DevOps Engineer

Ford is embarking on an electrifying digital transformation, and our cutting-edge API ecosystem is at its very heart. We're seeking a visionary and experienced Senior Dev Ops Engineer to take a leading role in architecting and operationalizing the Dev Ops strategy for our business-critical API Gateway (Apigee). This is a unique chance to engineer robust, scalable solutions that will power seamless connectivity across Ford's global operations, directly impacting how we innovate and serve our customers.

If you're a highly motivated engineer who thrives in a dynamic, fast-paced environment, is passionate about Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), and genuinely excited to learn and adapt every single day, we invite you to help us build the future.

• Spearhead Dev Ops & Git Ops Evolution: Lead the modernization of Dev Ops tooling and CI/CD pipelines for our mission-critical Apigee API Gateway, embracing Git Ops methodologies to ensure declarative, automated, and secure deployments.

• Pioneer AIOps & Intelligent SRE: Design and evolve production operations by embedding SRE principles and leveraging AIOps tools. Utilize AI-driven observability for anomaly detection, predictive alerting, and automated incident remediation to ensure exceptional availability.

• Enable AI & Next-Gen Workloads: Architect gateway solutions that securely and efficiently route high-volume traffic for Ford’s Generative AI, LLM, and Machine Learning APIs (handling intelligent rate-limiting, caching, and payload security).

• Innovate with AI-Assisted Development: Utilize GenAI coding assistants (e.g., Git Hub Copilot) to accelerate the creation of Infrastructure as Code (IaC), automation scripts, and test-driven development (TDD) frameworks.

• Global Collaboration & On-Call: Actively participate in a global on-call rotation (currently 1 week every 10 weeks, "follow the sun" model), collaborating with an international team to ensure 24/7 operational excellence.

• Drive Strategic Alignment: Partner seamlessly across engineering, product, and security domains to champion the enterprise-wide API Gateway strategy and integrate security-as-code (Dev Sec Ops ) from day one.

• Educational Foundation: A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

• Dev Ops & CI/CD Mastery (5+ Years): Proven experience with modern CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Git Hub Actions, Tekton, Jenkins), Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Terraform), and advanced deployment techniques (blue/green, canary releases).

• Distributed Systems & Cloud Expertise (5+ Years): Deep understanding of REST API design and experience with distributed architectures running on modern platforms like Cloud Run, Kubernetes (GKE), or Open Shift.

• Programming Prowess: Proficiency in languages such as GoLang, Python, or Java to build highly effective automation, custom tooling, and integrations.

• Modern Agile & AI Literacy: Demonstrable experience working within Agile methodologies, coupled with a baseline understanding of how to utilize AI tools to enhance software engineering productivity.

• API Gateway Operations: Direct experience with enterprise API Gateway operations, troubleshooting, and management (Google Cloud Apigee experience is a strong plus).

• AI/ML Infrastructure
  
  Experience:
  
  Experience supporting MLOps, LLMOps, or integrating AI/Cognitive services via API gateways.

• Advanced SRE & AIOps Practitioner: Proven experience defining SLOs/SLIs, managing error budgets, driving blameless post-mortems, and using AI-enhanced observability platforms (e.g., Datadog Watchdog, Dynatrace, or GCP Cloud Operations).

• Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Mastery: Significant cloud architecture and operational experience specifically within the GCP ecosystem.

• Fin Ops Awareness: Experience optimizing cloud infrastructure for cost-efficiency without sacrificing performance.

• Deep API Technology Knowledge: Expertise in Swagger/OpenAPI specifications, gRPC, Graph
  
  QL, and API testing automation (e.g., Postman, REST Assured).

• Advanced
  
  Education:
  
  A Master's Degree in Computer…