Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Department:

We are Walker & Dunlop.  We are one of the largest providers of capital to the commercial real estate industry, enabling real estate owners and operators to bring their visions of communities — where people live, work, shop, and play — to life. We are committed to creating meaningful social, environmental, and economic change in our communities.

Department Overview

WDTech is W&D’s in-house technology team – a group of collaborative and highly skilled technology professionals, all of whom are leading experts in real estate data, data science, and technology.

WDTech Engineering builds solutions that impact not only our products but also the people and processes across our organization. A commitment to innovation and a passion for disrupting the old-fashioned real estate industry are our highest priorities.

The Impact You Will Have

The Senior Site Reliability Engineer will be responsible for the design, automation, and operation of WDTech’s Cloud Platform. This position will build secure, scalable infrastructure and work alongside our development organization to enable better, faster, and more reliable deployments. The Senior Site Reliability Engineer will also help build out a self-service platform to empower software feature teams, while improving reliability, observability, and security.

Primary Responsibilities

• Design and build secure, scalable, and efficient infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code and CICD tools with a GitOps framework.

• Collaborate with our software, data, and machine learning engineers to help them understand cloud best practices and utilize our infrastructure effectively. 

• Evaluate new and emerging technologies to determine which ones can help solve problems and then prototype them. 

• Integrate performance and cost monitoring into our cloud environments. 

• Look for opportunities to improve our AWS and Kubernetes infrastructure. 

• Automate all the things! 

• Mentor junior team members and help them grow their engineering skills.

• Contribute to the SRE/DevOps team activities, supporting best practices, knowledge sharing and cross-functional initiatives. 

• Coordinate with other disciplines to deliver excellent products. 

• Perform other duties as assigned.
   

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience preferred.

• 5+ years of professional experience in a DevOps/SRE role.

• 5+ years of experience in Cloud Infrastructure (esp. AWS, Azure).

• 3+ years of experience in Kubernetes and IaC tools (esp. Terraform and Crossplane). 

• Experience with monitoring and tracing (e.g. Prometheus, Grafana, etc.). 

• Demonstrable experience of influencing and driving Engineering strategy. 

• Hands-on experience with large database systems such as Amazon Athena and Amazon Redshift preferred.

• Experience with Information Security Certifications such as ISO27001 or SOC2 and ETL processing tools like Apache Airflow preferred.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Working knowledge of Python.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong focus on automation, system reliability, and operational excellence.
• Ability to design scalable, observable, and cost-effective infrastructure.
• Quick to learn new tools and adapt to evolving team or project needs.
• Takes ownership of outcomes and drives initiatives to completion.
• Actively mentors team members and promote knowledge sharing.
• Ability to show ownership of your work, take on challenges and acknowledge growth opportunities, and demonstrate patience when learning new processes.
• Courtesy, respect, and thoughtfulness in teaming with colleagues and other stakeholders.

This position has an estimated base salary of $160,000 - $175,000 plus discretionary bonus. An employment offer is based on the applicant’s relevant work experience, applicable knowledge, skills, abilities, internal equity, and alignment with market data.

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What We Offer  

• The opportunity to join one of Fortune Magazine’s Great Places to Work winners from 2015-2023 

• Comprehensive benefit options* that have earned Walker & Dunlop the silver level of the 2022 Cigna Healthy Workforce Designation™, some of which include:
    - Up to 83% subsidized medical payroll deductions
    - Competitive dental and vision benefits
    - 401(k) + match
    - Pre-tax transit and commuting benefits
    - A robust health and wellness program – earn cash rewards and gain access to resources that
      promote health, engagement, and balance
    - Paid maternity and parental leave, as well as other family paid leave programs
    - Company-paid life, short and long-term disability insurance
    - Health Savings Account and Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending 

• Career development opportunities 

• Empowerment and encouragement to give back – volunteer hours and donation matching 

 
*Eligibility may vary based on average number of hours worked 

EEO Statement

We are committed to equity in all steps of the recruitment and employment experience. We believe in equal access to opportunities in our workplace. We do not tolerate discrimination, including harassment, based on any characteristic protected by applicable law, such as race, color, national origin, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, sex, age, disability, veteran or military status, and genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We strive to be a safe place to ask questions, build professional relationships, and develop careers.

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Background checks, including any questions related to infractions, arrests, or conviction records, will not be conducted until after a conditional offer of employment has been accepted. We will consider for employment qualified applicants regardless of arrest and conviction records, in accordance with federal, state, and local laws.