DevOps/Release Engineer
Auto Req ID:
30682BR
Job Title:
DevOps/Release Engineer
Location:
Dearborn
State:
MI
Company:
Ford Motor Company
Job Description
Position Overview/Description:
Ford is looking for a seasoned Next Gen Cloud DevOps/Release Engineer to support our Next Gen Data Center Release Engineering effort in Standard Compute - This is exciting team to join. We are engineering on-Prem cloud for infrastructure services to enable DevOps culture in ITO. We are using DevOps tools like Git, Jenkins, Concourse, CHEF, vRA/vRO to build on-prem cloud. We are also using Agile/Kanban boards to track our projects and this team integrates with 14 other Product Owners who are engineering in Standard Compute.
Responsibilities:
Basic Qualifications:
Preferred Qualifications:
The distance between imagination and … creation. It can be measured in years of innovation, or in moments of brilliance. When you join the Ford team, you discover all the benefits, rewards and development opportunities you’d expect from a diverse global leader. You’ll become part of a team that is already leading the way, with ingenious solutions and attainable products – and it is always ready to go further.
Candidates for positions with Ford Motor Company must be legally authorized to work in the United States on a permanent basis. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
Ford Motor Company is 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.
Ford is looking for a seasoned Next Gen Cloud DevOps/Release Engineer to support our Next Gen Data Center Release Engineering effort in Standard Compute - This is exciting team to join. We are engineering on-Prem cloud for infrastructure services to enable DevOps culture in ITO. We are using DevOps tools like Git, Jenkins, Concourse, CHEF, vRA/vRO to build on-prem cloud. We are also using Agile/Kanban boards to track our projects and this team integrates with 14 other Product Owners who are engineering in Standard Compute.
Responsibilities:
- DevOps/Release Eng will create and maintain integration backlog, work with product owners and coordinate dependencies & Release source code(CHEF, Habitat, vRA/vRO) in production
- Help to drive engineering effort of Product Driven Delivery Pipeline(CI/CD) to promote DevOps culture with CHEF, Jenkins, Habitat, etc.
- Serve as the primary technical contact for automation integration teams
- Communicate release changes and coordinate testing with infrastructure integration teams (build necessary artifacts and automated tooling to support)
- Design and document integration requirements and specifications with CHEF and vRA/vRO & CHEF Habitat codes
- Own and lead initiatives to define, design, and implement DevOps solutions
- Implement, maintain and improve continuous integration and continuous delivery environments
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree
- 3+ years of development or infrastructure as code background.
- 2+ years' Configuration Management Suites like Chef, Puppet or Ansible,Git or other Source Control (SVN, CVS, Accurev, etc.) and GitHub
- 2+ years' Programming - Work with multiple emerging programming languages (Groovy, Ruby, Python, Perl etc.), Scripting Bash, PowerShell, etc.
- 1+ year of experience with architectural skills such that they can identify architectural gaps in an integration and advise what new architecture would make integration easier / more stable.
- 5+ years of experience of coding
Preferred Qualifications:
- MUST BE a self-starter, capable of working independently and in teams with minimum supervision
- Must have excellent communication skills and technical writing skills (Communicate technical design through diagrams, documents, and presentations)
- Ability to work with a variety of cross functional teams to develop automation with services and for required tools
- Be an advocate for DevOps mindset and culture, collaboration, flexibility, cross domain knowledge, empathy
- Self-driven individual who can understand requirements, develop and coach others as needed with a devOps mindset.
- Develop, document, test, and use REST APIs
- Experience with DevOps tools like CI/CD Jenkins, Concourse etc.
- Ability to prioritize and lead multiple concurrent work streams globally to meet deadlines
- Strong oral and written communication skills, including presentation development and general consulting
- Understand IT landscape, critical cross-program dependencies, Test Driven Development, release and deployment activities, environment and data management concepts
- Ability to apply critical thinking, research and present alternatives, Excellent organization skills and attention to details
- Motivated self-starter with an ability to operate independently. Strong desire to learn and make a difference
- Must be comfortable working in PDO environments
- Some hands-on experience in deployment and operations, experienced with Production environment with customer-facing SLAs & how to determine root cause and what is the safest way to return the environment to functionality.
- Experience in working with agile teams, rapid and successful delivery is a plus
The distance between imagination and … creation. It can be measured in years of innovation, or in moments of brilliance. When you join the Ford team, you discover all the benefits, rewards and development opportunities you’d expect from a diverse global leader. You’ll become part of a team that is already leading the way, with ingenious solutions and attainable products – and it is always ready to go further.
Candidates for positions with Ford Motor Company must be legally authorized to work in the United States on a permanent basis. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
Ford Motor Company is 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.