Platform Engineering Manager
Core
Lead the delivery and evolution of Ford's Internal Developer Platform (IDP), enabling self-service CI/CD automation, infrastructure provisioning, and platform orchestration for the Marketing and Sales Technology organization.
Role type
Senior Platform Engineering Manager (Cloud/DevSecOps)
Builds
Internal Developer Platform (IDP), self-service CI/CD pipelines, cloud-native infrastructure, and platform services for eCommerce.
Domain
Automotive Technology, Cloud Infrastructure, DevSecOps
Required skills
Platform engineering, Cloud infrastructure (GCP), DevSecOps, Team leadership, Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD automation, Kubernetes, Observability, Cost optimization (FinOps), AI/AIOps adoption.
Preferred skills
Bachelor of Engineering degree.
Technologies
Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Kubernetes (GKE, OpenShift), Terraform, Ansible, Tekton, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Dynatrace, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, AI agents.
Responsibilities
Own and manage the Internal Developer Platform; Lead delivery of next-generation platform capabilities; Research and recommend emerging technologies; Lead, coach, and develop platform engineering team members; Design and maintain secure, scalable cloud infrastructure; Lead adoption of DevSecOps and observability practices; Manage Cloud FinOps practices; Guide implementation of high availability and disaster recovery architectures.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with people leadership
