Pennymac

Senior DevOps Engineer

Westlake Village, California, USA · Senior · full-time

Sponsorship not specified$95k-$155kDetected 65 days ago

Java.NETGitAWSCloud PlatformsTerraformCI/CDDevOpsSite Reliability EngineeringTest AutomationCommunication

About the role

Together, we work towards a unified goal of helping millions of Americans achieve aspirations of homeownership through the complete mortgage journey.
The ideal candidate will be a self-starter who thrives in a dynamic environment and is an expert in Infrastructure as Code (IaC), trunk-based deployment, and continuous observability.

Design, implement, and maintain seamless, trunk-based deployment CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI for both Java and other microservices.
Develop and manage Chef cookbooks for robust, repeatable, and consistent application and infrastructure configuration.
Integrate and manage secrets securely using AWS Secrets Manager across all environments.
Rules Engine & Application Support Provide DevOps support and expertise for the rules engine upgrade to Drools 10, focusing on optimal performance, scalability, and automated testing integrations.
Collaborate with development teams to implement and utilize common application frameworks and best practices for deployment.
Support application configurations using AWS AppConfig for dynamic and controlled feature rollouts.
Manage and integrate identity and access controls via Auth0 into the deployment and application landscape.
Cloud, Observability, and Operations Implement and maintain comprehensive observability across the platform using New Relic, ensuring proactive monitoring, alerting, and performance tuning.
Manage and optimize services within AWS (e.g., EC2, Lambda, ECS/EKS, S3, RDS) to ensure cost-efficiency, security, and high availability.
Conduct continuous improvement of the infrastructure and deployment processes to reduce lead time and failure rates.

Expert-level, hands-on proficiency in Java build and deployment ecosystems.
Demonstrable experience with AWS services and cloud architecture best practices.
Strong experience with secrets management solutions, preferably AWS Secrets Manager.
Direct experience with observability platforms, specifically New Relic.
Experience or strong understanding of the Drools rules engine.
Prior experience with database migration tools like Liquibase.

At Pennymac, our people are the foundation of our success and at the heart of our dynamic work culture.

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.
Strong background in integrating various tools as part of a complex delivery pipeline.

This listing is sourced directly from Pennymac's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.