at Ford Motor Company in Augusta, Maine, United States
Job Description
We are the movers of the world and the makers of the future. We get up every day, roll up our sleeves and build a better world — together. At Ford, we’re all a part of something bigger than ourselves. Are you ready to change the way the world moves?
Our Enterprise Technology team is at the forefront of shaping the future of mobility. If you’re passionate about utilizing advanced technology to revolutionize transportation, enhance customer experiences, and positively impact lives, this role is for you. Join us and apply your IT expertise and analytical skills to help us create smarter vehicles.
Enterprise Technology is seeking a visionary Global Director of Cloud Network Engineering to spearhead the modernization of Cloud Connectivity in our Multi-Cloud environment. As Ford embarks on a transformative journey to public cloud adoption, this leadership role will be pivotal in redefining our product portfolio for the cloud era. This is a prime opportunity to leverage your expertise in product design, technology, and software-defined networking to create innovative Cloud Connectivity services.
In this position…
The Global Director of Cloud Network Engineering will develop, manage, and support networking products within Cloud environments. This hands-on role involves working with multi-cloud setups, software-as-a-service, and connectivity to private data centers. You will be responsible for leading a team of cloud network engineers and driving the tactical and operational aspects of Cloud-Native Networking.
SOUTHEAST MI RESIDENTS: Please note, this job is posted as remote unless the selected candidate lives within 50 miles of Dearborn, MI, then if may require hybrid onsite schedule, up to 60% of the time.
What you’ll do…
+ Cloud Networking Architecture: Develop and implement advanced cloud-native networking designs primarily within Google Cloud Platform (GCP), incorporating services such as VPC, Cloud Load Balancing, Cloud Interconnect, and Cloud CDN.
+ Team Leadership: Lead and mentor a team of engineers specializing in cloud-native networking solutions, ensuring the adoption of best practices and continuous professional development.
+ Containerization and Microservices: Emphasize the use of containerization technologies like Kubernetes (K8s) and Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) for managing and scaling network infrastructure.
+ Network Automation: Drive the automation of network deployment and management processes using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, Ansible etc.
+ Multi- Cloud Connectivity: Design and manage multi-cloud connectivity solutions, ensuring seamless integration between GCP, Azure, AWS, and on-premises data centers.
+ Network Performance Optimization: Monitor, analyze, and optimize network performance, employing techniques like traffic shaping, load balancing, and network path optimization.
+ Advanced Security Implementation: Implement robust security measures including network segmentation, zero-trust architecture, service mesh (e.g., Istio), and identity-aware proxies.
+ High Availability and Disaster Recovery: Architect highly available and fault-tolerant network solutions with disaster recovery capabilities across multiple cloud environments.
+ Network Troubleshooting: Lead efforts in network troubleshooting and incident response, utilizing advanced diagnostic tools and techniques such as packet capture analysis, flow monitoring, and synthetic testing.
+ Compliance and Security Best Practices: Ensure adherence to industry standards and compliance requirements (e.g., GDPR, HIPAA) by implementing security frameworks such as NIST and CIS benchmarks.
+ Emerging Technologies: Stay updated with the latest advancements in cloud networking technologies, conducting research and proof-of-concepts (POCs) to evaluate their potential benefits.
Your key competencies, experiences & skills include…
+ Experience in designing and implementing networking for major cloud service providers (GPC, Azure, AWS)
+ Expertise in software-defined infrastructure, infrastructure as code, automation, and technology optimization
+ Extensive experience in infrastructure strategy, public and private cloud, security, server, storage, and operations
+ Experience in hybrid and multi-cloud migration strategy, planning, and implementation
+ Experience driving monitoring, SLI/SLO/SLA observability, and understanding of service contracts and delivery
+ High degree of expertise in Cloud networking – virtual networks, network security groups, cloud routers, transit gateways, VPN tunnels, cloud DNS, traffic managers, cloud & load balancers, Cloud WANs, and SDWAN
+ Experience with Kubernetes (K8s), OpenShift, container networking interfaces, and services deployment
+ Container management and deployment experience
+ Passion in driving enhanced security, segmentation, and cloud-based architectures into product/application teams
+ Highly collaborative w/ strong influencing skills, ambitious, highly resourceful, self-driven and results oriented
+ Effectively communicate, commit people to action, and convey complex information in easily understood formats
+ Exceptional communication instincts and practices that keep stakeholders informed and included
+ Recruit, develop, inspire, and retain a high-performing network infrastructure professionals
+ Manages a portfolio of projects in a fast-paced environment, adapting to shifting priorities
+ Experiences working in a matrixed team structure and influencing across product areas
+ Inspires creativity and out of the box thinking in developing product ideas and problem solving.
You’ll have…
+ Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering or related field or a combination of education and equivalent work experience
+ 10+ years of IT experience, with at least 7 years leading large high-performance technical delivery projects.
+ 5+ years’ experience in designing and implementing networking for major cloud providers (GCP, Azure, AWS) at scale.
+ 4+ years of experience in designing, building, and managing Network services for hybrid and multi-cloud environments for large enterprises.
+ 2+ years of experience with network transformation and modernization, including building software-defined networking.
Even better, you may have…
+ Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Business Administration or related field
+ Extensive expertise in software-defined infrastructure, automation, and technology optimization.
+ Strong experience in infrastructure strategy, public and private cloud, and network security.
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 the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:
+ Immediate medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage
+ Flexible family care, parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up childcare 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
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