Azure DevOps Engineer – Security Engineering

This position will be involved in developing/engineering solutions across the current and future security portfolio. The ideal candidate should have experience: managing and optimizing DevOps infrastructure; designing, implementing, and maintaining CI/CD pipelines; automating deployments, and enhancing product release processes. This position is for Azure cloud but has potential for Google Cloud Platform projects/cross functional.

Responsibilities

• Manage all aspects of cloud computing (including networking, compute, storage, and services), ensuring that the appropriate technology and methodologies are applied when translating business requirements into technical and functional solutions.  
• Collaborating internally and across the organization in driving cloud adoption of security technologies.
• Stay current with industry trends, best practices, and emerging technologies related to DevOps and cloud computing.
• Extensive collaboration with technical and business facing stakeholders to engineer solutions which exceed customer expectations and drive significant business value. 
• Implement and monitor security standards across development, testing, and production environments.
• Design solutions and processes to monitor, test for, and strategically deploy product updates.
• Identify opportunities for automation and efficiency improvements, implement from end-end.
• Utilize futuristic tools, technology, and frameworks for enhancing business experience. 
• Participate in the development of a healthy product backlog, ensuring agile practices are followed. 
• Proactively identify opportunities to improve and automate existing technologies. 
• Support strategic vision for new infrastructure and systems by providing input on roadmaps/value maps in partnership with business stakeholders that aligns with the overall corporate strategy. 
• Support organizational wide Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity plans and strategy so the organization is prepared for potential events. 
• Support 24x7 security operations as needed.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Cyber Security, or Information Systems. 
• 2+ years of proven hands-on experience with IT security and Devops cloud engineering.
• Microsoft Azure certifications such as: AZ-104, AZ-305, or AZ-400
• Strong knowledge of Azure DevOps tools and services, including Azure Pipelines, Repos, Artifacts, and Boards.
• 2+ years with engineering expertise with Full stack, hands-on expertise with infrastructure including IaC such as Terraform or ARM templates.
• 2+ years of experience developing end-end using APIs and/or scripting languages such as Powershell, Python, YAML, JSON, NodeJS, etc.
• 1+ years leading projects and implementations.

Preferred Qualifications:

        Technical Skills:

• Understanding, with hands-on experience, of IT Security and Security Engineering technologies such as CASB, CSPM, Email Security Gateways, SIEM/SOAR, Endpoint Protection, EDR/XDR, DLP, etc.
• Strong technical backgrounds (ideally building highly scalable platforms, products, or services) with the ability to proactively identify and mitigate technical risks throughout delivery life-cycle
• Hands-on experience solving security technical challenges.
• Deep technical knowledge of cloud platforms: Azure is strongly preferred. 
• Experience engineering reusable tools and self-service capabilities with automated infrastructure operations
• Experience in creating frontend components that support accessibility
• Proven experience in engineering solutions that improve the developer or user experience and productivity.
• Hands-on experience setting up CI/CD pipelines. OpenShift Tekton, or GitHub Actions, or alike Knowledge of secure coding practices
• Experience setting up serverless functions using GCP Cloud Run or Cloud functions, and configuring the respective cloud provider for scaling 
• Robust knowledge of system design principles including reliability, availability, and scalability
• Understanding of security frameworks
• Experience setting up logging and monitoring services (Dynatrace, GCP Ops Suites)
• Proven ability to implement and prove out POCs with speed, vision and quality
• Strong consulting and analytical skills and a risk management mindset

       Other Skills: 

• Demonstrates the ability to be highly collaborative with peers across the organization.
• Possess a high tolerance for ambiguity and ever-changing technology environment.
• Possess a strong bias for action.
• Naturally curious and stays on top of emerging trends and threats.
• interpersonal skills, with the ability to communicate effectively at all levels of the organization.
• Familiarization with agile concepts.
• Ability to thrive in working in a fast-paced, technologically forward-leaning environment and are not afraid to push the boundaries of security capabilities.
• A sense of intellectual curiosity and a burning desire to learn.

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!