Engineering Manager – DevOps, SRE

Ford Motor Company

Engineering Manager leading DevOps teams at Ford to implement strategies and automated processes for optimized operations. Ensuring reliable and secure systems while guiding infrastructure as code adoption.

Posted 5/8/2026full-timeDearborn • Missouri • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorLead💰 $132,800 - $250,800 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AnsibleAWSAzureBigQueryCloudGoogle Cloud PlatformGrafanaJenkinsMongoDBNoSQLPostgresPythonSplunkSQLTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Team Leadership: Managing and mentoring DevOps engineers, overseeing project workflows, and setting team goals.
Infrastructure Management: Building, testing, and maintaining cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) and infrastructure as code.
Pipeline Automation: Building and optimizing CI/CD pipelines to ensure efficient software delivery.
System Reliability & Monitoring: Monitoring software performance, troubleshooting system errors, and implementing preventative measures to ensure high uptime.
Collaboration & Process Improvement: Bridging development and operations teams, improving collaboration, and optimizing development workflows.
Security & Compliance: Ensuring security best practices are implemented throughout the software development lifecycle.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related technical field (or equivalent professional experience).
7+ years of software engineering experience with a deep focus on automation and infrastructure.
5+ years of experience scripting (Python, Bash), CI/CD orchestration (Jenkins, GitLab CI), and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible).
3+ years of experience deploying and managing enterprise-scale platforms on major cloud providers (GCP, AWS, or Azure).
3+ years of experience in a formal people leadership role, with a demonstrated ability to manage complex projects, communicate effectively across teams, and solve high-impact technical challenges.
**Even better, if you have... **
Prior experience and knowledge of observability tools like Dynatrace, Grafana, and Splunk.
Familiarity with Google Cloud and its services, such as Cloud SQL, Big Table, Big Query, PubSub, and Dataflows.
Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases like PostgreSQL and MongoDB.
Experience overseeing SaaS platform operations and support.
Passionate about the automotive and transportation industry.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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

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Hard Skills & Tools

PythonBashCI/CDJenkinsGitLab CITerraformAnsibleAWSAzureGCP

Soft Skills

team leadershipmentoringcommunicationcollaborationprocess improvementproblem-solving