DevOps Engineer Application Development

About Us

At Newrez, we bring big thinkers and caring doers together to make home happen. We’re a team built on heart and hustle, united by a commitment to show up for our customers, our communities, and each other. We believe that when our people thrive, homeowners thrive—and that’s why we invest in your growth, wellbeing, and ability to make an impact. Every day, we work to exceed the expectations of our residential mortgage borrowers and business partners through superior service, simple processes, and clear communication. We do this by empowering our employees, encouraging innovative solutions, and recognizing great performance.

About the Role

Application Development is essential for all software application development projects. This person will aid in getting developers and contractors set up, resolve infrastructure issues, create and maintain build automation, ensure deployment success, simplify code merges, and ensure our change management process is followed. This role ensures our application development team and contractors can successfully build and deploy software into a variety of environments.

Responsibilities

• Ensure quality of release of custom software products.
• Responsible for system administration and management of third-party tools used by the app dev team.
• Maintain release notification, instructions, and processes.
• Provide direct server, cloud, and application support during various operations such as deployment and general production.
• Provide production support.
• Install the required tools and libraries on servers and write automation scripts for deployment as needed.
• Perform code migrations for deployment.
• Provide input for design and documentation of source code control, promotion models, build, test, and release processes.
• Execute strategies to manage installations, upgrades, and rollbacks.
• Support the management of software development projects through ALM software.
• Investigate and drive automation of release and builds.
• Monitor system performance and troubleshoot any environmental issues.
• Responsible for maintaining and building support documentation.
• Provision cloud resources to support app dev teams.
• Perform related duties as assigned by supervisor.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in information technology or related field.
• 5-7 years of related experience in the field.
• Experience with Microsoft Azure Services.

Skills

• Understanding of Microsoft Azure DevOps Pipelines.
• Experience with Microsoft SQL Server and T-SQL.
• Scripting experience.
• Knowledgeable in basic design of software.
• Basic understanding of software development lifecycle.

Work Environment

• Working on-site at assigned office location.
• Regular and punctual attendance adhering to schedule established by leadership.
• Flexibility to work occasional adjusted work schedules, overtime, and evening and/or weekend hours to meet deadlines or as business needs demand.
• Working in a cubicle hub, maintaining focus on phone calls in a noisy environment within earshot of multiple other conversations.
• Sedentary work in a stationary position at a cubicle for prolonged periods of time.
• Constant repetitive motions required for operating a computer, such as typing and managing phone calls.
• Constantly communicating effectively verbally in English, including accurately exchanging information with others following identification of correct procedures.

All employees are required to have smartphones that meet Company security standards with the ability to install apps such as Okta Verify and Microsoft Authenticator. Employment will be contingent on this requirement. This is not a remote role; individuals in this role are required to be on-site to complete essential job duties, absent extenuating circumstances.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Health Savings Account with employer contribution.
• 401(k) Retirement plan with employer match.
• Paid Maternity Leave/Parental Bonding Leave/Caregiver Leave.
• Adoption Assistance.
• Tuition & Certification reimbursement.
• Employee Mortgage Loan Program.
• Newrez Employee Emergency and Disaster Fund to support team members experiencing hardships.

Newrez NOW (Corporate Social Responsibility)

• 1 company-paid Volunteer Time Off day (with over 40,000 volunteer hours contributed since our inception).
• Matching Gifts Program—dollar-for-dollar up to $1,000.
• Access to grants, nonprofit resources, and volunteer opportunities.
• More than $6,000,000 donated since 2020.
• 1 in 5 employees participates in at least one Employee Resource Group (ERG).