Director, Cloud & AI Infrastructure Operations

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🏄 California – Remote

🏄 California – Remote

💵 $141.7k - $281.7k / year

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

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Ford Motor Company

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1903

📦 Logistics

💼 Consulting

📣 Marketing

💰 Post-IPO Debt on 2023-08

Logistics • Consulting • Marketing

Ford Motor Company is a globally renowned automotive company based in the United States, established by Henry Ford. The company is committed to building a better world where every individual has the freedom to move and follow their dreams. Ford is dedicated to innovation, with a focus on services, experiences, and software alongside its traditional vehicle manufacturing. The company is actively involved in sustainability initiatives and aims to meet ambitious environmental targets. Ford values service, community impact, and strives to combine business success with social and environmental responsibility. With a rich history of over 121 years, Ford continues to adapt and lead in the evolving automotive landscape.

📋 Description

• Provide operational leadership and support for applications running on Google Cloud Platform and Kubernetes/OpenShift • Maintain and evolve knowledge of GCP services, networking constructs, and secure architecture patterns • Guide teams in designing and implementing secure GCP solutions • Lead High Availability and Disaster Recovery infrastructure design and implementation across Google Cloud and Ford data centers • Apply LLM, RAG, MCP, and Agentic AI concepts to improve IT processes and drive automation • Promote secure use of AI-powered IDEs such as Cursor and Claude within engineering teams • Design and execute secure, production-grade solutions using Google AI services • Partner with security engineering to implement controls protecting AI architectures and agents • Embed SAST, SCA, IaC, DAST, and API security testing into delivery pipelines • Ensure cloud, container, and AI solutions meet security, risk, and compliance standards • Reduce infrastructure and AI token/consumption costs • Develop and present operational, financial, and productivity metrics and dashboards • Collaborate with application, infrastructure, security, architecture, vendor, and enterprise technology teams • Mentor technical talent and serve as an escalation point for complex infrastructure issues • Represent Ford Credit's cloud and AI infrastructure strategy in leadership forums

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience) • Typically 10+ years of experience in cloud infrastructure/platform engineering • Substantial hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform • Experience operating and supporting applications on Kubernetes and/or OpenShift • Experience designing and implementing secure cloud architectures, including GCP networking, IAM, and security controls • Experience designing and implementing HA/DR solutions across hybrid cloud and on-premises environments • Working knowledge of AI/ML infrastructure concepts including LLM, RAG, MCP, and Agentic AI • Familiarity with AI-powered development tools such as Cursor and Claude Code • Working knowledge of Google AI/ML platform services including Gemini Enterprise, Vertex AI Search, Feature Store, and AI Runtime • Understanding of AI security concerns including prompt injection, data leakage, and model/agent access control • Working knowledge of SAST, SCA, IaC, DAST, and API security scanning tools/practices • Strong cross-functional collaboration experience • Ability to build business cases and present cost/benefit metrics to senior leadership • Leadership, communication, and people-management skills; experience leading technical teams • Must be legally authorized to work in the United States • Visa sponsorship is not available • Preferred: Google Cloud certifications; Kubernetes/OpenShift certifications; financial services or regulated-industry experience; FinOps/cost optimization; DevSecOps and CI/CD security scanning experience

🏖️ Benefits

• 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 • Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement and fertility treatments • 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 • Generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year's Day • Paid time off and option to purchase additional vacation time