Data Protection Engineering Senior Engineer

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Position Overview:

Our rapidly evolving IT department is in search of a Data Protection (Backup) Senior Engineer with excellent time management skills and a consistent track record of setting and reaching team goals! We’re looking for a candidate with Data Protection Engineering experience who can assist with and lead the design and implementation of Backup, Recovery, and Ransomware protection solutions.

Our Impact:

• We design and implement Backup and Recovery solutions that support a wide range of applications in a hybrid Cloud environment.
• We strive to prevent service impacts in a wide-ranging and constantly evolving ecosystem, assure rapid recoverability from any impacts to business and services.
• We strategize and transform IT with Automation and Process Engineering.

Your Impact:

• Provide Data Protection proactively to ensure the stability and security of the platform.
• Identify, influence, and implement technology changes that modernize and make our infrastructure more effective and reliable.
• Collaborate with senior leadership to assure transparent communication, risk reduction, and accountability for the performance of the team.

Qualifications:

• 5+ years demonstrated experience.
• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience; advanced studies preferred.
• 5+ years of engineering experience with Enterprise Data Protection and Ransomware Protection products including Dell DPS Suite, Avamar, Data Domain, in a hybrid Cloud environment.
• History of supporting AWS Native Backup and AWS Backup Vault.
• Ability to drive accountability and continuous improvement for individual and team performance.
• Communicates well within the team to set clear goals and effectively relay the status and accomplishments to management.
• Must not only lead current technical trends but also anticipate and analyze future state technologies.
• Demonstrable experience automating common processes via Ansible or comparable automation tools.
• Proven collaborative mindset and troubleshooting experience in order to guide the Backup Operations Center.
• Previous experience with TSM or other Data Protection tools a plus.
• Experience with and/or knowledge of CyberRecovery Vault design, implementation, and administration.
• Experience with other data protection tools such as Cohesity, Rubrik, or Commvault is a plus.

Keys to Success in this Role:

• Communicates and influences very effectively.
• Demonstrates deep job-specific knowledge and methodologies to drive effective change and transform how work is performed.
• Elevates team members via mentoring and knowledge sharing.
• Top influencer for other IT and business partners.
• Significant contributions to strategy and objectives using knowledge leadership for areas of responsibility.
• Thinks beyond individual sphere.

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 $117,000 - $175,000 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.