Cloud Network Developer – Ford Motor Company

In this position…

As a Cloud Network Developer your primary responsibility will be ensuring that automated and consumable solutions delivered via IaC constructs are able to support a stable, secure, resilient, and agile GCP network environment. This will involve partnering with your Cloud Network Delivery peer group in operational support, technical design, and driving best-of-breed technical standards into the environment in an evolving fashion.

As this role is part of our continued growth and technical evolution in our cloud environments, agility is a must have regarding being able to handle context switching through project delivery and operational support response. With a relentless focus on our customers, high-quality engineering, and a curiosity driven approach this role is critical to propel and shape our technical future.

What you’ll do…

• Design and support modular IaC solutions with a focus on consumable and repeatable architectures in the GCP network space.
• Interface with multiple members of the Cloud Network Delivery team including engineering and product management to support ongoing network offerings and project-based deliverables.
• Participate in an on-call rotation and act as an escalation point as needed to support production environment needs.
• Deliver projects through common automation and state-based constructs such as Terraform and Cloud Build.
• Clearly articulate and communicate how technical components can support various environments within our cloud platform to peer groups, partner teams, and internal stakeholders.
• Interface with vendor teams to shape and adopt future product offerings within the GCP network space with a focus on automation opportunities to drive out “click-ops.”

You’ll have…

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 7 years of experience in software engineering or developer roles.
• 5 years of experience in delivering GCP infrastructure as code.
• Expert level understanding of various programming languages such as Python or Go.
• Advanced understanding Terraform including custom module creation.
• Advanced understanding of GCP Cloud Run.
• Advanced understanding of Git for version control in both IaC, documentation, and policy applications.
• Experience with GCP Network constructs.
• Experience with traditional networking theory and foundational concepts.
• Experience with Jira and ServiceNow.
• Ability to deliver baseline health monitoring to accommodate error budgeting and target specific SLI and SLO measurements.
• Self-starting capabilities and the ability to thrive in an autonomous environment.

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/GSRSP1