As a Cloud Network Engineer your primary responsibility will be ensuring that our GCP network environment is stable, secure, resilient, and agile to accommodate current and future project needs. This will involve partnering with your Cloud Network Delivery peer group in operational support, technical design, and driving best-of-breed technical standards into the environment in an evolving fashion.
As this role is part of our continued growth and technical evolution in our cloud environments, agility is a must have regarding being able to handle context switching through project delivery and operational support response. With a relentless focus on our customers, high-quality engineering, and a curiosity driven approach this role is critical to propel and shape our technical future.
Responsibilities- Design and support GCP network environments by leveraging cloud native services such as Network Connectivity Center (NCC), Cloud VPN, Cloud Load Balancers, VPC Constructs, and Service Networking.
- Provide consistent design patterns to support a wide array of connected services such as SaaS providers, on-premise systems, and internal GCP services.
- Participate in an on-call rotation and act as an escalation point as needed to support production environment needs.
- Deliver projects through cloud network constructs to support ongoing business requirements for a variety of internal stakeholders.
- Clearly articulate and communicate how technical components can support various environments within our cloud platform to peer groups, partner teams, and internal stakeholders.
- Interface with vendor teams to shape and adopt future product offerings within the GCP network space.
- Bachelors Degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 7 years of experience in network engineering roles.
- 5 years of experience in delivering GCP network environments.
- Expert level understanding of GCP service networking constructs such as Private Service Access and Private Service Connect.
- Advanced understanding of GCP Network Connectivity Center (NCC).
- Advanced understanding of GCP load balancing offerings (Internal vs External | Scope | Traffic Type).
- Advanced understanding of Cloud VPN, Interconnect, and Proxy based connectivity offering within GCP.
- Advanced understanding of TCP/IP stack with the ability to diagnose, interpret, and deliver solutions based on packet captures.
- Advanced understanding of packet-flow decision process with a focus on path determination, packet overhead constraints, fragmentation, and flow manipulation.
- Experience in delivering Cloud CDN solutions with a focus on cache vs origin delivery optimization.
- Experience delivering Infrastructure As Code solutions.
- Experience with Jira and ServiceNow.
- Ability to deliver baseline health monitoring to accommodate error budgeting and target specific SLI and SLO measurements
- Self-starting capabilities and the ability to thrive in an autonmous environment
Skills Required
- Bachelors Degree or equivalent practical experience
- 7 years of experience in network engineering roles
- 5 years of experience delivering GCP network environments
- Expert understanding of Private Service Access and Private Service Connect
- Advanced understanding of GCP Network Connectivity Center (NCC)
- Advanced understanding of GCP load balancing offerings (internal vs external, scope, traffic type)
- Advanced understanding of Cloud VPN, Interconnect, and proxy-based connectivity within GCP
- Advanced understanding of TCP/IP stack and ability to analyze packet captures
- Advanced understanding of packet-flow decision processes (path determination, fragmentation, flow manipulation)
- Experience delivering Cloud CDN solutions with cache vs origin optimization
- Experience delivering Infrastructure as Code solutions
- Experience with Jira and ServiceNow
- Ability to deliver baseline health monitoring and target SLI/SLO measurements
- Participation in an on-call rotation and escalation support for production environments
- Self-starting capabilities and ability to thrive in an autonomous environment
Ford Motor Company Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Ford Motor Company and has not been reviewed or approved by Ford Motor Company.
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Pay Growth & Progression — The 2023 UAW–Ford agreement delivered immediate raises, restored cost-of-living adjustments, and accelerated progression to top rates for many hourly roles. These changes improved earnings trajectories compared with pre-2023 levels.
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Healthcare Strength — Hourly employees retained very low employee cost-sharing under the 2023–2028 UAW–Ford agreement, and salaried materials describe comprehensive day‑one medical, dental, and prescription coverage. Mental-health support and family‑building benefits add depth to the overall health package.
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Retirement Support — U.S. salaried roles feature a notable 401(k) contribution and match structure, and post‑2023 updates increased retirement contributions for many UAW‑represented employees. Together these elements strengthen long‑term financial security.
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What We Do
Ford is a global company with shared ideals and a deep sense of family. From our earliest days as a pioneer of modern transportation, we have sought to make the world a better place – one that benefits lives, communities and the planet. We are here to provide the means for every person to move and pursue their dreams, serving as a bridge between personal freedom and the future of mobility. In that pursuit, our 186,000 employees around the world help to set the pace of innovation every day.
