Azure Cost Management - Senior Associate

At Fannie Mae, futures are made. The inspiring work we do makes an affordable home a reality and a difference in the lives of Americans. Every day offers compelling opportunities to modernize the nation's housing finance system while being part of an inclusive team using new, emerging technologies. Here, you will help lead our industry forward, enhance your technical expertise, and make your career.

As a valued colleague on our team, you will design and develop moderately complex solutions for information technology (IT) infrastructure environments, including coding, testing, and certifying technology platforms, software, and applications under limited supervision.

THE IMPACT YOU WILL MAKE
The Azure Cost Management - Senior Associate role will offer you the flexibility to make each day your own, while working alongside people who care so that you can deliver on the following responsibilities:

• Develop moderately complex solutions for application design and IT infrastructure components.
• Understand the end-to-end performance of IT platforms.
• Draft and maintain policies, guidelines, and standard operating procedures.
• Independently monitor advanced performance and capacity metrics for technology solutions.
• Develop framework for charge-back (or show-back) reporting model for cloud costs back to product owners
• Identify, recommend, and implement automation to implement cost optimizations
• Maintain, improve and secure company’s multi cloud infrastructure and associated processes
• Partner with internal key stakeholders (InfoSec, Enterprise Architecture, Cloud COE, networking) and industry leaders to maintain a current security posture for the cloud services

THE EXPERIENCE YOU BRING TO THE TEAM

Minimum Required Experiences

• 2 years of relevant work experience
• Experience with planning, monitoring, optimization of cloud costs; Azure or multi-cloud experience is a plus
• Experience with industry tools for cloud (or traditional) cost management
• Experience in consulting with engineering team on designing and implementing Cloud or Data Center solutions including aspects like compute, network, storage, security, monitoring, automation, and cost optimization
• Familiarity of Cloud capabilities, products and services for Azure, plus other Microsoft products and services (i.e. Azure Information Protection, Microsoft Cloud App Security, Microsoft 365, etc.).
• Experience with implementing security controls in cloud, Data Center or hybrid environments
• Understanding of core technologies (i.e. DNS, DHCP, Wireless, Active Directory etc.) and how they integrate in a multi/hybrid cloud environment

Desired Experiences

• Bachelor degree or equivalent
• Strong scripting and automation experience; Azure preferable
• Manage and improve the communication between operations and product teams
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with a high degree of comfort with both large and small audiences
• Ability to effectively address technical questions/with various audiences, including non-technical teams, at all levels in the organization
• Capacity to drive hands-on technical engagements with the customers and guide them through cloud
• Employ creativity to devise effective and efficient strategies
• Passion for technology, with an ability to understand and assess new technologies, and their potential applicability to business needs in an efficient, effective manner
• Ability to work in an Agile format with stakeholders across multiple organizations to design and implement cloud agnostic solutions

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Fannie Mae is an Equal Opportunity Employer, which means we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, personal appearance, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation in the application process, email us at [email protected]