•Role:
- Lead FCSD Technology’s software engineering practice in India
- Consult with Global FCSD software delivery teams& Business Partners on current state implementations to guide & refine Technical Architecture, Integrations, Security & Dev Tooling.
- Create, socializes, and publish Technical Architecture Standards & Reuse patterns that can be used by software delivery teams to implement solutions faster, integrate with Enterprise Systems and align to best practices.
- Collaborate with and provide feedback to Enterprise IT Operations, Cyber Security, General Counsel & Dev Enablement teams to ensure Technical Architecture Standards & reuse patterns are aligned with Enterprise Cloud& API Strategy, Security & Privacy Policy and practical for software delivery teams to adopt.
- Establish and operate the software engineering community of practice in India.
- Manage the relationship with vendors.
- Provide consulting on license usage and future needs.
- Continue to further develop technical specialization and expertise by:
- Sharing, consulting, and transferring critical& experiential technical expertise to others throughout Ford in centers of excellence, as well as internal and external presentations.
- Deepening domain knowledge through consumption of external conferences, publications, and courses.
Responsibilities for Candidates
- Technical expert who has experience building platforms, underlying services for re-use, and DevOps capabilities
- Understands business priorities and technical feasibility in order to prioritize the platform backlog, identify dependencies, and manage risks.
- Conduct product and technology experiments, user interviews and other validation techniques to gather feedback and product insights
- Track, prioritize and resolve technical debt so it does not hinder product growth.
- Attends Tech Councils and provide feedback and support to accelerate software product delivery.
- Work with Purchasing and General Counsel on purchases of products
- Identifies areas within software delivery process and application ecosystem that require cohesion across the platform and addresses them through common engineering policies.
- Assess the technology feasibility of the product line roadmaps
- Employs and/or champions extreme programming software processes, culture, best practices, and techniques.
- Communicates openly and frequently with the team by being responsive to in-person prompts.
- Actively works to identify and remove/ mitigate risks and blockers to product delivery.
- Assesses the overall health of the product and prompts key decisions to move it forward.
Educational Qualification & Years of Experience:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or related technical field required.
- 15+ years with progressive responsibilities in a Cloud Technical Architecture Advisory and or Delivery Role, for large, complex software engineering transformations at large companies, ideally in the Manufacturing Sector
Leadership skills:
- Must be able to think and act strategically, without constraints
- Must be able to operationalize and assist teams with abstract technology concepts
- Strong demonstrated competencies on cloud and digital platforms
- Strong communication, collaborative, and influencing skills
- Proven ability to work closely with senior leadership
- Strong personal presence and capabilities to resolve technical concerns
Functional/Technical skills:
- Demonstrated ability to drive development of highly technical technology services and capabilities
- Experience with Lean methodology & Test Driven Development
- Demonstrated understanding and ability to drive API economy and solutions
- Demonstrated understanding and ability to drive highly available consumer ready Internet properties and technical platforms
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to adapt your communication style to the audience
- Ability to work collaboratively and navigate complex decision making in a rapidly changing environment
- Strong leadership and communication skills and the ability to teach others