The Ford Credit team works every day to make Ford vehicles and services accessible to customers and to accelerate the profitable growth of Ford Motor Company. We provide financing, personalized service and professional expertise to thousands of Ford and Lincoln dealers and millions of customers around the world through all economic cycles. **In this Position…** We are looking for a Senior Solutions Architect to join our US based Enterprise Architecture team to lead the Solution Design and Architecture of Subscriptions Services Platform. In this role, you will define strategy, understand and document current state architecture, evaluate alternatives, create future state enterprise solutions, and guide the engineering teams to modernize their applications using cloud native technologies on the Google Cloud Platform. It requires a deep understanding of GCP Services, Security and Infrastructure hosting, and API development tools and technologies needed for financial products offered by Ford Credit. Hands-on experience with cloud native technologies, a strategic, progressive mindset, and the ability to collaborate to solve business challenges is a must. **What you'll do…** The Sr. Solutions Architect is expected to work closely with other stakeholders (Engineering and Product Teams) with key responsibilities to: + Develop an in-depth understanding of the current Zuora based Subscription Services Platform and lead the Future State Architecture in GCP. + Lead evaluation of design options, tools and utilities to build implementation patterns for Billing and Payment Services + Create solutions and conduct hands-on PoCs to prove out key assumptions + Work with Suppliers, Google Professional Services and other Consultants as required + Collaborate with program managers to plan iterations, backlogs and dependencies across all workstreams to progress program at required pace. + Provide direction to other Architects and supplier resources to guide Design / Architecture / Tool / Implementation Patterns, Troubleshooting Guidance and Remove Roadblocks for the Engineering teams + Drive adoption of standardized architecture, design and quality assurance approaches across all workstreams and ensure migrated solutions adheres to established standards + Provide advisory and technical consulting across all initiatives including product evaluations and recommendations, security, architecture assessments, integration considerations, etc. + Collaborate with other architects, SMEs and technical leads to establish best practices considering regulatory policy and legal compliance. **You'll have…** + Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field + Google Professional Cloud Architect / Engineer certification preferred. + 10+ years of relevant work experience in solution architecture and enterprise architecture, with deep understanding of cloud hosting concepts and implementations. + 5+ years of hands-on experience in Solutions design and architecture with emphasis on well-architected solution frameworks + Experience in migrating legacy applications to Cloud platform and business adoption of these platforms + Knowledge of enterprise frameworks and technologies. Strong in architecture design patterns, experience with secure interoperability standards and methods, architecture tools and processes. + Strong understanding on DevOps principles and practices, including continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD), automated testing & deployment pipelines. + Good understanding of cloud security best practices and be familiar with different security tools and techniques like Identity and Access Management (IAM), Encryption, Network Security, etc. + Good understanding of microservices architecture and domain driven design + Ability to negotiate & influence key stakeholders + Strong leadership, communication, interpersonal, organizing, and problem-solving skills 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 childcare 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. This position is a leadership level 6. For more information on salary and benefits, click here: https://fordcareers.co/LL6HTHD (https://urldefense.com/v3/\_\_https:/fordcareers.co/LL6HTHD\_\_;!!N\_LtwI-RPugbI9wg0dJn!DX\_AFPlpfCtWzq60\_kYfaJucwcq4yZIiO7hfbbxwArCFWFOK9Z4ltOpfVxudfstBYXhU\_pfPafzk1Gc$) Visa sponsorship is not available for this position. Candidates for positions with Ford Motor Company must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a culturally diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status or protected veteran status. In the United States, if you need a reasonable accommodation for the online application process due to a disability, please call 1-888-336-0660. **Requisition ID** : 41355