GDIA Data Factory PlatformThe GDIA Data Factory Platform covers all business processes and technical components involved in ingesting a wide range of enterprise data into the GDIA Data Factory (Data Lake) and the transformation of that data into consumable data sets in support of analytics.The Data Factory Enablement Team, as the name suggests, enables teams to build their solutions in the GCP Data Factory Platform by providing tools, guidelines, processes, and support.We are looking for candidates who have a broad set of technology skills across areas and come from a background of DevOps, with exposure to infrastructure and solution monitoring. This person will be expected to provide consultative services to the Software Development and Database Engineering teams.Key responsibilities include:Work as part of an implementation team from concept to operations, providing deep technical subject matter expertise for successfully deployment of Ford's Data PlatformImplement methods for standardization of all parts of the pipeline to maximize data usability and consistencyTest and compare competing solutions and report out a point of view on the best solutionDesign and Build CICD Pipelines for Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services: BigQuery, DataFlow, Pub/Sub, Data Fusion and othersWork with stakeholders including Analytics, Product, and Design teams to assist with data related technical issues and support their data infrastructure needsDevelop IAC tekton pipelines to execute pattern playbooks and templatesDesigning cloud performance and monitoring strategiesDesigning and implementing workflows to automate the infrastructure release and upgrade process for applications in Dev, UAT and Production environmentsMentor and grow technical skills of engineers across multiple sprint teams by giving high quality feedback in design and code reviews and providing training for new methods, tools, and patternsSkills Required:Someone who understands Cloud as being a way to operate and not a place to host systemsIn-depth understanding of GCP product technology and underlying architecturesExperience and very strong with development ecosystem such as Git, Jenkins, Terraform and Tekton for CI/CDExperience in working with Agile and Lean methodologiesExperience Required:At least 2 years of tekton experienceAt least 5 years of Terraform experience or 3 years with terraform certificationAt least 3 years of experience in Google cloud and Google cloud professional architect certificationEducation Preferred:MINIMUM BACHELORS in CS/ITCertifications:HashiCorp Certified: Terraform AssociateGoogle Cloud Certified Associate Cloud EngineerGoogle Cloud CertifiedNOTE: MUST HAVE SKILLS!Google Cloud experience of 3 years.At least 2 years of Tekton.Experience with Terraform.Good Communication as this will be a Lead Role