Technical Cloud Architect-Supply Chain Digitization

Ford Motor • Allen Park, MI

22d • Hybrid

About The Position

We are the movers of the world and the makers of the future. We get up every day, roll up our sleeves and build a better world -- together. At Ford, we’re all a part of something bigger than ourselves. Are you ready to change the way the world moves? At Ford Motor Company, we believe freedom of movement drives human progress. We also believe in providing you with the freedom to define and realize your dreams. With our incredible plans, we have a wide variety of opportunities for you to accelerate your career potential as you help us define tomorrow’s transportation. In this position... Consider This – Have you looked at the top corporate priorities, heard about chips? Companies and governments world over have identified a need for better collaborative and integrated systems to provide visibility and confidence to manage supply chain risks. Want to participate and help? As a key contributor to the Visibility and Collaboration IT efforts, you can implement transformative Ford – Supplier collaboration efforts. Ford is seeking skilled, and ambitious professionals to help us be innovative and develop systems solutions. We are adding a Technical Cloud Architect- Supply Chain Digitization to be a part of our Enterprise Architect group who will collaborate closely with IT Product teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
• 10 years of IT experience including:
• Experience with industry standard development environment, technologies, tools, and techniques including Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery techniques, Agile Programming disciplines.
• Demonstrate good judgment in selecting methods and techniques for creating solutions with an Agile Mentality
• Ability to operate in an ambiguous environment with a curiosity towards new technologies and a strong desire to learn so that the team may benefit.
• Good communication and collaboration skills and working with global teams.
• Knowledge about API design standards, patterns, and best practices to create robust and performing integrated systems.
• Ability to solve complex technical problems and accomplish tasks with minimal supervision.
• Experience in developing associated business cases and plans which are detailed, actionable and aligned with industry best practices.
• 3+ years of Enterprise Architecture experience
• 2+ years of experience with Cloud technologies such as Google Cloud Platform (preferred), Amazon Web Services or Microsoft Azure.
• This also includes knowledge in Cloud deployment, Infrastructure as code (IaC).

Nice To Haves

• Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering or related field
• Experience with business domains Purchasing, MP&L, Product Development will be considered a plus.
• High degree of initiative, self-motivation, and ability to work autonomously.
• Working experience with containers Openshift, Kubernetes, Docker etc.
• Working experience in cloud monitoring and alerting services and capabilities.
• Knowledge of cloud monitoring and alerting services and capabilities.
• Full stack development experience in cloud platform.

Responsibilities

• Set the technical direction and implementation strategy with an end-to-end view, to deliver high quality cloud solutions.
• Focus on overarching cloud strategy, industry trends and tool adoption and guide product teams to build best-in-class software development to support the needs and expectations of internal stakeholders.
• Have an opportunity to gain cross-functional experience working with teams across the enterprise in solving critical business needs.
• Function as a cloud architect closely collaborate with software engineers to deliver scalable IT solutions.
• Conduct Architecture reviews, data modeling, vendor evaluation process.
• Collaborate with external and internal technical peers (Product Managers, Product Designers, Software Engineers, Architects, and vendors) to design and validate technical approaches and designs.
• Contribute to creating systems solutions that are optimized for performance, scalability, and security.
• Keep awareness of technology advances and recommend innovative technical approaches consistent with Ford enterprise IT direction.
• Contribute to maintain a readied backlog and enable the team to go further with effective usage of Rally/Jira backlog management tool.
• Advocate the use of agile methodologies and ensure implementation of DevOps and software craftsmanship practices like CI/CD, TDD tools.
• Develop relationships and maintain a knowledge of the ecosystem.
• Participate in triage and debugging sessions for tool integration issues.
• Assist in gathering metrics to track product and data quality in meeting stakeholders’ requirements.

Benefits

• Immediate medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage
• Flexible family care, parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up childcare 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees