Sr DevOps Engineer

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PENNYMAC

Pennymac (NYSE: PFSI) is a specialty financial services firm with a comprehensive mortgage platform and integrated business focused on the production and servicing of U.S. mortgage loans and the management of investments related to the U.S. mortgage market. 

 

At Pennymac, our people are the foundation of our success and at the heart of our dynamic work culture. Together, we work towards a unified goal of helping millions of Americans achieve aspirations of homeownership through the complete mortgage journey.


A Typical Day

The Sr DevOps Engineer will build, manage and automate infrastructure, tools and services that make operating a massive large scale distributed system simple and easy. As the Sr DevOps Engineer, you will be the focal point for owning end-to-end customer experience and will be channeling the requirements to improve the service performance, scalability and reliability. 

 

The Sr DevOps Engineer will:

 

  • Bridge the gap between business applications, cloud operations, customer support, and engineering and bring a solution together
  • Review and analyze application code to identify root cause and provide solution options, ability to identify alternatives and make contingency plans
  • Provide application performance and feature capability improvement recommendations to product development team for better customer experience
  • Improve provisioning, automation, configuration, integration, deployment and release processes
  • Collaborate with development, and QA on Engineering projects
  • Perform other related duties as required and assigned
  • Demonstrate behaviors which are aligned with the organization’s desired culture and values

What You’ll Bring

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience
  • 7+ years of relevant work experience
  • Experience with *NIX system administration, Java, Linux/Unix, Ruby, Perl and Python
  • Experience with Configuration Management such as Chef or Puppet
  • Experience with System Monitoring and Logging Solutions
  • Exceptional customer relationship skills and experience of managing vendors
  • Financial Services and, if possible, mortgage industry experience preferred

Why You Should Join

As one of the top mortgage lenders in the country, Pennymac has helped over 4 million lifetime homeowners achieve and sustain their aspirations of home. Our vision is to be the most trusted partner for home. Together, 4,000 Pennymac team members across the country are guided by our core values: to be Accountable, Reliable and Ethical in all that we do. Pennymac is committed to conducting a business that makes positive contributions and promotes long-term sustainable growth and to fostering an equitable and inclusive environment, where all employees and customers feel valued, respected and supported. 

 

Benefits That Bring It Home: Whether you're looking for flexible benefits for today, setting up short-term goals for tomorrow, or planning for long-term success and retirement, Pennymac's benefits have you covered. Some key benefits include: 

  • Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision
  • Paid Time Off Programs including vacation, holidays, illness, and parental leave 
  • Wellness Programs, Employee Recognition Programs, and onsite gyms and cafe style dining (select locations)
  • Retirement benefits, life insurance, 401k match, and tuition reimbursement 
  • Philanthropy Programs including matching gifts, volunteer grants, charitable grants and corporate sponsorships

 

To learn more about our benefits visit: https://pennymacnews.page.link/benefits

 

For residents with state required benefit information, additional information can be found at: https://www.pennymac.com/additional-benefits-information

 

Compensation: Individual salary may vary based on multiple factors including specific role, geographic location / market data, and skills and experience as defined below:

  • Lower in range - Building skills and experience in the role
  • Mid-range - Experience and skills align with proficiency in the role 
  • Higher in range - Experience and skills add value above typical requirements of the role 

 

Some roles may be eligible for performance-based compensation and/or stock-based incentives awarded to employees based on company and individual performance. 

 


Salary

$95,000 - $155,000
Work Model

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