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**Cloud Data Architect**
At Ford Motor Company, we believe freedom of movement drives human progress. We also believe in providing you with the freedom to define and realize your dreams. With our incredible plans for the future of mobility, we have a wide variety of opportunities for you to accelerate your career potential as you help us define tomorrow's transportation.
Creating the future of smart mobility requires intelligent use of data. That's where you can make an impact as part of our Global Data Insight & Analytics team. We are the trusted advisers that enable Ford to see business conditions clearly in the competitive automotive landscape. With our support, key decision-makers act in meaningful, positive ways to move our organization forward. Join us and use your data expertise and analytical skills to drive evidence-based, timely decision-making.
Ford Global Data Insights and Analytics is looking for a Cloud Data Architect, an exciting opportunity on the team supporting some of Ford's most visible initiatives. The role of the Cloud Data Architect is a critical enabler in helping us deliver solutions to the enterprise that take advantage of Ford's vast and varied data landscape. This role will take on the most difficult data challenges in the industry and help us realize a modern enterprise data platform for one of the world's most iconic companies. The Cloud Data Architect will help drive our strategy for organizing our enterprise data and will design novel solutions to turn the information in our enterprise systems into insights for leaders and decision-makers.
**Responsibilities:**
+ Refine and manage a data architecture roadmap in partnership with the Data Product Management Team.
+ Leverage GCP services like Cloud Pub/Sub, Dataflow, and BigQuery to build reliable and efficient data pipelines.
+ Own the conceptual model for a data domain inside the central data platform. Develop and maintain data schemas and models for products within that framework. Ensure data integrity, consistency, and quality across multiple data assets.
+ Learn, know, and understand Ford's enterprise data assets
+ Think creatively about new ways to use the data in our environments to progress the goals of our business.
+ Perform performance tuning and optimization: Identify bottlenecks and optimize the performance of data pipelines to meet business requirements.
+ Stay abreast of emerging technologies and best practices in streaming data: Continuously learn and adopt new technologies and approaches to keep our data architecture at the forefront of the industry.
+ Bachelor's Degree in related field or work experience equivalent
+ 6+ years of experience as a Data Architect or similar role with a strong focus on structured and unstructured data.
+ Experience in Cloud (GCP, AWS, .), SQL and NoSQL databases, Java, Hadoop, Python, Spark, Data Lakes, Data Warehouses, and Data Marts preferred
+ Strong understanding of distributed systems, data processing frameworks, and data warehousing concepts.
+ Expert in SQL for querying and manipulating data.
+ Experience with Python for data processing, scripting, and automation.
+ Experience with data modeling, data governance, and data quality best practices.
+ Excellent organizational skills
+ Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to transfer knowledge to others
+ Experience with DevOps practices and tools
+ Expertise in GCP data services like Cloud Pub/Sub, Dataflow, BigQuery, and related technologies preferred
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, and prescription drug coverage
- Flexible family care, parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care 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: Benefit Summary ( role is remote BUT if you are 50 miles within Dearborn, MI or Palo Alto, CA, you will be required to be on-site 4 days/week._**
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**Requisition ID** : 50260