Architect

Ford - Salt Lake City, UT

Full-time - Mid Level

Salt Lake City, UT

Transportation Equipment Manufacturing

About the position

The Architect position at Ford Motor Company focuses on analytics architecture, specifically responsible for the design and implementation of next-generation data and analytics platforms on Google Cloud Platform (GCP). This role involves understanding business requirements, defining technical architecture solutions, and collaborating with product teams to integrate components that meet Ford's standards. The architect will also support product development, troubleshoot application performance issues, and participate in vendor evaluations.

Responsibilities

• Architect and implement next generation data and analytics platforms on GCP
• Understand business requirements and apply architecture principles and standards to design technical solutions
• Design flexible automated solutions for data processing from multiple sources and integrate massive complex datasets
• Build solution architecture, provision infrastructure and secure analytical applications on GCP
• Adopt Jira to manage architecture work and deliver using agile and Lean methodologies

Requirements

• Strong application architecture, design, development background with deep understanding of cloud hosting concepts
• In-depth understanding of Google's product technology and underlying architectures
• Knowledge of enterprise frameworks and technologies, supporting architecture and design patterns
• Expertise in secure interoperability standards and methods
• 5+ years of relevant work experience in application architecture, design, and development
• 3+ years of experience in modernizing legacy data platforms to cloud architecture
• 2+ years of recent architecture experience in cloud analytics space using Google cloud services
• 2+ years of experience with enterprise architecture tools and processes (CBID, Tech 07, EAA, etc.)
• Deep technical subject matter expertise in Data Warehouse, Data lakes, Data domains, Data models, ETL processes
• Experience in data management and Cloud data platforms
• Experience working in GCP based Big Data deployments (Batch/Real-Time) leveraging Big Query, Big Table, Google Cloud Storage, PubSub, Data Fusion, Dataflow, Dataplex, Astronomer etc.
• Ability to work collaboratively with strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent written/oral communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability and willingness to work in fast paced and dynamic environment
• Attention to details and passion/pride in producing Quality deliverables

Nice-to-haves

• GCP Professional Cloud Architect Certified
• Ford Credit Data warehouse experience

Benefits

• Immediate medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage
• Flexible family care, parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up childcare
• 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 Year's Day
• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time