What are the responsibilities and job description for the Manager, Connected Vehicle Data Platform position at Ford?
Job Description
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 worldtogether. At Ford, we're all a part of something bigger than ourselves. Are you ready to change the way the world moves?
Creating the future of smart mobility requires the highly intelligent use of data, metrics and analytics. That's where you can make an impact as part of our Global Data Insight & Analytics team. We are the trusted advisers that enable Ford to clearly see business conditions, customer needs and the competitive landscape. With our support, key decision makers can act in meaningful, positive ways. Join us and use your data expertise and analytical skills to drive evidence-based, timely decision making.
We are seeking an experienced Manager to lead a team responsible for the development and maintenance of our Connected Vehicle Data. The ideal candidate will have a strong technical background in data and / or software engineering, along with proven leadership and management skills. This role requires the ability to design and code streaming solutions, prioritize team tasks, make timely decisions, and guide the team to deliver high-quality results. The leader must be knowledgeable in data governance, customer consent, and security standards.
Responsibilities
What you'll do...
- Lead and mentor a high-performing team of local and remote engineers.
- Prioritize team workload, allocate tasks effectively, and ensure team members have the resources to succeed.
- Provide technical expertise and guidance to the team. Evaluate and mentor adherence to coding standards, best practices, and architectural guidelines.
- Oversee the design, development, maintenance, scalability, reliability, and performance of the connected vehicle data platform pipelines and architecture. Contribute to the long-term strategic direction of the Connected Vehicle Data Platform with a focus on enterprise use.
- Enforce and ensure data quality, data governance, and security standards.
- Collaborate to identify and consolidate common tasks across teams to improve efficiency and reduce redundancy.
- Communicate decisions effectively and transparently to internal and external customers.
- Stay updated on industry trends and emerging technologies to inform technical decisions.
- Lead to implement various business customers' requests and logics into the data assets with optimized design and code development.
Qualifications
You'll have...
Expertise in streaming technologies (Kafka, Pub / Sub) and OpenShift, managing high-throughput topics, message ordering, and ensuring data consistency and durability.
Expert knowledge and hands on experience in DevOps and SDLC.
Monitor and optimize cost and compute for processes in GCP technologies (e.g., BigQuery, Dataflow, Cloud Run, DataProc).
Even better, you may have...
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 :
SOUTHEAST MI RESIDENTS : Please note, this job is posted as remote unless the selected candidate lives within 50 miles of Dearborn, MI. In this case we request the candidate to be on-site 1-2 days a week.
For a detailed look at our benefits, click here : https : / / fordcareers.co / LL6HTHD
Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
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