Cloud Platform Engineer — OpenShift/Kubernetes, Remote

Lincoln Motor Company; Santa Fe (NM); On-site; USD 85,000 - 193,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision coverage

Parental leave & family support

Vehicle discount program

Job summary

Ford Motor Company is seeking a highly technical Platform Engineer to join Enterprise Technology. You will mentor engineers, lead platform delivery, and optimize OpenShift/Kubernetes in cloud environments (GCP/Azure). The role emphasizes automation, IaC, and incident management to support internal customers.

You will collaborate across teams to shape the platform's roadmap, ensuring security, scalability, and high availability. Strong communication and cloud experience are essential for success.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in platform, DevOps, or SRE roles.
• Deep technical expertise with OpenShift and/or Kubernetes.
• Hands-on experience managing cloud infrastructure on GCP and/or Azure.

Responsibilities

• Work with a high-performing platform team to deliver and operate scalable services.
• Develop and operate OpenShift/Kubernetes clusters on GCP/Azure with focus on availability, security and reliability.
• Define and monitor SLAs/SLOs; manage MTTR and incident response.
• Drive automation and IaC practices to streamline operations.

Skills

OpenShift/Kubernetes

Cloud platforms (GCP/Azure)

Infrastructure as Code

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / IT

Tools

Terraform

GitOps

GCP

Azure

Job description

Ford Motor Company is seeking a highly technical Platform Engineer to join Enterprise Technology. You will mentor engineers, lead platform delivery, and optimize OpenShift/Kubernetes in cloud environments (GCP/Azure). The role emphasizes automation, IaC, and incident management to support internal customers.

You will collaborate across teams to shape the platform's roadmap, ensuring security, scalability, and high availability. Strong communication and cloud experience are essential for success.