD • Cisco WLC, DNACenter/Catalyst Center Keys to Success in this Role: • Ability to identify automation opportunities. • Proficient in following common automation and security design practices. • Contributes to a culture of collaboration and communication in a structured team environment. Thinks beyond individual sphere. • Elevates team members via knowledge sharing. • Significant contributions to strategy and objectives. • Must have a proven sense of accountability for performance and continued improvement of execution. 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. This position has an annualized market-based salary range of $98,000 - $146,000 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. Apply Job!