Ford Motor Company · 4 days ago
Senior Security Engineer
Palo Alto, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
6+ years expFord Motor Company is seeking a Senior Security Engineer to join their Cloud Platform Engineering team, overseeing the Ford Connected Vehicle Cloud. The role involves ensuring that services and platforms are designed with high security standards, protecting customer data and responding to security incidents.
AutomotiveAutonomous VehiclesManufacturingTransportation
No H1B
Responsibilities
Architect and implement robust application security controls throughout the software development process across 200+ external and internal services
Ensure the delivery of secure, reliable, and confidential products and services through adherence to best practices
Monitor cloud environments for security threats, vulnerabilities and suspicious activities
Investigate and respond to Security incidents and alerts in real-time
Maintain vulnerability identification, assessment, and remediation across infrastructure and code
Work with Engineering development teams to remediate vulnerabilities promptly
Integrate security guardrails into build and deployment processes to prevent vulnerable code from reaching production
Translate Engineering and Security needs into clear, well-defined functional and technical requirements backed by data analysis and deep understanding of the platform security landscape
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve the security posture of Connected Vehicle Cloud and design Security into platforms and products
Document Security Procedures, playbooks and guidelines
Ensure alignment with internal Ford policies, and industry regulations and standards (adherence to relevant security framework such as SOC2, ISO27001)
Develop and manage key security operational metrics, ensuring their success and implementing action plans, including necessary remediations
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience
6 years experience in a security engineering role, with experience in implementing effective vulnerability management strategies to mitigate risks
3 years Applied cloud security knowledge of AWS, GCP
3 years experience in one or multiple programming languages such as Java, Python, GO or C++
2 years experience in security standards and compliance regulations such as ISO 27001, SOC2, and GDPR
Preferred
Experience security in IOT and Device management systems
Experience with PKI and Certificate services
Strong analytical skills to produce and interpret security data and trends
Demonstrated experience securing CI/CD pipelines in Kubernetes environments
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.
Company
Ford Motor Company
We don't just make history -- we make the future.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$16.23BKey Investors
US Department of EnergySoros Fund Management
2025-07-29Post Ipo Debt· $3B
2023-08-17Post Ipo Debt· $4B
2023-06-22Debt Financing· $9.2B
Leadership Team
James Farley
Chief Executive Officer
Efrat Barit
COO
Recent News
2026-01-09
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