Data Exchange Engineer

Ford Motor • Dearborn, MI

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About The Position

Ford is seeking an experienced Data Exchange Engineer to design, build, operate, and continuously improve secure data-integration solutions across its global partner ecosystem. The Data Exchange team provides enterprise integration capabilities that support critical business processes and Ford operations around the world. The role manages the full lifecycle of Axway B2Bi software and develops end-to-end partner integrations, with a focus on high availability, data integrity, security, and operational resilience.

The engineer works with a diverse global team and cross-functional business and technology partners to modernize user experiences, optimize operations, reduce manual effort, and deliver dependable data-exchange capabilities at enterprise scale. The position calls for technical expertise in managed file transfer, B2B integration, enterprise middleware, Linux and Windows administration, databases, scripting, and production support.

A bachelor’s degree in a related technical discipline is requested; equivalent relevant experience may be considered. The position is salary grade 7, with a stated range of $99,600–$166,600. Visa sponsorship is not provided. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, Engineering, or a related technical discipline; equivalent relevant experience may be considered.
• At least 5 years of hands-on experience installing, configuring, maintaining, and supporting Axway B2Bi solutions in an enterprise environment.
• At least 5 years of experience designing and supporting B2B partner integrations using a range of data-exchange protocols and technologies.
• Experience working with high-availability, production-critical platforms in a large, global enterprise environment.
• Experience collaborating with business partners, external trading partners, infrastructure teams, cybersecurity teams, and application-delivery organizations.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, problem-solving, documentation, communication, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Ability to work independently and effectively as part of a diverse, global, cross-functional team.
• Hands-on experience with Axway B2Bi installation, configuration, multi-node architecture, environment tuning, patching, upgrades, and production support.
• Experience designing partner integrations using SFTP, OFTP2, AS2, ALE, web services, and comparable B2B integration protocols.
• Advanced UNIX/Linux administration skills and working knowledge of Windows Server administration.
• Strong SQL skills and experience using SQL Server, Oracle, or comparable relational databases for troubleshooting, reporting, and operational analysis.
• Experience with IBM MQ Series or similar message-queuing and middleware technologies.
• Proficiency in Python and shell scripting for automation, operational tooling, integration support, and system-administration tasks.
• Understanding of enterprise security principles, including secure file transfer, authentication, authorization, encryption, certificate management, access controls, and data protection.
• Experience with monitoring, alerting, incident management, change management, performance analysis, and operational support practices.
• Ability to diagnose and resolve complex integration, infrastructure, middleware, and data-transfer issues.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States; employment eligibility verification is required at hire.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with enterprise managed-file-transfer, electronic data interchange, API integration, or partner-onboarding platforms.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms, cloud-native integration patterns, containers, or hybrid-infrastructure environments.
• Experience with DevOps practices, automated deployment pipelines, infrastructure automation, Git-based version control, or configuration management.
• Experience supporting global supply chain, manufacturing, dealer, logistics, procurement, finance, or other business-critical enterprise data flows.
• Familiarity with observability platforms, automated operational dashboards, and service-level reporting.
• Experience working in Agile delivery environments and participating in iterative product or platform modernization initiatives.
• Experience improving legacy integration platforms through automation, standardization, migration, and operational-excellence initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Lead the full lifecycle management of Axway B2Bi software, including installation, configuration, multi-node deployment, environment tuning, upgrades, patching, and operational support.
• Design, develop, implement, and support end-to-end B2B integration workflows between Ford and its global partner ecosystem.
• Configure and support partner integrations using SFTP, OFTP2, AS2, ALE, web services, and related secure data-exchange technologies.
• Ensure integration solutions meet requirements for high availability, data integrity, performance, scalability, security, recoverability, and operational continuity.
• Partner with business teams, application teams, external partners, security teams, infrastructure teams, and operations teams to gather requirements and deliver reliable integration solutions.
• Troubleshoot complex integration, connectivity, infrastructure, file-transfer, middleware, database, and application issues.
• Perform root-cause analysis for production incidents and implement long-term corrective and preventative actions.
• Develop automated monitoring, alerting, health checks, and operational-reporting solutions to improve system uptime and reduce manual intervention.
• Use Python and shell scripting to automate administrative tasks, support operational processes, improve system functionality, and increase engineering efficiency.
• Administer and support UNIX/Linux and Windows Server environments that host or enable enterprise data-exchange platforms.
• Use SQL Server, Oracle, or similar database technologies to troubleshoot issues, analyze operational data, develop reports, and support platform performance.
• Support message-queuing capabilities using IBM MQ Series or comparable messaging and middleware technologies.
• Participate in technical design reviews, platform architecture discussions, change planning, release activities, and operational-readiness assessments.
• Maintain technical documentation, including integration specifications, partner onboarding procedures, runbooks, support processes, configuration records, and recovery plans.
• Apply secure software-development, access-control, data-protection, and enterprise cybersecurity practices to integration solutions.
• Identify and execute opportunities to improve processes, standardize delivery practices, strengthen platform resilience, and enhance the customer and partner experience.
• Contribute to a collaborative global engineering culture through knowledge sharing, peer reviews, mentoring, continuous learning, and strong communication.

Benefits

• Immediate medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage
• Flexible family care, parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, and subsidized back-up child care
• 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
• Paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day
• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level