Cloud Platform Engineering Director
Job Summary
Seeking a visionary Director, Cloud Platform Engineering, the full-time role will manage Ford's cloud database and analytics platforms on Google Cloud Platform (GCP), driving strategy, architecture, and engineering while fostering a culture of innovation and automation.
Key responsibilities
- Set a multi-year strategic roadmap for cloud databases and analytics, anticipating future AI, security, and scale requirements
- Own the Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) strategy, enabling self-service provisioning and guiding Product Development Organizations in database architecture selection
- Lead a global team of platform engineers and architects, promoting a platform engineering mindset and driving cost optimization across database and analytics platforms
Required qualifications
- 15+ years in software engineering, cloud architecture, and data platform services with significant leadership experience
- Proven ownership of large-scale database and analytics environments on GCP
- Strong hands-on experience with Infrastructure-as-Code tooling and practices
- Direct experience with SaaS database platforms and cost-optimization initiatives
- Bachelor's degree required; Master's degree preferred
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