Technical Cloud Architect-Supply Chain Digitization

Ford•Allen Park, MI

About The Position

Set the technical direction and implementation strategy with an end-to-end view, to deliver high quality cloud solutions. Focus on overarching cloud strategy, industry trends and tool adoption and guide product teams to build best-in-class software development to support the needs and expectations of internal stakeholders. Have an opportunity to gain cross-functional experience working with teams across the enterprise in solving critical business needs. Function as a cloud architect closely collaborate with software engineers to deliver scalable IT solutions. Conduct Architecture reviews, data modeling, vendor evaluation process. Collaborate with external and internal technical peers (Product Managers, Product Designers, Software Engineers, Architects, and vendors) to design and validate technical approaches and designs. Contribute to creating systems solutions that are optimized for performance, scalability, and security. Keep awareness of technology advances and recommend innovative technical approaches consistent with Ford enterprise IT direction. Contribute to maintain a readied backlog and enable the team to go further with effective usage of Rally/Jira backlog management tool. Advocate the use of agile methodologies and ensure implementation of DevOps and software craftsmanship practices like CI/CD, TDD tools. Develop relationships and maintain a knowledge of the ecosystem. Participate in triage and debugging sessions for tool integration issues. Assist in gathering metrics to track product and data quality in meeting stakeholders' requirements. Established and active employee resource groups

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
Experience with industry standard development environment, technologies, tools, and techniques including Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery techniques, Agile Programming disciplines.
Demonstrate good judgment in selecting methods and techniques for creating solutions with an Agile Mentality
Ability to operate in an ambiguous environment with a curiosity towards new technologies and a strong desire to learn so that the team may benefit.
Good communication and collaboration skills and working with global teams.
Knowledge about API design standards, patterns, and best practices to create robust and performing integrated systems.
Ability to solve complex technical problems and accomplish tasks with minimal supervision.
Experience in developing associated business cases and plans which are detailed, actionable and aligned with industry best practices.
3+ years of Enterprise Architecture experience
2+ years of experience with Cloud technologies such as Google Cloud Platform (preferred), Amazon Web Services or Microsoft Azure. This also includes knowledge in Cloud deployment, Infrastructure as code (IaC).
Working experience with containers Openshift, Kubernetes, Docker etc.
Working experience in cloud monitoring and alerting services and capabilities.
Knowledge of cloud monitoring and alerting services and capabilities.
Full stack development experience in cloud platform.

Nice To Haves

Master's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering or related field
Experience with business domains Purchasing, MP&L, Product Development will be considered a plus.
High degree of initiative, self-motivation, and ability to work autonomously.

Responsibilities

Set the technical direction and implementation strategy with an end-to-end view, to deliver high quality cloud solutions.
Focus on overarching cloud strategy, industry trends and tool adoption and guide product teams to build best-in-class software development to support the needs and expectations of internal stakeholders.
Function as a cloud architect closely collaborate with software engineers to deliver scalable IT solutions.
Conduct Architecture reviews, data modeling, vendor evaluation process.
Collaborate with external and internal technical peers (Product Managers, Product Designers, Software Engineers, Architects, and vendors) to design and validate technical approaches and designs.
Contribute to creating systems solutions that are optimized for performance, scalability, and security.
Keep awareness of technology advances and recommend innovative technical approaches consistent with Ford enterprise IT direction.
Contribute to maintain a readied backlog and enable the team to go further with effective usage of Rally/Jira backlog management tool.
Advocate the use of agile methodologies and ensure implementation of DevOps and software craftsmanship practices like CI/CD, TDD tools.
Develop relationships and maintain a knowledge of the ecosystem.
Participate in triage and debugging sessions for tool integration issues.
Assist in gathering metrics to track product and data quality in meeting stakeholders' requirements.