DevOps Enablement Engineer

Join the Global Dev Tools team within the Enterprise Platform Engineering and Operations (EPEO) organization to build and operate the cloud-native platform that powers Ford's Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC). As a Senior Dev Ops Engineer, you will play a hands-on, technical role in enabling Product Development Office (PDO) teams. You will design, build, and operate the infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and automation that let engineering teams ship reliably and often.

Your work will center around Ford's core tech stack, featuring Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and Azure for cloud infrastructure, and Git Hub Enterprise with Git Hub Actions and Jenkins for CI/CD. Infrastructure is fully codified with Terraform, with Git Hub Actions Runner Controller (ARC) self-hosted runners deployed on Kubernetes (GKE) to power scalable, on-demand CI/CD. You'll support Actions workflows that build and deploy Java (Spring Boot), Go, and Python applications, orchestrate AI agents to automate operational toil, lead technical evaluations of emerging AI developer and infrastructure tools, and ensure all platform systems meet Ford's stringent performance, security, and scalability benchmarks.

• Build the platform. Use Terraform to provision and manage GCP infrastructure — GKE clusters, VMs, storage buckets, networking, and other resources as the platform grows — with Config Sync driving Git Ops-style deployment of the Git Hub Actions Runner Controller (ARC) and other workloads onto GKE. Lay the foundation for expanding into additional GCP services (Cloud Run, Compute Engine, Cloud Functions, IAM) and Azure as platform needs evolve.
• Core scripting, config, and version control. Write and maintain YAML for pipeline definitions, Kubernetes manifests, and Git Ops configs; use Git and Git Hub Enterprise fluently for branching, PR workflows, and repository management; script in Bash/Shell (in addition to Python/Go) to glue together automation, tooling, and day-to-day operational tasks.
• Automate everything that shouldn't be manual. Infrastructure-as-code (Terraform), self-service pipelines, auto-remediation. If a human repeats it, write the code — or point an agent at it — to stop it.
• Own CI/CD end to end. Design, develop, and optimize robust, automated Git Hub Actions workflows and Jenkins pipelines that package, test, and deploy software platform utilities. Support workflows that build and deploy Java (Spring Boot), Go, and Python applications, letting engineers ship multiple times a day with confidence.
• API & Backend Integration. Design, develop, and secure backend APIs and integrations using Java (Spring Boot), Go, or Python; integrate with enterprise API gateways (Apigee) using OAuth2 and JWT, and support API lifecycle management across platform tooling.
• Run containers and orchestration in production. Build, secure, and operate container images with Docker and/or Podman, and run them at scale on Kubernetes (GKE) — including the parts that break: crash loops, resource contention, networking edge cases, and noisy-neighbor problems. Bring the operational maturity to diagnose and fix these fast, and to harden the platform against recurrence.
• Engineer reliability and observability in. SLOs, monitoring, alerting that means something, and incident response that gets calmer every quarter. Leverage GCP Big Query and Data Studio (Looker Studio) to build observability and platform-health dashboards that surface real signal to stakeholders. Make on-call boring.
• Own incident response. Bring a strong troubleshooting mindset to production issues — diagnose root cause quickly under pressure, drive incidents to resolution, and turn each one into a lasting fix rather than a repeat page.
• Secure the path. Bake security and compliance…