Cloud Systems Developer

Lincoln Motor Company; Hartford (CT); Remote; USD 85,000 - 193,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

Parental leave

Vehicle discount

Tuition assistance

Employee resource groups

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Job summary

Ford Motor Company is seeking a highly technical Platform Engineer to mentor engineers and lead OpenShift/Kubernetes platform operations on GCP and Azure. You will drive platform strategy, reliability, and automation while partnering with cross-functional teams to meet business needs.

You’ll work on defining SLAs/SLOs, incident response, and IaC governance, ensuring secure, scalable infrastructure for internal customers and end users across cloud environments.

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience in platform/DevOps/SRE teams.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or IT.
• Deep expertise with container orchestration (OpenShift/Kubernetes).
• Hands-on cloud infrastructure experience (GCP/Azure).

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with a high-performing platform team to deliver solutions.
• Manage OpenShift and Kubernetes clusters on GCP/Azure for reliability and security.
• Define and monitor SLAs/SLOs and MTTR targets for internal customers.
• Lead automation initiatives and enforce IaC best practices.
• Align platform capabilities with business needs and user requirements.
• Support incident management and post-mortems to prevent recurrence.

Skills

Platform engineering

DevOps

SRE

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or IT

Tools

OpenShift

Kubernetes

GCP

Azure

Terraform

GitOps

Job description

We made history and now we work to transform the future – for our customers, our communities and our families. You'll see your work on the road every day, helping people move freely and pursue their dreams. At Ford, you can build more than vehicles. Come build what matters.

Enterprise Technology plays a critical part in shaping the future of mobility. If you’re looking for the chance to leverage advanced technology to redefine the transportation landscape, enhance the customer experience and improve people’s lives, this is the opportunity for you. Join us and challenge your IT expertise and analytical skills to help create vehicles that are as smart as you are.

In this position...

This is a highly technical position perfect for someone with a strong background in distributed systems and cloud infrastructure who is passionate about mentoring engineers and fostering a culture of continuous improvement.

What you'll do....

• Team work and delivery: Work along with a high-performing team of platform engineers, fostering a collaborative and innovative environment.

• Platform Management: Develop the engineering solutions, and day-to-day operations of our OpenShift and Kubernetes clusters on GCP and Azure, ensuring high availability, security, and scalability.

• Service Delivery: Take part in supporting platform's service delivery, including defining, monitoring and meeting Service Level Agreements (SLAs), Service Level Objectives (SLOs), and Mean Time to Resolution (MTTx) to ensure the platform meets the needs of our internal customers.

• Automation and Efficiency: Drive automation initiatives to streamline operations, reduce manual tasks, and improve overall efficiency. This includes developing and enforcing best practices for Infrastructure as Code (IaC).

• Strategy: Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver the platform's strategic direction and roadmap, aligning its capabilities with business needs and user requirements.

• Incident Management: Serve to support for platforms' technical issues, troubleshooting efforts and post-mortem analyses to prevent future occurrences.

You’ll have....

• Proven 5+ years of experience working along a team of platform, DevOps, or site reliability engineers.

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology or a related technical field.

• Deep technical expertise with container orchestration platforms, specifically OpenShift and/or Kubernetes.

• Hands-on experience with managing and operating cloud infrastructure on GCP and/or Azure.

Even better, you may have....

• Strong understanding of Infrastructure as Code principles and tools (e.g., Terraform, GitOps).

• A strong understanding of service management principles, including SLAs, SLOs, and incident management.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Benefits

• Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
• Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care and more
• Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, and more
• 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.

This position is a salary grade 6 and ranges from $85,400-$143,200.

This position is a salary grade 7 and ranges from $99,600-$166,600.

This position is a salary grade 8 and ranges from $115,000-$192,900.

Final determination of salary grade will be based on candidate's skills and experience, and base salary will be set within the applicable range according to job scope, responsibility and competitive market value.

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Candidates for positions with Ford Motor Company must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status or protected veteran status. In the United States, if you need a reasonable accommodation for the online application process due to a disability, please call 1-888-336-0660.

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