Solution Architect
Ford Motor Company
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Solution Architect – Supply Chain Intelligence
Ford Motor Company
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Dearborn • Missouri • 🇺🇸 United States
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Mid-LevelSenior
Tech Stack
CloudGoogle Cloud PlatformIoTOracle
About the role
- Solution Architect – Supply Chain Intelligence will work with Product Delivery Teams to design and implement technical solutions for Ford’s Supply Chain Logistics portfolio.
- Responsibilities will include cloud data platform engineering, location-tracking hardware strategy, & AI/ML work for Inbound Material Logistics, Mfg. Plant Material Flow, and Outbound Finished Vehicle Logistics.
- Solution Architect will define technology decisions across Ford in-house built applications and vendor solutions to modernize Ford’s Supply Chain.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
- Five or more years of experience as solution architect, software engineer, or equivalent.
- Experience with industry supply chain logistics and material flow systems (TMS, WMS, YMS, etc.).
- Previous experience as data engineer and/or software developer.
- Strong architecture knowledge with experience in providing technical solutions for cloud infrastructure. Google Cloud Platform experience is a plus.
- Strong system design knowledge of data platforms, including the ingestion of various IoT location sources, real-time data visibility and APIs, and historical analytical reports. Experience with AI/ML models in addition to data platforms is a plus.
- Previous experience with Transportation Management System(s). Including, but not limited to, Blue Yonder, Oracle TM, SAP TMS, e2open TM, Manhattan TM.
- Previous experience with IoT Location tracking hardware and software solutions (BLE, RFID, Vision Systems, etc.)
- Experience with microservice architecture, REST APIs, Event-Driven Messaging patterns, and distributed cloud systems.
- Experience with Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles and hands-on application development. Understand how to architect highly available, performant, scalable, global solutions.
- Self-starter, ability to work independently.
- Self-researcher, ability to research technologies and provide insight to product team.
- Strong communication skills, both verbal and written.
- Previous experience with multi-team, large-scale projects and incorporating all levels of architecture development (Business, Solution, Application, Infrastructure).
- Negotiation skills and ability to work with a diverse set of stakeholders and customers.
Benefits
- Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
- Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up childcare 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
cloud data platform engineeringAI/MLsystem designdata platformsIoT location trackingmicroservice architectureREST APIsEvent-Driven MessagingSite Reliability Engineeringapplication development
Soft skills
self-starterindependent workself-researcherstrong communicationnegotiation skillsstakeholder managementteam collaborationproject managementproblem-solvingadaptability
Certifications
Bachelor’s Degree in Computer ScienceBachelor’s Degree in EngineeringBachelor’s Degree in related field