Technical Anchor - DevSecOps & Platform Engineering

Technical Anchor Opportunity At Ford

We are the movers of the world and the makers of the future. We get up every day, roll up our sleeves and build a better world together. At Ford, we're all a part of something bigger than ourselves. Are you ready to change the way the world moves? Enterprise Technology plays a critical part in shaping the future of mobility. If you're looking for the chance to leverage advanced technology to redefine the transportation landscape, enhance the customer experience and improve people's lives, this is the opportunity for you. Join us and challenge your IT expertise and analytical skills to help create vehicles that are as smart as you are.

Seeking a Technical Anchor to :

• Design, develop, and maintain secure and scalable cloud infrastructure platforms using the latest DevSecOps and Platform Engineering methodologies
• Create and implement best practices and processes for code quality, security, performance, and scalability using Sonarqube, Cycode, DAST, SAST & FOSSA
• Possess strong experience using GCP specific services like Compute Engine, CloudRun, GKE, Cloud Operations Suite, Service Mesh, Anthos, Pub / Sub, Dataflow, Cloud Scheduler, Bigtable, AlloyDB and other managed services
• Possess experience with Google Cloud infrastructure provisioning including VPC, Subnet, Gateway, Security groups, managed services, Kubernetes Cluster etc.
• Possess expertise with automating Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, Packer, Ansible, Shell Scripting and ArgoCD
• Lead cross-functional teams to drive the adoption of DevSecOps and Platform Engineering best practices across the organization
• Possess experience in implementing Auto scaling, Disaster Recovery, High Availability, Multi-region Active / Active & Active / Passive configurations & best practices is added advantage
• Evaluate and select appropriate technologies and tools to support the development and deployment of products on the eCommerce foundation layer
• Collaborate with stakeholders to understand business needs and requirements, and translate them into technical and non-functional specifications
• Work with Product teams to understand their pain points and increase the Developer Experience through Platform Engineering Capabilities
• Possess experience with Internal Developer Platform (IDP) like Backstage and address developer productivity
• Strategize & work with leaders across Ford's Enterprise Architecture, IT Operations to make significant, measurable impact on the eCommerce Platform
• Possess expertise with patch management, APM tools like Dynatrace / AppDynamics, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK for monitoring and alerting
• Possess experience in Elastic Search service offerings in K8s
• Possess experience in Cloud FinOps to optimize Cloud Infrastructure Consumption Cost

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You may not check every box, or your experience may look a little different from what we've outlined, but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company, we encourage you to apply! As an established global company, we offer the benefit of choice. You can choose what your Ford future will look like : will your story span the globe, or keep you close to home? Will your career be a deep dive into what you love, or a series of new teams and new skills? Will you be a leader, a changemaker, a technical expert, a culture builderor all of the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including : immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage, flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care and more, family building benefits, vehicle discount program for employees and family members and management leases, tuition assistance, established and active employee resource groups, and paid time off for individual and team community service. For a detailed look at our benefits, click here.

This position is a range of salary grade 8. SOUTHEAST MI RESIDENTS : This role is posted as remote unless you reside within 50 miles of Dearborn, MIin which case we request on-site presence up to 4 days a week. Visa sponsorship is available for this position. Candidates for positions with Ford Motor Company must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a culturally diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status or protected veteran status.