Senior GCP Platform Engineer

Job Title

Platform Engineering Engineer

Overview

We are seeking a Platform Engineering Engineer to develop and maintain reusable software components that support engineering teams and improve developer productivity. This role focuses on designing, implementing, integrating, and maintaining platform infrastructure and software solutions that enable scalable, secure, and automated application development.

Key Responsibilities

• Design platform infrastructure and tools in collaboration with enterprise architects and software engineering teams.
• Implement and manage infrastructure supporting platform tools, including upgrades, security patches, and performance improvements.
• Evaluate cloud platforms, containerization technologies, and infrastructure configurations to create reusable solutions for application teams.
• Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and utilize CI/CD processes to automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration, and management.
• Implement monitoring, performance optimization, and scalability best practices using QoS and SLA metrics.
• Incorporate security, identity management, access control, encryption, logging, backup, and disaster recovery into platform infrastructure.
• Integrate enterprise-managed software configurations into deployment pipelines to ensure adherence to approved security, networking, monitoring, and performance standards.
• Gather feedback from developers and service providers to continuously improve the platform.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree.
• 6+ years of IT experience.
• 4+ years of software development experience.
• Practical experience in two programming languages or advanced proficiency in one programming language.
• Experience with PostgreSQL.
• Experience with cloud infrastructure.
• Experience using Jenkins.
• Experience with Java.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Experience with GCP Cloud Run.
• Experience with BigQuery.
• Experience with Python.
• Experience with GCP services including BigQuery, Cloud Run, IAM, Dataflow, Pub/Sub, and Cloud Build.
• Ability to work onsite four days per week.
   

  HTC internal submittal checklist for Ford Motor Company:

• RTR is mandatory.
• The last four digits of the candidate's social security number are required; month and day of birth (mm/dd) are required.
• Create a social security number to be used for B2B submittals by using the following format. Note: Create this number only once; use this ss number for all submittals for this candidate moving forward. 
  • Please use the format of 5MMDDDATE to submit your bid.
  • The 5 will be the generic number always submitted when a candidate does not have an SSN.
  • MM = 2 Digit month of birth date
  • DD = 2 Digit day of birth date
  • Date = the month and day the candidate is submitted to the order
  • Example:  501010407:  5 | 01 = Month of January | 01 = January 1st | 04 07 – bid submitted April 7
  • Please ensure the candidate summary doesn't exceed 1500 characters including the space.  
• If the candidate has previous Ford experience, ask who their Ford Manager or Supervisor was. In the “Summary” part of their resume, state: “Ford Motor Company experience; reported to ___________”
• Resume Formatting:  
  • Do NOT mention "HTC" in the resume’s header/footer/title.
  • In the header, underneath the candidate’s name and title, put work preference. For example, “Local Candidate”, “Non-local, willing to relocate”, or “100% Remote”.
  • Ensure there are valid explanations for any gaps in employment, even as small as a month, e.g., “Seeking Employment”, “Attending College”, etc.
  • Refer to the sample resume attached for any doubts.
• If Hacker Rank information is required for the submittal, the candidate’s picture must be at the very top of the resume (above their name/title). Full Hacker Rank results must be attached below the resume. See attached sample resume.
• VMS Fee: When calculating gross profit (GP), include a discount rebate fee of 2.25%.
• LinkedIn: LI link in the candidate’s profile is mandatory for each submission. 

• (attached DRF, Ford Sample resume for more details)

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