GCP Cloud Engineer

Ford - Juneau, AK

Full-time - Mid Level

Onsite - Juneau, AK

5,001-10,000 employees

Transportation Equipment Manufacturing

About the position

As a GCP Cloud Engineer at Ford Motor Company, you will be a vital member of the Enterprise Technology Group, responsible for enhancing and simplifying Ford's complex global infrastructure across Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and on-premises data centers. This role involves designing, building, and maintaining cloud-native infrastructure, collaborating with various teams to integrate GCP services, and ensuring optimal performance and security of cloud resources. Your expertise will contribute to redefining the transportation landscape and improving customer experiences.

Responsibilities

• Work with Technology and Software Platform teams to provide solutions for cloud infrastructure across the Ford Enterprise.
• Define, analyze, assemble, and integrate components to deliver infrastructure patterns for the business.
• Design, build, and maintain GCP infrastructure to support applications and services.
• Collaborate with other teams to integrate GCP services into the overall IT architecture.
• Stay current with GCP technologies and best practices, providing recommendations for continuous improvement.
• Develop, advise, and document GCP infrastructure and deployment processes.
• Design and develop high-performance, scalable, and secure cloud-native applications on GCP.
• Monitor and optimize the performance of GCP resources and troubleshoot issues as needed.
• Support the development of technical design and documentation.
• Maintain open channels of communication by providing relevant information and best practices.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field, or a combination of education and equivalent experience.
• 7 years of experience in IT or Technology-related disciplines with progressively increasing responsibility.
• 5+ years of experience working with cloud-native (Azure, AWS, GCP) and hybrid cloud environments.
• 3+ years of hands-on experience in scripting and automation using Python, Bash, or similar languages.
• 2+ years of experience with infrastructure as code tools such as Terraform or Deployment Manager.

Nice-to-haves

• Advanced Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
• Strong understanding of GCP services, including Containers, Cloud Run, Compute Engine, Kubernetes Engine, BigQuery, and Cloud Storage.
• Experience in building big data solutions and ensuring security and compliance of the GCP environment.
• Experience working on Serverless design and implementing Container As A Service (CaaS).
• Experience in building CI/CD pipelines using CI/CD methodologies leveraging Jenkins, containers, Kubernetes, etc.
• Possess GCP Certification with one of the following: Google Cloud Digital Leader, Google Professional Cloud Architect, Google Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer, and/or Google Cloud Network Engineer.

Benefits

• Immediate medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage
• Generous PTO
• Retirement and savings plans
• Incentive compensation
• Tuition assistance
• Vehicle discount program