Ford Motor Company

Cloud Platform Engineering Manager

Ford Motor Company

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: ChennaiIndia

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About the role

  • Lead, mentor, and inspire a team of OpenShift Site Reliability and DevOps Engineers, fostering a collaborative and innovative work environment.
  • Oversee operations of the On-Prem OpenShift platforms across our EDCs, China Data Centers, and Plants during Asia/Pacific (India) hours in alignment with 24x7 support model and EPEO MTT(x) metrics. Individual in this role must be comfortable participating in an on-call support rotation in an escalation role
  • Lead and oversee implementation of new automation or adoption of new feature capabilities that drive operational efficiencies or developer experience improvements
  • In tandem with counterparts and the global OpenShift platform engineering team, ensure that all Information Security Policy (ISP), regulatory, and industry security/best practices are implemented and enforced on the entirety of our environment

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science (or related field or equivalent work experience)
  • (5+ years) Strong Linux knowledge on multiple platforms (RHEL, Ubuntu, SUSE).
  • (3+ years) Experience in use of Kubernetes (upstream or enterprise distributions).
  • (3+ years) In-depth use of Cloud-based PaaS and IaaS. Google Cloud (GCP) and Azure experience preferred.
  • (2+ years) Experience with GIT and CI/CD pipelines using Tekton, GitHub Actions, CloudBuild, and/or Jenkins.
  • (2+ years) Experience working in a ‘GitOps’ Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) driven environment (w/ tooling such as Ansible and/or terraform)
  • Demonstrable proficiency in at least one programming or scripting language (Golang or bash/shell highly preferred)
  • Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools (e.g., Dynatrace, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack).
  • Demonstrated knowledge of RESTFUL API concepts and JSON formats.
  • Working knowledge of application development architectures, web deployment methodologies and mobile technologies.
  • (3+ years) Experience directly or indirectly managing or leading software engineering, site reliability, or platform engineering teams with full-stack (planning, engineering, and operations) responsibilities
  • (3+ years) Experience leading and/or working in a globally distributed team with regional colocation of team members
  • Experience or willingness to act as an escalation point on engineering or operational issues – Including customer escalations
  • Experience working in a paired programming / engineering team, ability to mentor in such an environment
  • Experience with agile development methodologies.
  • Prior experience working with RedHat OpenShift Container Platform and OpenShift Virtualization or Certifications (CKA, CKAD, RedHat EX280 certification)
  • Knowledge of networking, security, and storage concepts as they relate to containerized environments.
  • Experience contributing to or working with open-source projects (CNCF recognized or other)
  • Experience with GitOps for managing OpenShift configurations
Benefits
  • Health insurance
  • 401(k) matching
  • Flexible work hours
  • Paid time off
  • Professional development opportunities
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
LinuxKubernetesCloud-based PaaSCloud-based IaaSGITCI/CD pipelinesInfrastructure-as-CodeGolangbashRESTFUL API
Soft Skills
leadershipmentoringcollaborationproblem-solvingcommunicationteam managementescalation managementagile methodologiesinnovationoperational efficiency
Certifications
CKACKADRedHat EX280