Platform Engineering Manager

Job ID: 72154
Location: Dearborn, Michigan
Category: Enterprise Technology

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Job Type: Full time
Work Type: Hybrid

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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 a secure, reliable developer platform can help teams deliver better products, faster? Ford’s Marketing and Sales Technology organization depends on scalable cloud infrastructure, automated delivery, and strong platform engineering to support its eCommerce foundation. That’s where this role makes an impact.

We are seeking an experienced Platform Engineering Manager to lead the delivery and ongoing evolution of Ford’s Internal Developer Platform (IDP). You will guide the development of self-service capabilities for CI/CD automation, infrastructure provisioning, and platform orchestration, helping product teams improve their development experience and deliver software securely and efficiently.

This role combines platform engineering and cloud expertise with people leadership, delivery accountability, and cross-functional collaboration. You will partner with product teams, platform architects, Enterprise Architecture, IT Operations, security, SRE, and release-management teams to translate business needs into technical capabilities and measurable platform outcomes.

Platform Strategy, Roadmap & Delivery

Own and manage the Internal Developer Platform, including self-service services for CI/CD automation, infrastructure provisioning, and platform orchestration.
Lead delivery and evolution of next-generation platform capabilities in partnership with platform architects and technical teams.
Research existing and emerging technologies and recommend solutions that support future infrastructure and cloud-native workloads.
Evaluate tools and technologies for developing and deploying products on Ford’s eCommerce foundation layer.
Partner with product teams to understand developer challenges and prioritize platform capabilities that improve Developer Experience.
Collaborate with stakeholders to translate business needs into technical and non-functional specifications.
Work with senior leaders across Enterprise Architecture and IT Operations to deliver measurable improvements to the platform.

Team Leadership & Organizational Effectiveness

Lead, coach, and develop platform engineering team members, setting clear priorities, expectations, and accountability for delivery.
Mentor engineers to strengthen their technical capabilities and support their professional growth.
Build a collaborative, high-performing team focused on secure, reliable, and customer-centered platform services.
Foster knowledge sharing, continuous improvement, and disciplined execution across the platform engineering organization.
Work effectively with global teams in remote and virtual environments.
Facilitate technical discussions across diverse perspectives and help teams reach decisions or recommendations.
Communicate effectively with executive leaders and stakeholders inside and outside the technology organization.
Lead teams through change and build trusted partnerships across cloud, security, SRE, release management, and software engineering.

Cloud Platform Engineering & DevSecOps

Design, develop, and maintain secure, scalable cloud infrastructure platforms using modern DevSecOps and platform engineering practices.
Manage platform services using Google Cloud Platform (GCP), including Compute Engine, Cloud Run, GKE, Cloud Operations suite, Anthos, Pub/Sub, Dataflow, Cloud Scheduler, Bigtable, AlloyDB, and other managed services.
Guide provisioning and management of cloud infrastructure, including VPCs, subnets, gateways, security groups, managed services, Kubernetes clusters, GKE, and Red Hat OpenShift.
Lead Infrastructure as Code reviews and the automation and deployment of cloud infrastructure.
Guide automation using tools such as Terraform, Packer, Ansible, shell scripting, NX Cloud, Helm, and Argo CD.
Manage and improve CI/CD capabilities using tools such as Tekton, GitHub Actions, and Jenkins.
Establish and implement best practices for code quality, security, performance, and scalability using tools such as SonarQube, Cycode, 42Crunch, Astra, JFrog Xray, build-time container vulnerability scanning, and FOSSA.
Build automation for repeatable DevSecOps tasks and connect CI/CD with infrastructure services to improve software engineering productivity.

Reliability, Security & Observability

Lead adoption of DevSecOps, observability, and platform engineering practices across the organization.
Oversee patch management and use monitoring and APM tools such as Dynatrace, AppDynamics, Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK to support platform health and alerting.
Guide implementation and management of auto-scaling, high availability, disaster recovery, and multi-region Active/Active and Active/Passive architectures.
Apply cloud-native practices to support scalable, reliable, and available platform services.
Partner with technical teams to address security, performance, and operational concerns across the platform.
Manage Cloud FinOps practices to monitor and optimize cloud infrastructure consumption costs.

Transformation, Innovation & Continuous Improvement

Advance Shift Left practices for quality, security, and open-source software, alongside Shift Right platform engineering practices.
Support adoption of AI-enabled automation and AIOps to improve platform operations and Developer Experience.
Guide the deployment, evaluation, and monitoring of AI agents used for platform engineering service automation.
Use platform, delivery, reliability, and cost insights to identify improvements and inform platform priorities.
Promote cloud-native development and platform practices across Ford’s Marketing and Sales Technology organization.

We recognize that no one person will embody every quality or skill listed below. If you are passionate about cloud platforms, developer experience, and leading teams that deliver secure and reliable platform services, we encourage you to apply.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related discipline—or equivalent relevant experience.
Preferred degree: Bachelor of Engineering.

Experience

12+ years of relevant professional experience.
Experience developing and maintaining self-service platform products for CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, cloud services, and observability.
Experience leading platform engineering delivery, cloud infrastructure initiatives, or DevSecOps adoption.
Experience managing or operating services on GCP and supporting cloud-native application development.
Experience with team leadership, mentoring, technical delivery, and coordinating across multiple stakeholder groups.
Experience working with product teams to understand requirements and improve developer productivity and experience.
Experience driving high availability, disaster recovery, auto-scaling, and multi-region platform practices.
Experience partnering with cloud, security, SRE, and release-management teams.
Strong communication, interpersonal, facilitation, and problem-solving skills, including the ability to work effectively with executive leadership and global teams.

Required Technical Experience

Experience developing and maintaining self-service platform products for CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, cloud services, and observability.
Strong experience with GCP services, including Compute Engine, Cloud Run, GKE, Cloud Operations suite, Anthos, Pub/Sub, Dataflow, Cloud Scheduler, Bigtable, AlloyDB, and other managed services.
Experience managing cloud infrastructure provisioning, including VPCs, subnets, gateways, security groups, managed services, and Kubernetes clusters.
Expertise with Infrastructure as Code and automation using Terraform, Packer, Ansible, shell scripting, NX Cloud, Helm, and Argo CD.
Experience with CI/CD tools such as Tekton, GitHub Actions, and Jenkins.
Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, GKE, and Red Hat OpenShift.
Knowledge of DevSecOps and platform security tools, including SonarQube, Cycode, 42Crunch, Astra, JFrog Xray, container vulnerability scanning, and FOSSA.
Experience with cloud-native architectures, including microservices, micro frontends, event-driven systems, APIs, Domain-Driven Design, serverless, and containerized applications.
Working knowledge of microservices frameworks such as Spring Boot or Micronaut.
Experience building scalable, reliable, and available cloud-native or transactional systems, including multi-tenant environments.
Strong engineering and delivery background, with the ability to guide technical talent on quality and delivery practices.

Preferred Experience

Experience with Agentic AI, AIOps, or deploying, evaluating, and monitoring AI agents for platform engineering automation.
Experience implementing and managing auto-scaling, disaster recovery, high availability, and multi-region Active/Active or Active/Passive configurations.
Expertise with patch management and observability/APM tools such as Dynatrace, AppDynamics, Prometheus, Grafana, or ELK.
Experience with Cloud FinOps and optimizing cloud infrastructure consumption costs.
Experience with five-nines availability, multi-tenancy, containerization, and performance testing.
Experience driving Shift Left quality, security, and open-source software practices and Shift Right platform engineering adoption.

You may not check every box, or your experience may look a little different from what we've outlined, but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company, we encourage you to apply!

As an established global company, we offer the benefit of choice. You can choose what your Ford future will look like: will your story span the globe, or keep you close to home? Will your career be a deep dive into what you love, or a series of new teams and new skills? Will you be a leader, a changemaker, a technical expert, a culture builder…or all of the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:

Immediate medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage
Flexible family care, parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care and more
Vehicle discount program for employees and family members, and management leases
Tuition assistance
Established and active employee resource groups
Paid time off for individual and team community service
A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day
Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.

For a detailed look at our benefits, click here: Benefit Summary

This position is a salary grade LL6.

This position is leadership level 6 and ranges from $132,800-$250,800.

*Visa Sponsorship is not provided for this role*

Candidates for positions with Ford Motor Company must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a culturally diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status or protected veteran status. In the United States, If you need a reasonable accommodation for the online application process due to a disability, please call 1-888-336-0660.

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From day one, Ford invests in you with medical benefits built to help you plan for what’s next. You’ll also get support for you and your family that meets you at every step, so you can move forward with confidence.

Health and Wellness

Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, mental health, and unique wellness perks keep you and your family supported every step of the way.
Financial and Retirement Programs

Build a strong financial future with robust retirement contributions, savings programs, and free personalized financial planning tools.
Flexible Vacation and Holidays

Enjoy your time away from work with generous vacation, holidays, and flexible family leave designed to help you balance life and work with ease.
Vehicle Discount Program

The best thing about building great products is driving them! The second-best thing: sharing your discount with family and friends so they can drive them, too.
Family Growth and Support

Grow your family confidently with fertility, surrogacy, and adoption assistance, paid parental leave, and a supportive new-parent ramp-up program.
Additional Programs

Enjoy unexpected extras like pet insurance, legal services, identity protection, and access to convenient health and wellness services.

Ford gives me the space to innovate, to lead, and to serve — all while staying true to who I am as an engineer, educator, and parent. It’s not just a career; it’s a community that drives change.

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