Lead DevOps Engineer

Why Join Us

Join a tight knit rapidly growing team that values collaboration continuous learning and a passion for pushing technological boundaries. Be at the forefront of modernizing Fords core PLM (product lifecycle management) processes and have a direct impact on the tools our engineers use every day.

This role is specifically within our Infrastructure Platform & DevOps portion of our Product Development (PD) Platform Operations team. This group maintains all aspects of our deployedD Systmes 3DEXPERIENCE 3DX) platform here within Ford Motor Company.

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior DevOps Engineer to join our team and play a critical role in the design implementation development CI/CD and maintenance of our PLM & D Systmes 3DEXPERIENCE platform infrastructure within Ford. This role requires a deep understanding of cloud technologies DevOps processes SaaS tools like Github Github Actions JFrog automation tools automation languages like Terraform & Ansible all while ensuring the high availability enterprise grade performance and security of our platform. The ideal candidate should have a passion for automation DevOps & bleeding edge technology & methods.

Responsibilities:

• Leadership and Strategy: Lead the DevOps team to strategize implement and manage scalable and efficient development operations across all stages of the software development lifecycle (for 3DX)
• Technical Expertise: Provide deep expertise in tools such as Ansible Terraform Docker Kubernetes and CI/CD pipelines to enhance infrastructure automation and deployment processes
• Collaboration and Communication: Collaborate closely with our developers IT operations infrastructure teams and business teams to align DevOps initiatives with organizational goals and ensure seamless integration
• Process Improvement: Drive continuous improvement initiatives to optimize the software delivery process reduce release cycle times and enhance product quality and reliability
• Mentorship and Development: Mentor and develop junior DevOps engineers fostering a culture of knowledge sharing innovation and continuous learning within the team
• Security and Compliance: Ensure security best practices and compliance are integrated into DevOps processes implementing tools and protocols to safeguard the infrastructure and data
• Monitoring and Performance: Oversee the automation around observability & monitoring for the platform using code
• Innovation and Adoption: Stay current with emerging technologies and trends in the DevOps landscape evaluating and adopting new tools and practices to maintain a competitive edge.
• Automation: Help us continue our journey of automating & managing our global platform to eliminate downtime and improve efficiency
• Documentation: Create and maintain comprehensive documentation of DevOps tools architecture configurations and processes.

Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering or work experience equivalent
• 8 years of experience as a DevOps Engineer or similar role with a primarily dealing with public cloud development and developer operations
• 5 years of experience in writing & managing Ansible playbooks tasks and roles
• Expert level proficiency in automating provisioning configuration management and application deployment using Ansible
• Expert level proficiency integrating Ansible with other tools and platforms such as Linux Windows and containers
• Extensive experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) including Compute Engine Cloud Storage Cloud Networking Cloud Load Balancing and other relevant services (or equivalent public cloud to GCP)
• Expert level proficiency in InfrastructureasCode (IaC) tools specifically Terraform
• Expert level proficiency of utilizing Git code bases release management pipelines and CI/CD
• Strong scripting skills (e.g. Bash Python)
• Strong understanding of security best practices and principles utilizing least privileged models
• Excellent problemsolving and troubleshooting skills
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Advanced understanding of server & virtualization technologies including VMs containers and serverless computing
• General knowledge & concepts of routing switching firewalls and load balancing
• General knowledge of Java Virtual Machines (JVMs) Tomcat Apache HTTP Server and HAProxy

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.

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