Platform Engineering Architect at Ford® in Dearborn, MI

Job description

At Ford, 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 part of something bigger than ourselves. Are you ready to help change the way the world moves? Do you believe modern, secure, and scalable platforms can help teams build and deliver better software? Ford’s Marketing and Sales Technology organization depends on reliable cloud infrastructure, streamlined developer experiences, and strong platform engineering to support its eCommerce foundation. That’s where this role makes an impact. We are seeking an experienced Platform Engineering Architect to shape the architecture and evolution of Ford’s next-generation platforms. In this individual-contributor role, you will help own and manage the architecture of Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs) and Agentic Developer Platforms (ADPs), including self-service capabilities for CI/CD automation, infrastructure provisioning, and platform orchestration. This role combines hands-on cloud and platform engineering with architecture leadership, DevSecOps, automation, and technical mentorship. You will partner with product teams, senior leaders, Enterprise Architecture, IT Operations, security, SRE, and other technical domains to translate business and developer needs into secure, scalable, and highly available platform capabilities. Platform Engineering Strategy & Architecture Own and manage the architecture of Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs) and Agentic Developer Platforms (ADPs), including self-service capabilities for CI/CD automation, infrastructure provisioning, and platform orchestration. Define and evolve the infrastructure architecture for next-generation platforms, researching current and emerging technologies and recommending solutions for future workload needs. Evaluate and select technologies and tools that support product development and deployment on the eCommerce foundation layer. Partner with product teams to understand developer pain points and improve the Developer Experience through platform engineering capabilities. Collaborate with stakeholders to understand business needs and translate them into technical and non-functional specifications. Work with senior leaders across Ford’s Enterprise Architecture and IT Operations organizations to deliver measurable improvements to the eCommerce platform. Champion platform engineering and observability practices across the organization. Cloud Infrastructure, Automation & DevSecOps Design, develop, and maintain secure, scalable cloud infrastructure platforms using modern DevSecOps and platform engineering practices. Provision and automate Google Cloud infrastructure, including VPCs, subnets, gateways, security groups, managed services, and Kubernetes clusters. Build and maintain infrastructure automation using tools such as Terraform, Packer, Ansible, shell scripting, NX Cloud, Helm, and Argo CD. Conduct Infrastructure as Code reviews and automate the deployment of cloud infrastructure. Build repeatable automation for DevSecOps tasks and improve software engineer productivity through integrated CI/CD and infrastructure provisioning services. Establish and apply best practices for code quality, security, performance, and scalability using tools such as SonarQube, Cycode, 42Crunch, Astra, build-time container vulnerability scanning, and FOSSA. Apply patch management, security controls, and operational practices that support platform reliability and maintainability. Developer Platforms, Cloud-Native Systems & AI Develop and maintain self-service platform products for CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, cloud services, and observability. Apply cloud-native architectures and technologies, including microservices, micro frontends, APIs, serverless, Kubernetes, and Docker. Support architectures and services using Google Cloud Platform (GCP), including Compute Engine, Cloud Run, GKE, Cloud Operations suite, Anthos, Pub/Sub, Dataflow