About the role
What will you do at Ford Motor Company?
We are looking for a skilled GCP Data Engineer to join our EPEO - Data and AI Ops team.
In this role, you will
- play a critical part in designing, developing, and maintaining our Security Data Lake and associated data products using GCP Cloud platform
- Design, develop, and maintain robust data pipelines using GCP native services.
- Build and manage data quality frameworks to ensure the integrity and reliability of security data assets.
- Integrate diverse data sources and security tools via APIs to centralize security oversight.
- Optimize database performance, query efficiency, and storage costs within Google BigQuery.
- (Preferred) Utilize Cribl to route, shape, and enrich incoming security telemetry and log data.
- Develop, deploy, and monitor automated data pipelines (ETL/ELT) using Python, SQL, and GCP services (such as Cloud Functions, Cloud Scheduler, and Dataflow).
- Manage and optimize schema designs, partitioning, and clustering in Google BigQuery to ensure cost-effective and high-performance querying.
- Implement and scale data quality and auditing frameworks using GCP Dataplex with centralized rules metadata configuration.
- Design and maintain robust API integrations (e.g., EAMS, TrendMicro, and other threat detection platforms) to ingest critical security logs.
- [Preferred/Good to Have] Configure and manage Cribl Stream pipelines (sources, destinations, routes, and functions) to parse, mask, enrich, and route security logs.
- [Preferred/Good to Have] Implement log reduction strategies in Cribl to optimize data ingestion and lower downstream storage costs.
- Partner with security teams to deliver actionable data products, reporting views, and tactical dashboards to prevent service outages.
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Data Science, Information Technology, or a related technical field (or equivalent combination of education and experience).
- Experience: 8+ years of professional experience in Data Engineering, Cloud Data Warehousing, or software development.
- Cloud Expertise: 5+ years of hands-on experience designing and implementing production-grade solutions on Google Cloud Platform (GCP), specifically utilizing native services such as Google BigQuery, Cloud Run/Functions, and Cloud Storage, Dataflow, PubSub
- Programming & Querying: High proficiency in Python and advanced SQL for building, optimizing, and troubleshooting complex ETL/ELT pipelines.
- Collaboration: Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with a proven ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams in an agile environment.
- 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
