Information Security Architect, BlueOval Battery Park Michigan

What you'll do...

• At BlueOval Battery Park Michigan, you will… 
• Use your entrepreneurial skills and team mindset to come up with data-driven solutions. 
• Build and lead an agile team to deliver the advanced technology that drives the future. 
• Create a culture of trust, encourage diversity of thought, and foster leadership in others.  
• Be part of the historic transformation of the automotive industry. 

You’ll also… 

• Responsible for delivering architecture solutions for IT and OT cybersecurity, for risk management, and for compliance activities. 
• Working with teams, management, and stakeholders to conceptualize, design, build, test, and release systems in environments with complex IT and OT systems. 
• Assessing the architecture of technology domains such as Network, Identity and Access Management, Threat and Vulnerability Management, and Detection and Monitoring, for both IT and OT systems. 
• Documenting Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and playbooks. 
• Creating relationships with team members and internal business customers and acting as an information security Subject Matter Expert (SME) for others to provide expert knowledge on an ongoing basis. 
• Identifying and reporting potential gaps in the environment that poses an overall risk to the organization. 
• Reviewing and approving rules for firewalls, VPNs, routers, IDS/IPS, and servers. 
• Participating in the security on-call rotation as needed. 

You'll have... 
 

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• 7+ years of experience in information security and/or IT risk management with a focus on information security, engineering, and reliability.
• A solid understanding of IAM concepts, protocols, and technologies, including areas of focus in provisioning, authentication, authorization, RBAC, SSO, and federation.
• Additionally, understanding of identity lifecycle management concepts and processes, including account management, access governance, and access control.
• Must possess a strong understanding of industry standards and best practices relating to zero-trust security models, with the ability to apply these principles.
• Deep technical knowledge and hands on experience of secure systems architecture principles, security and compliance tools, data protection, and access models. (technical, operational, and administrative).
• Must be comfortable operating in a collaborative, shared leadership environment.
• Ability to travel internationally. 
   

Even better, you may have...
 

• Master’s Degree.
• 10+ years of Information Security Architecture experience.
• Experience succeeding in elevated levels of complexity, exposure, to multiple business issues, ambiguity, and conflict.
• Hands-on development, engineering, networking, cloud, and/or other technical work experience.
• Experience with common information security management frameworks, such as International Standards Organization (ISO) 2700x, NIST-CSF series and the IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL).
• Experience with Microsoft, Palo Alto, and Cisco security technologies.  

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 a detailed look at our benefits, click here:

https://fordcareers.co/LL6NonHTHDPaloAlto

This position is a range of salary grades LL6.

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position. 

This role will start remote and then will be working hybrid out of Marshall, MI, with expectation to be on-Site at Marshall once building construction and timing is established (relocation package available). 

Once your employment with Ford commences, you will be assigned to BlueOval Battery Michigan LLC. You will continue to be employed by Ford Motor Company but work for BlueOval Battery Michigan LLC, a Ford wholly owned subsidiary located in Marshall, Michigan. You will remain an at-will employee at all times during your employment with Ford or any Ford affiliate or subsidiary with which you later become employed. 
 

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 committed to a culturally diverse workforce. 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.

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