As a Software Engineer on the Cloud Engineering team, you will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining the cloud platform that powers our applications and infrastructure. Your contributions will directly impact the reliability, security, and efficiency of our cloud ecosystem.
You'll have...
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, and/or equivalent experience. 5+ years of professional experience in software engineering or cloud engineering. 3+ years of experience provisioning and managing Kubernetes clusters (EKS or similar). 3+ years of experience managing cloud services (AWS, GCP, or similar). 3+ years of experience in a role responsible for developing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and managing infrastructure as code using tools like Terraform and CloudFormation.Even better, you may have...
Experience with at least one programming language (e.g., Python, Go, Java, Ruby). Strong understanding of networking, security best practices, and IAM policies. Familiarity with cloud-based databases, API gateways, and related cloud services. Experience with container orchestration, Helm, and service meshes (Istio). Strong debugging and problem-solving skills related to cloud infrastructure and distributed systems. Experience with monitoring and observability tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog). Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.You may not check every box, or your experience may look a little different from what we've outlined, but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company, we encourage you to apply!
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.
For more information on salary and benefits, click here: https://fordcareers.co/GSR-HTHD
This position is a range of salary grades 6-8 .
Visa sponsorship is available for this position.
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What you'll do...
Platform Development & Maintenance – Design and build cloud-native solutions that improve software deployment, scalability, and operational efficiency. Continuously enhance our internal cloud platform.
CI/CD Automation – Develop and maintain Continuous Integration and Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines using tools such as Concourse, ArgoCD, and Tekton. Focus on automation to improve developer productivity and system reliability.
Cloud Infrastructure & Kubernetes – Provision, manage, and optimize cloud environments using AWS, Kubernetes (EKS), and Terraform. Ensure high availability and performance.
Security & Compliance – Implement best practices for security, IAM, encryption, and compliance to safeguard cloud environments.
Observability & Monitoring – Develop and maintain monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions to proactively detect and resolve issues.
Automation & Tooling – Write automation scripts and develop internal tools using Go, Python, Bash, or other scripting languages to improve workflows.
Operational Support – Participate in on-call rotations, troubleshoot incidents, and apply Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles to improve system resilience.