Ford - Springfield, IL
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 across Google Cloud Platform (GCP), on-premises data centers, and distributed locations. This position is part of the Enterprise Technology Group, where you will be responsible for the day-to-day management of key cloud-native infrastructure, computing, database, network, storage, and interoperability initiatives. Your work will directly impact the customer experience and improve people's lives by leveraging advanced technology to redefine the transportation landscape. In this role, you will collaborate with Technology and Software Platform teams to provide comprehensive solutions for cloud infrastructure across the Ford Enterprise. This includes hosting, computing, databases, and networks. You will define, analyze, assemble, and integrate components to deliver infrastructure patterns that consider platforms, software, availability, scalability, and reliability. Your responsibilities will also include designing, building, and maintaining GCP infrastructure to support various applications and services, ensuring that you stay current with GCP technologies and best practices to provide recommendations for continuous improvement. You will be tasked with developing, advising, and documenting GCP infrastructure and deployment processes, utilizing your experience with REST API, Agile tools, DevOps, and source control tools 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 deploying and managing applications. Monitoring and optimizing the performance of GCP resources, troubleshooting issues, and maintaining open communication channels will be essential aspects of your role.