PCF and GCP Architect

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Enterprise Technology plays a critical part in shaping the future of mobility. If youre looking for the chance to leverage advanced technology to redefine the transportation landscape enhance the customer experience and improve peoples 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.

In this position...

We are seeking a PCF and GCP Architect to provide technical leadership for our critical SAP I-ERP General Ledger application which manages hundreds of vital interfaces.

In this role you will be responsible for resolving issues during high-pressure periods like month and quarter-end closes specifically those related to interfaces. A key focus will also be on improving the performance of GCP-led interfaces. Beyond the technical aspects you will mentor and guide team members (embodying Ford OS behaviors) and support other Product Development Organizations within the IERP Program.

If you have expertise in GCP PCF and large-scale interface management and enjoy both technical problem-solving and team leadership we encourage you to apply.

What youll do...

• Hands-on experience in advanced Java PCF and GCP to support Production issues and new development
• Performance improvements of month end close and quarter close program to avoid delay to Ford corporate reporting
• Convert existing production PCF interfaces to GCP across General Ledger precut line (multiple PDO teams)
• Lead and Mentor other team members with technical expertise
• Develop program best practices and standards.
• Analyze debug and identify the root cause of the Production issues.
• Support ongoing enhancements and change requests.
• Over all Architecture knowledge to support all kinds of incidents.

Youll have...

• Bachelors degree in technology or a related field.
• 5 years of Object-oriented Development experience where you applied Java Enterprise concepts with the following tools and technologies:
  • Spring Platform (Spring MVC Spring Boot Spring JDBC Spring Cloud)
  • Automated Testing Continuous Integration Continuous Deployment and technologies (Jenkins CI or similar)
• 2 Experience working with hybrid cloud environments such as researching the best use of cloud products and the ecosystem designing developing implementing and managing Google Cloud Platform infrastructure.
• 2 years of experience in Agile practices (SAFE Scrum Kanban TDD etc.)
• Experience with microservice architecture REST APIs SOAP/WSDL/XML/SOA etc.
• Deployment of APIs usage of Apigee and troubleshooting APIs and Apigee Proxy framework
• Cloud Computing: virtualization technologies Infrastructure as a Service Platform as a Service Software as a Service Cloud delivery models and the current competitive landscape.

Even better you may have...

• Advanced degree in Technology or a related field or a combination of education and equivalent experience
• Systems Architect - implementing and laying down the entire enterprise infrastructure.
• Application Architect - designing microservices using 12-factor app methodologies.
• TANZU (Tanzu PCF / Pivotal Cloud Foundry) administration Cloud Solutions Architect with Tanzu TAS (formerly Pivotal Cloud Foundry (PCF) in AWS/GCP/on-prem
• DevOps activities in an Agile development framework
• Cloud Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
• Network ingress and egress patterns
• Data migration practices and technologies
• Excellent interpersonal skills strong desire to move projects forward and be proactive. Seeks opportunities to learn and improve.
• Google Cloud Platform certification is a plus.

You may not check every box or your experience may look a little different from what weve 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 including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement fertility treatments and more
• Vehicle discount program for employees and family members and management leases
• Tuition assistance
• Established and active employee resource groups
• Paid time off for individual and team community service
• A generous schedule of paid holidays including the week between Christmas and New Years Day
• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.

This position is a range of salary grades SG5 - SG8

For more information on salary and benefits click here: New Hire Benefits

Visa sponsorship is available for this position.

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