Senior Site Reliability Engineer

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We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Software Engineer to join our Messaging & Observability team, responsible for the mission-critical middleware and tooling that every engineering team at Ford relies on. You will design, build, and operate the messaging middleware platform, data management and replication tooling, and observability infrastructure that gives visibility into services running across our Kubernetes (EKS) environments — while also contributing to and supporting application development efforts as needed. You will balance strong data-driven decision-making with the ability to move forward effectively when information is incomplete.

You'll have... 

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Computer Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience) 

• 5+ years of progressive experience in cloud-based software development. 

• 5+ years of experience designing, deploying, and supporting cloud-based solutions in production environments. 

• 5+ years of experience supporting mission-critical, always-on applications with high reliability, availability, and performance requirements. 

Even better, you will have... 

• 5+ years of hands-on expertise with GCP or AWS and cloud-native services including Pub/Sub, MSK, GCS, BigQuery, and container orchestration platforms such as GKE, EKS, or Kubernetes. 

• Strong expertise in messaging technologies: Kafka, Kafka Connect, Pub/Sub, and related data replication/management tooling. 

• Strong expertise in observability technologies: OpenTelemetry, Vector, Prometheus, VictoriaMetrics, Grafana, Dynatrace. 

• Experience with infrastructure as code a d deployment automation using Terraform, as well as CI/CD tools such as Cloud Build, ArgoCD, and Tekton. 

• Experience operating and supporting critical, shared middleware infrastructure in 24x7, "always-on" production environments used by multiple downstream teams. 

• Experience developing backend applications/services (beyond middleware/infra) is a plus, given occasional need to support broader app development efforts. 

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, vision and prescription drug coverage 
• Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care and more 
• Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, 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.

This position is a leadership level 6 and ranges from $150,200-283,500
Final determination of salary grade will be based on candidate's skills and experience, and base salary will be set within the applicable range according to job scope, responsibility and competitive market value. 

For more information on salary and benefits, click here: https://fordcareers.co/LL6

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position. 

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. 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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