SRE - Devops Engineer (Cloud Engineer)

Cloud Engineer - Site Reliability Engineering for Ford Credit TechWere passionate about building software that solves problems. We count on our Site Reliability Engineers (SREs) to empower our users with a rich feature set, high availability, and stellar performance level to pursue their missions. We are currently seeking a public cloud experienced engineer for planning, designing and implementing next generation cloud infrastructure solutions. Cloud Engineer will be a part of the Engineering team and will require a strong knowledge of application monitoring, infrastructure monitoring, automation, maintenance, and Service Reliability Improvements.Specifically, we are searching for someone who brings fresh ideas, demonstrates a unique and informed viewpoint, and enjoys collaborating with a cross-functional team to develop real-world solutions and positive user experiences at every interaction.Role & ResponsibilitiesDesign, automate and manage a highly available and scalable cloud deployment that allows development teams to deploy and run their services.Collaborating with engineering and Architects teams to evaluate and identify optimal cloud solutions, also leveraging scalability, high-performance and security.Design and implement sustainable cloud and platform services.Build a robust, scalable and stable infrastructure.Manage hosting external containers in Private cloud.Extensively automated deployments and managed applications in GCP.Developing and maintaining cloud solutions in accordance with best practices.Ensuring efficient functioning of data storage and processing functions in accordance with company security policies and best practices in cloud security.Collaborate with Engineering teams to identify optimization strategies, help develop self-healing capabilitiesExperience in developing a strong observability capabilitiesIdentifying, analysing, and resolving infrastructure vulnerabilities and application deployment issues.Regularly reviewing existing systems and making recommendations for improvements.Required Skills and Selection Criteria:Proven work experience in designing, deploying and operating mid to large scale public cloud environments.Public Cloud >> GCP is a good to have.Proven work experience in Docker/Kubernetes (image building, k8s schedule)Experience in package, config and deployment management via Helm, Kustomize, ArgoCD.Proven working experience in onboarding and troubleshooting Cloud Services.Proven work experience in provisioning Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform Enterprise or community edition.Proven work experience in writing custom terraform providers/plug-ins with Sentinel Policy as CodeStrong knowledge in Github, DevOps (Cloud Build is an advantage)Should be proficient in scripting and coding, that include traditional languages like Python, PowerShell, GoLang,Java, JS and Proven working experience in Messaging Middleware - Apache Kafka, RabbitMQ, Apache ActiveMQProven working experience in API gateway, Apigee is an advantage.Proven working experience in API development, REST.Proven working experience in Sec and IAM, SSL/TLS, OAuth and JWT.Extensive knowledge and hands-on experience in Grafana and Prometheus micro libraries.Exposure to Cloud Monitoring and logging.Experience with distributed storage technologies like NFS, HDFS, Ceph, S3 as well as dynamic resource management frameworks (Mesos, Kubernetes, Yarn)Experience with automation tools should be a priorityPreferred QualificationsPrevious success in technical engineeringMust have > 5 overall experienceMust have >3 years of experience in public cloudMust have >3 years of experience in Cloud Infrastructure provisioningMust have >3 years of experience in Cloud Engineering