Ford Motor Company

Site Reliability Engineer

Ford Motor Company$85K — $192K *
US-AnywhereRemote in Irvine, CA
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or equivalent work experience.
  • 3+ years of experience as an SRE, Software Engineer, DevOps Engineer or similar role.
  • Solid programming skills in Golang and scripting languages, understanding software development best practices.
  • Proficient with monitoring and observability tools, particularly OpenTelemetry or Dynatrace.
  • Proficient with cloud services, with a strong preference for Kubernetes and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) experience.
  • Experience with relational and document databases.
  • Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work under pressure.

Responsibilities

  • Write, configure, and deploy code in Go and Javascript to improve service reliability.
  • Optimize performance and cost within Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
  • Lead debugging, troubleshooting, and analysis of service architecture and design.
  • Drive repair/optimization of complex systems, considering various factors.
  • Participate in on-call rotation and provide actionable feedback for code changes.
  • Implement and manage SRE monitoring application backends using Golang and Terraform.
  • Collaborate with development teams to enhance system reliability and performance.

Benefits

  • Immediate medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage.
  • Flexible family care days and paid parental leave.
  • Family building benefits, including adoption and fertility treatments.
  • Vehicle discount program for employees and family members.
  • Tuition assistance to support further education.
  • Established employee resource groups for community and networking.
  • Generous paid time off, including holidays and community service days.
Full Job Description
Ford is seeking an experienced and passionate Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to join our team in developing, enhancing, and expanding our global monitoring and observability platform. You9ll blend software and systems engineering to ensure the uptime, scalability, and maintainability of our critical cloud services. You9ll be at the intersection of SRE and Software Development, building and driving the adoption of our global monitoring capabilities. If you9re passionate about using your IT expertise and analytical skills to shape the future of transportation, this is your opportunity to make a real impact. Join us and be part of a team that9s building the future of mobility! Responsibilities - Write, configure, and deploy code in Go and Javascript that improves service reliability for existing or new systems; set standard for others with respect to code quality. - Work within Google Cloud Platform (GCP) infrastructure, optimizing performance and cost, and scaling resources to meet demand. - Provide helpful and actionable feedback and review for code or production changes. - Drive repair/optimization of complex systems with consideration towards a wide range of contributing factors. - Lead debugging, troubleshooting, and analysis of service architecture and design. - Participate in on-call rotation. - Write documentation: design, system analysis, runbooks, playbooks. Provide design feedback and uplevel design skills of others. - Implement and manage SRE monitoring application backends using Golang, Postgres, and OpenTelemetry. Develop tooling using Terraform and other IaC tools to ensure visibility and proactive issue detection across our platforms. - Collaborate with development teams to enhance system reliability and performance, applying a platform engineering mindset to system administration tasks. - Develop and maintain automated solutions for operational aspects such as on-call monitoring, performance tuning, and disaster recovery. - Troubleshoot and resolve issues in our dev, test, and production environments. - Participate in postmortem analysis and create preventative measures for future incidents. - Implement and maintain security best practices across our infrastructure, ensuring compliance with industry standards and internal policies. Participate in security audits and vulnerability assessments. - Participate in capacity planning and forecasting efforts to ensure our systems can handle future growth and demand. Analyze trends and make recommendations for resource allocation. - Identify and address performance bottlenecks through code profiling, system analysis, and configuration tuning. Implement and monitor performance metrics to proactively identify and resolve issues. - Develop, maintain, and test disaster recovery plans and procedures to ensure business continuity in the event of a major outage or disaster. Participate in regular disaster recovery exercises. - Contribute to internal knowledge bases and documentation. Qualifications - Bachelor9s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or equivalent work experience. - 3+ years of experience as an SRE, Software Engineer, DevOps Engineer or similar role. - Solid programming skills in Golang and scripting languages, with a good understanding of software development best practices. - Proficient with monitoring and observability tools, particularly OpenTelemetry, Dynatrace or other tools. - Proficient with cloud services, with a strong preference for Kubernetes and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) experience. - Experience with relational and document databases. - Ability to debug, optimize code, and automate routine tasks. - Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced environment. - Excellent verbal and written communication skills. You may not check every box, or your experience may look a little different from what we9ve 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 Year9s Day
  • Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.
For a detailed look at our benefits, click here: https://fordcareers.co/GSR This position ranges from salary grade 6-8 and ranges from $85,400-$192,900. Final determination of salary grade will be based on candidate9s skills and experience, and base salary will be set within the applicable range according to job scope, responsibility and competitive market value. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position. Relocation assistance not provided for this position. #LI-Remote #LI-DS2

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Ford Motor Company manufactures or distributes automobiles in addition to offering financial services. The company sells to dealerships for retail sales, and for sale to fleet customers, including commercial fleet customers, daily rental car companies, and governments. Ford’s vehicle portfolio includes automobiles, buses, tractors, and trucks. Retail financing includes retail installment sale contracts for new and used vehicles, and direct financing leases for new vehicles to retail customers, government entities, daily rental car companies, and fleet customers. Finance receivables in the non-consumer portfolio include products offered to automotive dealers. Ford’s environmental initiatives include compressed natural gas, flexible fuel vehicles, electric drive vehicles, Hydrogen, PC power management, and so on. Ford Motor Company was founded by Henry Ford in 1903 and is headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan.

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Size
183,000 employees
Market Cap
$44.8 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$1.2 billion
Founded
1903
5 Year Trend
-2.1%
Revenue
$127.1 billion
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