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 world together. At Ford, we’re all a part of something bigger than ourselves. Are you ready to change the way the world moves?The Ford Motor Credit Company team helps put people behind the wheels of great Ford and Lincoln vehicles. By partnering with dealerships, we provide financing, personalized service and professional expertise to thousands of dealers and millions of customers in over one hundred countries around the world.In this positionWe are looking for an experienced Architect to join our US based Enterprise Architecture team to lead the build-out of new financial capabilities. In this role, you will support our financial services strategy and define architecture for integrating these new Ford Credit services with external platforms as SaaS solutions. This includes evaluating alternatives, creating secure enterprise solutions, and detailing out integrations using cloud native technologies on GCP. It requires a strong experience in Business and Solution Architecture and a deep understanding of cloud native technologies on Google platform, a strategic, progressive mindset, and the ability to solve business challenges.Ford Motor Credit Company is on its journey to grow its portfolio and modernize its legacy applications and platforms to transform the business, improve customer experiences for enhanced regulatory compliance & operational efficiencies as a captive finance company. This requires new growth opportunities and rearchitecting our Customer Experience platforms, Domain Services, Risk Analytics Platforms, and Data Platforms to Unified, Modern, Scalable & Secure solutions on Google Cloud.We are looking for an experienced Architect to join our US based Enterprise Architecture team to lead the build-out of new financial capabilities. In this role, you will support our financial services strategy and define architecture for integrating these new Ford Credit services with external platforms as SaaS solutions. This includes evaluating alternatives, creating secure enterprise solutions, and detailing out integrations using cloud native technologies on GCP. It requires a strong experience in Business and Solution Architecture and a deep understanding of cloud native technologies on Google platform, a strategic, progressive mindset, and the ability to solve business challenges.What you'll do
The person in this role is expected to work closely with other stakeholders (Engineering, Product, and Business teams) with key responsibilities to:
Develop an in-depth understanding of the scope of these financial services and lead the development of Future State Architecture based on business capabilities.
Lead evaluation of design options, tools and utilities to build implementation patterns using Google Cloud services
Create solution architecture following Ford standards and gain alignment with stakeholders considering user experience, business processes, data models, system integration and security with emphasis on well-architected applications
Collaborate with program managers to plan iterations, backlogs and dependencies across all workstream to progress program at required pace.
Provide consultancy related to Design Patterns, Technology choices and Implementation Patterns and remove Roadblocks for the Engineering teams
Drive adoption of standardized architecture, design and quality assurance approaches and lead Architecture reviews and key architectural decisions
Provide advisory and technical consulting across all initiatives including product evaluations and recommendations, security, architecture assessments, integration considerations, etc.
Create solution for complex data integration and transformation requirements using cloud native services.
Support Engineering teams for technical spikes, production outages and performance issues.
Collaborate with product team to understand business requirements and design solutions
Design microservices solutions following twelve factor principles and Ford enterprise standards.
Work with Ford Security and SRE teams to create security architecture based on Ford policies and industry best practices
You'll have
Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field
Google Professional Cloud Architect certification preferred.
5+ years of relevant work experience in business and solution architecture, with deep understanding of cloud hosting concepts and implementations.
Experience in migrating legacy applications to Cloud platform and business adoption of these platforms
Knowledge of enterprise frameworks and technologies. Strong in architecture design patterns, experience with secure interoperability standards and methods, architecture tools and processes.
Strong understanding on DevOps principles and practices, including continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD), automated testing & deployment pipelines.
Good understanding of cloud security best practices and be familiar with different security tools and techniques like Identity and Access Management (IAM), Encryption, Network Security, etc.
Experience with banking services (deposits, direct and indirect lending) is preferred
Understanding of microservices architecture
Ability to negotiate & influence key stakeholders
Strong leadership, communication, interpersonal, organizing, and problem-solving skills
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 Paid time off for individual and team community service A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.For more information on salary and benefits, click here: BENEFITS (https://fordcareers.co/GSR-HTHD)This position is a range of salary grades SG6-SG8 .Visa sponsorship is available for this position.Candidates for positions with Ford Motor Company must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. 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. In the United States, if you need a reasonable accommodation for the online application process due to a disability, please call 1-888-336-0660.#LI-Remote #LI-FordCredit #LI-MN1Requisition ID : 42672