Director, Cloud Platform Engineering – Data & AI Cloud

Ford; United States; À distance; USD 142 000 - 268 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Medical, dental, vision coverage

Vehicle discount program

Tuition assistance

Paid time off and holidays

Parental leave and family care days

Professional development opportunities

Résumé du poste

Ford is seeking a visionary Director, Cloud Platform Engineering – Data, Analytics & Agentic Data Cloud to own strategy, architecture, and engineering of Ford's cloud database and analytics platforms. You’ll lead a global team, drive IaC, and optimize SaaS consolidation across GCP-native databases and the analytics stack.

You’ll shape the Agentic Data Cloud with standardized patterns, partner with PDO teams, and deliver self-service, scalable data capabilities for product development at

Qualifications

• 15+ years in software engineering, cloud architecture and data platform services.
• Hands-on experience with GCP database and analytics stacks.
• Proven ownership of DBaaS and platform engineering at scale.
• Experience leading SaaS database consolidation and cost optimization.

Responsabilités

• Define multi-year platform roadmap for cloud databases and analytics.
• Lead global team of platform engineers, architects, and SREs.
• Own DBaaS strategy and fit-for-purpose architecture patterns.
• Drive IaC-driven provisioning, security, and observability.

Connaissances

Cloud architecture

Data platform services

Infrastructure as Code

DevOps / SRE practices

Executive/platform leadership

AI and analytics awareness

Formation

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree preferred

Outils

GCP

Cloud SQL

Spanner

AlloyDB

BigQuery

Firestore

BigTable

Description du poste

Ford is seeking a visionary Director, Cloud Platform Engineering – Data, Analytics & Agentic Data Cloud to own strategy, architecture, and engineering of Ford's cloud database and analytics platforms. You’ll lead a global team, drive IaC, and optimize SaaS consolidation across GCP-native databases and the analytics stack.

You’ll shape the Agentic Data Cloud with standardized patterns, partner with PDO teams, and deliver self-service, scalable data capabilities for product development at