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Cloud Engineer (Advisor)

Fannie Mae

Company websitefanniemae.com (Fannie Mae, opens in new tab)

Base salary $155K  to $209K

Employer-published annual base salary, USD. Advertised base range in Reston, VA +1 more

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  • LocationReston, VA +1 more
  • WorkplaceWorkplace not stated
  • Status at last checkSource accepting applications when checked
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  • Reston, VA
  • Plano, TX

About this 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 design and develop unprecedented solutions for Cloud Engineering, solving complex or unusual business problems across several projects, programs, or products. This work includes architecture, design, coding, testing, and certifying technology platforms, software, and applications. 
 
THE IMPACT YOU WILL MAKE 
 

The Cloud Engineer - Advisor 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  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 
  • Shows curiosity and adaptability in learning and responsibly applying new technologies, including artificial intelligence, to reimagine how we work.

 
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 Practices: 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. 


Cloud Infrastructure – Technology Engineering – Advisor 

Target Salary: $155,000 to $209,000 a year

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Qualifications

Design, Information Technology (IT) Infrastructure, Solutions Development

Education:

Bachelor's Level Degree (Required)

The future is what you make it to be. Discover compelling opportunities at Fanniemae.com/careers.

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

Source: Fannie Mae on Workday · View original posting (opens in new tab)

Pay in context

This role's base floor ($155,000) is above 48% of the 522 Software Engineering roles in Virginia listed on this site. Their median floor is $159,500; the middle half runs from $131,300 to $179,400.

Only jobs on this site count, and each one publishes a base salary of $100,000 or more, so this compares six-figure jobs with each other, not with the whole market. Computed Nov 6, 2026.

This range next to 4 other live Fannie Mae roles with the nearest advertised base floor
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This range next to 4 other live Fannie Mae roles with the nearest advertised base floor
RolePublished base
Cloud Engineer (Advisor) (this listing)$155K - $209K
Risk Management - Advisor$141K - $184K
Lead Platform Automation Engineer$141K - $184K
Enterprise Technology Risk Management Principal$175K - $239K
Third Party Risk - Lead Associate$123K - $161K

Same $100K to $400K scale as every card. All Fannie Mae roles · How to read the bar

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Employer-stated posting date
2026-10-13
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Location as the employer wrote it: Reston, VA • Plano, TX

Target Salary: $155,000 to $209,000 a year

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