Cloud Platform Engineering and Operations Manager, Azure, Dynamics

Ford Motor Company

Azure and Dynamics Cloud Platform Engineering and Operations Manager at Ford. Leading a global team in enhancing cloud infrastructure and automating processes for better service delivery.

Posted 5/12/2026full-timeRemote • Missouri • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $132,800 - $250,800 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloudGoGoogle Cloud PlatformPythonTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead and provide technical guidance to a global team of 6 cloud engineers, cultivating a culture of proactive continuous improvement leveraging automation and AI.
Drive Developer Experience by achieving feature parity with GCP; transition manual Azure processes to automated workflows leveraging project Chassis framework and AI.
Lead day-to-day operations for a global platform team, managing a 'follow-the-sun' support model across North America (NA) and Asia-Pacific (AP) regions.
Oversee incident response and escalation workflows, ensuring the team meets or exceeds MTT(x) goals.
Define and maintain the Azure/Dynamics platform strategy and roadmap within Jira; ensure strict adherence to Jira practices and PI planning.
Conduct financial forecasting and reviews for Azure and Dynamics; manage Microsoft licensing/pricing (PAYG/RI), cost calculators, and cost alerts.
Improve platform security by remediating NIST violations and ensuring standards are enforced by deploying custom Azure policies to block non-compliant infrastructure.
Upskill the team in Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) and DevOps principles; proactively encourage the integration of Copilot and AI/Agentic solutions.
Assist customers with onboarding and answering technical questions related to the Dynamics platform.
Define and document back up strategies for Azure hosted solutions.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a closely related technical discipline.
Strong leadership skills with preferably 3+ years of proven leadership experience
Experience managing teams in a 24x7 global support environment and on-call rotation.
Proven ability to take an ownership role in projects, driving tasks to completion through PI planning and agile methodologies.
5+ years of experience in Cloud infrastructure & service management and administration (Azure; AWS or GCP experience is a plus).
Deep understanding of NIST Security Standards and remediation strategies.
Firm grasp of Microsoft Entra (formerly Azure AD), including Roles, API Permission grants, Elevated Permissions, and Privileged Identity Management (PIM).
Experience implementing and managing Azure Policy at scale.
Proficiency in Terraform, ARM templates, Go (Golang), PowerShell, and Python.
Understanding of basic AI principles and best practices.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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

Cloud infrastructure managementAzureAWSGCPTerraformARM templatesGoPowerShellPythonSite Reliability Engineering

Soft Skills

leadershipteam managementownershipproactive improvementcommunicationcollaborationproblem-solvingtechnical guidancecustomer supportagile methodologies

Certifications

Bachelor's Degree in Computer ScienceBachelor's Degree in Software EngineeringBachelor's Degree in Information Technology