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Ford Motor Company · 1 week ago

Senior Cloud Architect

United States

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level

7+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Provide day-to-day leadership of a technical team responsible for architecting key cloud-native infrastructure, computing, database, network, storage, and interoperability.

Define the architecture for cloud infrastructure across the Ford Enterprise, including hosting, computing, databases, and networks.

Understand enterprise needs and define technical architecture solutions to modernize Ford Motor Company’s patterns and standards for cloud usage.

Conduct strategic analysis and evaluation to create enterprise standard technology stack offerings available to application teams.

Define, analyze, assemble, and integrate components to deliver infrastructure patterns for the business, considering platforms, software, availability, scalability, and reliability.

Collaborate with IT Operations teams in technology evaluation and guide teams in creating, documenting, and communicating architecture principles.

Participate in emerging tech trends review, support technical design and documentation development, and contribute to strategy development and requirements analysis.

Maintain open channels of communication by providing relevant information, technical expertise, and recommended best practices and patterns.

Qualification

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IT ExperienceCloud-NativeAzurePCFAWSGCPHybrid Cloud EnvironmentsKubernetesAdministrationArchitectureAdvanced Degree in Computer Science2+ Years' Experience as a Technical LeaderExperience in DefiningAligning to SLOsSLIsSLAsDemonstrated Ability to Set Strategy on Future Technology StacksExperience Collaborating with Technology Teams Knowledge of VisioOther Project Technical Artifact Creation ToolsWillingness to Work in a Highly Collaborative EnvironmentExperience Working Globally Multiple VendorsTime-Management SkillsCourage to Ask QuestionsGCP CertificationCKACKDOpenshift CertificationBehavioral Leadership

Required

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field

7 years of experience in IT or Technology-related disciplines with progressively increasing responsibility

5+ Experience working with cloud-native (Azure, PCF, AWS, GCP) and hybrid cloud environments

5+ years of Experience in Kubernetes in a development, administration, and/or architect capacity

Preferred

Advanced degree in computer science, Computer Engineering, or a related field

2+ years’ experience as a Technical Leader shaping future architecture across compute, storage, database, network, interoperability, and security aspects

Behavioral Leadership (ability to handle difficult situations and establish links with others)

Supervisory experience, including building or expanding teams

Experience in defining and aligning to SLOs, SLIs, and SLAs

Demonstrated ability to set strategy on future technology stacks and maturing the stack for wider adoption at the Enterprise Level

Experience collaborating with technology teams in the design, development, and deployment of digital products

Ability to develop strong working relationships across multiple Architect teams

Ability to thrive in complexity and make tradeoffs between competing priorities

Strong knowledge of Visio and/or other Project Technical Artifact creation tools and diagrams

Willing to work in a highly collaborative environment spread across the US, EU, China, Australia, India, and elsewhere, and across internal organizations with different focus areas

Experience working globally, and with multiple vendors to bring together cohesive strategies

Good team building, organizational, and time-management skills

Proactive attitude and the courage to ask questions

Excellent communication skills, with demonstrated ability to adjust messages to deeply technical audiences or senior business leaders

A curiosity towards new technologies that may benefit the entire organization and a strong desire to learn

Possess GCP Certification with one of the following: Google Cloud Digital Leader, Google Professional Cloud Architect, Google Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer, and/or Google Cloud Network Engineer

Preferably CKA (Certified Kubernetes Administrator), CKD (Certified Kubernetes Developer) or Openshift Certified

This job is posted as remote unless the selected candidate lives within 50 miles, then it may not be fully remote

Benefits

Immediate medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage

Generous PTO

Retirement and savings plans

Incentive compensation

Tuition assistance

Vehicle discount program

Company

Ford Motor Company

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We don't just make history -- we make the future.

Founded in 1903

Dearborn, Michigan, USA

10,001+ employees

https://www.ford.com

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