Resiliency Director - Technology & Third Party

Fannie Mae; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 155,000 - 209,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Incentive program

Job summary

Fannie Mae in Washington, DC is seeking a Director of Technology Resiliency to lead enterprise risk identification, recovery planning, and testing across cloud and on‑premise environments. You will partner with engineering and architecture teams to ensure recoverable, measurable and testable continuity of critical services during technology failures and cyber events.

This is a hybrid role. Candidate will drive contingency plans, oversee metrics of resilience, and coordinate with leadership to

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in resiliency, risk management, or continuity planning.
• Experience supporting AWS-hosted production environments.
• Strong collaboration with engineering and architecture teams.

Responsibilities

• Oversee identification of risks to business operations and develop solutions to minimize disruption.
• Drive contingency plan development and testing across technology platforms.
• Lead metrics and indicators to monitor resilience and readiness.

Skills

Resiliency leadership

Risk management

Cross-functional leadership

AWS

Incident recovery planning

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Tools

Backup technologies

Automation

Cloud monitoring

Job description

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 DescriptionIn this compelling leadership position, you will lead efforts to implement processes, procedures, and standards to anticipate, identify, respond to, and recover from short- and long-term disruptions to business processes and critical technology assets. In this role, you will ensure the understanding of how the business and technology recognize existing and future risks, and capture strategies to mitigate impacts to Fannie Mae. In addition, you will integrate risk management disciplines, with a strategic focus on risk identification, documentation of recovery plans, and testing of documented recovery and/or mitigation strategies.You will serve as the technical resiliency subject matter expert throughout the technology lifecycle, helping teams translate recovery objectives and resiliency requirements into actionable implementation plans, recovery capabilities, testing strategies, and operational readiness activities. As the Director, you will work collaboratively with technology teams to ensure critical services are recoverable, measurable, testable, and capable of meeting recovery objectives during technology failures, cyber events, and regional disruptions. Your key focus areas will be resiliency integration in technology lifecycle, implementation readiness, testing, and validation across cloud (AWS) hosted services and supporting technology platforms.THE IMPACT YOU WILL MAKEThe Resiliency Director - Technology & Third Party 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:Oversee the team and the identification of risks to business operations, and work with leadership to develop solutions to minimize disruption.Drive the implementation of contingency plans to deal with unexpected emergencies, and may assist with plan development.Anticipate and react to change in ways that enable the organization to survive, thrive, and evolve.Oversee team efforts to identify indicators that give management a view of current levels of resilience.Due to the nature of the role, situations may arise that require attention and/or resolution outside of standard working hoursTHE EXPERIENCE YOU BRING TO THE TEAMMinimum Required Experiences8 yearsShows curiosity and adaptability in learning and responsibly applying new technologies, including artificial intelligence, to reimagine how we work.Experience supporting AWS-hosted production environments.Experience working closely with engineering and architecture organizations.Knowledge of cloud recovery capabilities, backup technologies, automation, and operational recovery processes.Experience in leading complex projects involving cross functional teams.Desired ExperiencesBachelor degree or equivalent;Master degree preferredAWS certificationResiliency certificationTarget Salary Range: $155,000 to $209,000 a yearERCM - Resiliency - Director#LI-HybridQualificationsEducation: Bachelor's Level Degree (Required), Master's Level DegreeThe 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: 155000to 209000