Ford - Charleston, WV
posted 3 months ago
As a GCP Cloud Engineer at Ford Motor Company, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of mobility by enhancing and simplifying Ford's complex global infrastructure environment. This position is part of the Enterprise Technology Group, where you will be responsible for managing cloud-native infrastructure across Google Cloud Platform (GCP), on-premises data centers, and distributed locations worldwide. Your work will directly impact the way Ford leverages technology to redefine transportation and improve customer experiences. In this role, you will collaborate with Technology and Software Platform teams to provide comprehensive solutions for cloud infrastructure, including hosting, computing, databases, and networks. You will define, analyze, assemble, and integrate components to deliver infrastructure patterns that meet business needs, ensuring considerations for software, availability, scalability, and reliability are met. Your responsibilities will include designing, building, and maintaining GCP infrastructure to support various applications and services, as well as integrating GCP services into the overall IT architecture. You will stay current with GCP technologies and best practices, providing recommendations for continuous improvement. Your expertise will be crucial in developing, advising, and documenting GCP infrastructure and deployment processes, utilizing tools such as REST API, Agile methodologies, DevOps practices, and version control systems like Git and JIRA. Additionally, you will design and develop high-performance, scalable, and secure cloud-native applications on GCP, working closely with development teams to implement best practices for application deployment and management. Monitoring and optimizing the performance of GCP resources will be a key part of your role, as will troubleshooting and resolving issues related to GCP infrastructure and services. You will also support the development of technical designs and documentation, maintaining open channels of communication to share relevant information and best practices with your team and stakeholders.