Selene Finance LP

Manage and maintain Azure cloud infrastructure ensuring stability, security, and performance for financial services applications. | Bachelor's degree and 5+ years Azure IaaS/PaaS experience with Azure Administrator Associate certification required. | Selene Holdings is a multiple-lines business financial services firm with a mortgage servicing company, a loan diligence company, a title company, an insurance brokerage, and a real estate owned company. We have office locations in Dallas, TX, Jacksonville, FL, and Salt Lake City, UT. Founded in 2007 to address needs in the mortgage industry, Selene strives to provide amazing client and borrower experiences. A positive attitude coupled with proven creative thinking and actions are all attributes we seek in every one of our employees. If you want to make a difference, then Selene is the place for you! The Sr. Azure Engineer will manage and maintain Selene’s Azure cloud infrastructure. This role involves ensuring the stability, security, and performance of our cloud environments, supporting our financial services applications, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to implement cloud solutions that meet business needs. Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Includes the following and other duties may be assigned: Cloud Architecture Design: Architect robust and scalable Azure solutions aligned with business requirements, including compute, storage, networking, database, and application services. Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Utilize tools like Terraform or Azure Resource Manager templates to define and manage infrastructure through code, ensuring consistency and repeatability. Automation: Develop and maintain automation scripts to streamline cloud deployments, configuration management, and operational tasks using tools like PowerShell or Python. Performance Optimization: Monitor and analyze Azure resource utilization to identify and address performance bottlenecks, optimize costs, and ensure efficient resource allocation. Security Implementation: Design and enforce robust security measures across the Azure environment, including access controls, data encryption, vulnerability management, and compliance with industry standards. Cloud Monitoring and Logging: Implement comprehensive monitoring solutions to proactively identify and resolve issues, analyze system health, and generate actionable insights. Technical Leadership: Mentor junior engineers, provide guidance on best practices, and troubleshoot complex Azure issues. Cost Management: Analyze cloud spending, identify cost optimization opportunities, and implement strategies to control Azure costs. Azure Infrastructure Management: Deploy, configure, and manage Azure resources, including virtual machines, storage accounts, app services, and networking components. Office 365 Management: Monitor, configure, and manage Office 365 resources, including Exchange Online, Teams, SharePoint, users, permissions, and roles. Backup and Recovery: Develop and manage backup and disaster recovery plans to protect critical data and ensure business continuity. Collaboration: Work closely with development, operations, and security teams to design and implement cloud solutions that align with business objectives. Assess and Optimize Cloud Infrastructure: Continuously evaluate emerging Azure technologies and best practices to enhance scalability, security, and performance. Identify opportunities to optimize existing cloud infrastructure, ensuring cost efficiency while maintaining high availability and reliability. Implement governance policies and automation to streamline resource utilization and reduce waste. Documentation: Maintain comprehensive documentation of configurations, processes, and procedures. Qualifications: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. The qualified candidate must have: Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field. Or, equivalent work experience. Experience: A minimum of 5 years of experience in Azure IaaS/PaaS Managing complex native and hybrid cloud solutions Designing and implementing solutions on the Microsoft Azure platform, including compute, storage, networking, databases, and application services Supporting DevOps practices and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines Certifications: Azure Administrator Associate is required, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, and Azure DevOps Engineer Expert are desirable. Technical Skills: Proficiency in Azure services, PowerShell, Azure CLI, and other relevant tools. Strong understanding of networking, security, and compliance in cloud environments. Soft Skills: Excellent problem-solving abilities, strong communication skills, and the ability to work collaboratively in a team-oriented environment. Competencies: To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following: Adaptability - Adapts to changes in the work environment. Manages competing demands. Changes approach or method to best fit the situation. Able to deal with frequent change delays, or unexpected events. Business Ethics - Treats people with respect. Keep commitments. Inspires the trust of others. Works with integrity and ethics. Upholds organizational values. Communications - Expresses ideas and thoughts verbally. Expresses ideas and thoughts in written form. Expresses ideas and thoughts in written form. Exhibits good listening and comprehension. Keeps others adequately informed. Selects and uses appropriate communication methods. Customer Service - Displays courtesy and sensitivity. Manages difficult or emotional customer situations. Meets commitments. Responds promptly to customer needs and solicits customer feedback to improve service. Dependability - Responds to requests for service and assistance. Follows instructions and responds to management direction. Takes responsibility for own actions. Commits to doing the best job possible. Keeps commitments. Meets attendance and punctuality guidelines. Teamwork - Balances team and individual responsibilities. Exhibits objectivity and openness to others' views. Gives and welcomes feedback. Contributes to building a positive team spirit. Puts success of team above own interests. Language Ability: Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of an organization. Mathematical Ability: Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume. Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry. Reasoning Ability: Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations. Computer Skills: Working knowledge of and experience with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, and Outlook). Previous experience with MSP, Black Knight/LPS and Fiserv preferred. Supervisory Responsibilities: N/A Travel: Some travel may be required. Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. This position works in a typical office environment with moderate noise levels. Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. The employee is regularly required to sit while working at a desk, occasionally standing, walking, and using hands to lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. May also climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. Needs to be able to talk and hear, but no special vision is required beyond the ability to see to read. Why Selene? Benefits Selene Finance LP is committed to the total wellbeing of its employees and therefore offers one of the best benefits packages available in the industry today, which includes: Paid Time Off (PTO) Medical, Dental &Vision Employee Assistance Program Flexible Spending Account Health Savings Account Paid Holidays Company paid Life Insurance Matching 401(k) Plan The job requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required. This job description is not an inclusive list of all duties and responsibilities of this position. Incumbents will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments. Selene reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet business and organizational needs. Privacy Policy - Selene (seleneadvantage.com) Selene Holdings is a multiple-lines business financial services firm with a mortgage servicing company, a loan diligence company, a title company, an insurance brokerage, and a real estate owned company. We have office locations in Dallas, TX, Jacksonville, FL, and Salt Lake City, UT. Founded in 2007 to address needs in the mortgage industry, Selene strives to provide amazing client and borrower experiences. A positive attitude coupled with proven creative thinking and actions are all attributes we seek in every one of our employees. If you want to make a difference, then Selene is the place for you!

Perform quality control examinations of loan reviews, ensure regulatory compliance, provide feedback and guidance, and develop subject matter expertise in mortgage loan review processes. | 3-5 years mortgage underwriting and quality control experience, knowledge of underwriting and investor guidelines, leadership skills, and proficiency with mortgage due diligence software. | Selene Holdings is a multiple-lines business financial services firm with a mortgage servicing company, a loan diligence company, a title company, an insurance brokerage, and a real estate owned company. We have office locations in Dallas, TX, Jacksonville, FL, and Salt Lake City, UT. Founded in 2007 to address needs in the mortgage industry, Selene strives to provide amazing client and borrower experiences. A positive attitude coupled with proven creative thinking and actions are all attributes we seek in every one of our employees. If you want to make a difference, then Selene is the place for you! Position Summary: Quality Control Analyst focused on controlling a high quality product, enhancing loan review processes and developing specialist expertise for long term career growth. Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned. • Responsible for the Quality Control examination of loan reviews completed by Loan Review Analysts. • Provide real time loan kick back feedback to Loan Review Analysts pertaining to errors and determining corrective actions. • Ensure regulatory compliance for loans reviewed. • Escalate error trends to management. • Develop deep understanding of specific client guidelines. • Handle escalated and countered client conditions with minimal guidance. • Assists with loan review system testing and enhancement. • Ongoing development of subject matter expertise – aim to become go to subject matter expert for various specialist loan review QC topics. • Assist with problem solving, issue resolution and loan review guidance. • Assist in providing guidance on daily matters, such as, questions regarding Underwriting Guidelines or Compliance questions relating to TRID, Reg X, TILA or others to LRAs. • Maintains high level of confidentiality to protect privacy rights. • Adheres to internal controls to reduce errors and customer complaints. • Responsive to internal and external customers’ needs in a timely, accurate and professional manner. Qualifications: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The qualified candidate must have: • Maintains a current knowledge of underwriting guidelines, investor guidelines, regulatory compliance and TRID practices. • Minimum 3-5 years mortgage underwriting and mortgage quality control within the origination or due diligence space. • Strong understanding of condition clearing processes and their impact on loan grades. • Basic understanding of the credit rating agency requirements. • Knowledge of USPAP standards, supplemental valuation products and reconciliation. • Ability to produce underwriting reports, analyze results, identify issues and take corrective actions. • Experienced with reading, analyzing and understanding various loan servicer pay histories and servicing documentation. • Developing leadership skills with the ability and experience to manage people. • Effectiveness as a team player. • Ability to easily prioritize job duties according to the needs of the company. • Strong sense of professionalism and positivity. • Excellent oral and written communication skills. • Ability to develop rapport with all levels of associates and establish credibility. • Excellent listening skills and the ability to use good judgment. • Strong interpersonal/relationship building skills. • Problem solving and decision making ability. • Ability to produce quality work. • Ability to think and solve problems strategically. • Strong analytical and organizational skills. • Excellent attention to detail. • Ability to multi-task and consistently meet multiple deadlines. Education/Experience: Minimum 3-5 years’ experience with emphasis on non-agency underwriting and QC desired. Experience in second level reviews; escalations and performance management required. Bachelor’s degree preferred. Computer Skills: Working knowledge of and experience with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, and Outlook). Previous experience with mortgage due diligence software, Andor, MSP, Black Knight/LPS and Fiserv preferred. Why Selene? Benefits Selene Finance LP is committed to the total wellbeing of its employees and therefore offers one of the best benefits packages available in the industry today, which includes: • Paid Time Off (PTO) • Medical, Dental &Vision • Employee Assistance Program • Flexible Spending Account • Health Savings Account • Paid Holidays • Company paid Life Insurance • Matching 401(k) Plan The job requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required. This job description is not an inclusive list of all duties and responsibilities of this position. Incumbents will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments. Selene reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet business and organizational needs. Privacy Policy - Selene (seleneadvantage.com)