Enterprise Technology plays a critical role in shaping the future of mobility. If you’re looking for the opportunity to leverage advanced technology to redefine transportation, enhance the customer experience, and improve people’s lives, this is the opportunity for you. Join us and apply your technical expertise, security mindset, and analytical skills to help build vehicles and digital services that are as smart as you are.
We are seeking a Data Security Platform Engineer with experience in cybersecurity, data security platforms, and cloud-based security engineering to help design, implement, and optimize solutions across our current and future security portfolio. The ideal candidate will bring hands-on experience with cloud platforms such as Azure and/or GCP, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), automation, and modern DevSecOps practices. Experience with data security platforms such as Microsoft Purview, Defender for Cloud Apps, Azure Logic Apps, or related security tooling is preferred.
Responsibilities
- Own and manage platform engineering activities for the organization’s Data Loss Prevention (DLP) and data governance platforms, ensuring business requirements are translated into scalable, secure, and effective technical solutions.
- Design, implement, and optimize data protection, compliance, and governance capabilities using platforms such as Microsoft Purview, Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps, and related Azure security services.
- Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions for cloud infrastructure, platform services, and security controls using tools such as Terraform or equivalent frameworks.
- Partner with application, platform, and cybersecurity teams to implement secure-by-design patterns for identity, secrets management, logging, monitoring, vulnerability management, and policy enforcement
- Identify opportunities to automate manual processes and streamline engineering operations using APIs, scripting, cloud-native tooling, and workflow automation
- Engineer reusable automation, self-service capabilities, and operational workflows that improve platform reliability, speed, and developer experience.
- Design processes to evaluate, test, and deploy platform enhancements, updates, and new capabilities across the data security ecosystem.
- Identify opportunities to automate manual processes and improve operational efficiency using APIs, scripting, Azure Logic Apps, playbooks, and other modern automation frameworks.
- Develop reusable tools, workflows, and integrations to improve the user and administrator experience across security platforms.
- Support backlog development and prioritization for DLP, compliance, and data governance initiatives while working within agile delivery models.
- Monitor platform health, security events, and service effectiveness through logging, alerting, and reporting capabilities.
- Support disaster recovery and business continuity planning as it relates to data protection, platform resilience, and compliance operations.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- Experience in DevSecOps, cloud engineering, platform engineering, site reliability engineering, infrastructure engineering, or cybersecurity engineering
Hands-on experience with at least one major cloud platform, preferably Microsoft Azure and/or Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
Experience building or supporting CI/CD pipelines for application and/or infrastructure deployments.
- 2+ years of hands-on experience developing automation and integrations using APIs and/or scripting languages such as PowerShell, Python, YAML, JSON, or Node.js.
- Experience supporting or delivering technical implementations, platform enhancements, or security engineering projects.
- Understanding of core cloud and security concepts such as IAM, secrets management, logging, monitoring, network security, encryption, and least privilege.
- Experience with one or more Microsoft security technologies such as Defender for Cloud Apps, Microsoft Defender, Microsoft Sentinel, or related compliance/security platforms.
Preferred Qualifications
Technical Skills
- Experience with DevSecOps practices, including secure delivery pipelines, infrastructure automation, and operational security engineering.
- Experience with Azure services and Microsoft security capabilities in enterprise environments.
- Experience with Microsoft Purview, Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps, Azure Logic Apps, and security automation/playbooks.
- Familiarity with security technologies such as CASB, SSPM, SIEM, SOAR, email security gateways, endpoint protection, and XDR platforms.
- Experience building or supporting scalable platforms, services, or products with a focus on security, reliability, and maintainability.
- Experience engineering reusable self-service capabilities and automation to improve operational efficiency.
- Experience establishing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and applying secure coding and deployment practices.
- Knowledge of system design principles including availability, scalability, reliability, and resiliency.
- Familiarity with logging, monitoring, and observability practices used to maintain operational health and security visibility.
- Understanding of security and compliance frameworks such as NIST, ISO 27001, or similar standards.
- Ability to rapidly evaluate new technologies and lead proofs of concept (POCs) with strong technical judgment and execution quality.
Certifications
One or more of the following certifications is preferred:
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104)
- Microsoft Certified: Information Security Administrator Associate / Microsoft Purview-related certification (SC-401)
- Microsoft Certified: Cybersecurity Architect Expert (SC-100)
Additional Preferred Skills
- Highly collaborative, with the ability to work effectively across engineering, security, compliance, and business teams.
- Comfortable operating in ambiguous, fast-changing technology environments.
- Strong bias for action and continuous improvement.
- Naturally curious and motivated to stay current on emerging technologies, trends, and threats.
- Strong interpersonal, communication, consulting, and analytical skills.
- Familiarity with agile ways of working.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, forward-looking environment and help push the boundaries of security capabilities.
- Demonstrated learning agility and a strong desire to grow technical depth and business impact.
You may not check every box, or your experience may look a little different from what we’ve outlined. If you believe you can bring value to Ford Motor Company, we encourage you to apply.