Senior Data Engineer - Cybersecurity

Ford Motor Company; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 100,000 - 193,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary grade 7-8

Medical, dental, vision coverage

Paid time off

Tuition assistance

Job summary

Ford Motor Company seeks a GCP Data Engineer to design, build, and maintain the Security Data Lake and data products using native GCP services. You will implement robust ETL/ELT pipelines, data quality frameworks, and API integrations with security tools to centralize oversight.

The role requires 8+ years in data engineering, 5+ years on GCP, and strong Python/SQL skills to optimize performance and cost. This is a full-time, on-site opportunity in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in a technical field.
• 8+ years of professional experience in data engineering or related software development.
• 5+ years of hands-on GCP experience deploying production data solutions.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain robust data pipelines using GCP native services.
• Build data quality frameworks to ensure data integrity and reliability of security data assets.
• Integrate diverse data sources and security tools via APIs to centralize security oversight.
• Optimize BigQuery performance, queries, and storage costs.

Skills

Python

SQL

Data engineering

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering/DS/IT or related field

Tools

Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

BigQuery

Cloud Run/Functions

Dataflow

Pub/Sub

Job description

We are looking for a skilled GCP Data Engineer to join our EPEO - Data and AI Ops team. In this role, you will play a critical part in designing, developing, and maintaining our Security Data Lake and associated data products using GCP Cloud platform

• Design, develop, and maintain robust data pipelines using GCP native services.

• Build and manage data quality frameworks to ensure the integrity and reliability of security data assets.

• Integrate diverse data sources and security tools via APIs to centralize security oversight.

• Optimize database performance, query efficiency, and storage costs within Google BigQuery.

• (Preferred) Utilize Cribl to route, shape, and enrich incoming security telemetry and log data.

• Develop, deploy, and monitor automated data pipelines (ETL/ELT) using Python, SQL, and GCP services (such as Cloud Functions, Cloud Scheduler, and Dataflow).

• Manage and optimize schema designs, partitioning, and clustering in Google BigQuery to ensure cost-effective and high-performance querying.

• Implement and scale data quality and auditing frameworks using GCP Dataplex with centralized rules metadata configuration.

• Design and maintain robust API integrations (e.g., EAMS, TrendMicro, and other threat detection platforms) to ingest critical security logs.

• [Preferred/Good to Have] Configure and manage Cribl Stream pipelines (sources, destinations, routes, and functions) to parse, mask, enrich, and route security logs.

• [Preferred/Good to Have] Implement log reduction strategies in Cribl to optimize data ingestion and lower downstream storage costs.

• Partner with security teams to deliver actionable data products, reporting views, and tactical dashboards to prevent service outages.

Education : Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Data Science, Information Technology, or a related technical field (or equivalent combination of education and experience).

Experience: 8+ years of professional experience in Data Engineering, Cloud Data Warehousing, or software development.

Cloud Expertise: 5+ years of hands‑on experience designing and implementing production‑grade solutions on Google Cloud Platform (GCP), specifically utilizing native services such as Google BigQuery, Cloud Run/Functions, and Cloud Storage, Dataflow, PubSub

Programming & Querying: High proficiency in Python and advanced SQL for building, optimizing, and troubleshooting complex ETL/ELT pipelines.

Collaboration: Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with a proven ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams in an agile environment.

As an established global company, we offer the benefit of choice. You can choose what your Ford future will look like: will your story span the globe, or keep you close to home? Will your career be a deep dive into what you love, or a series of new teams and new skills? Will you be a leader, a changemaker, a technical expert, a culture builder…or all of the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:

• 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 7-8 and ranges from $99,600-$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.