Sr. ML Architect 

We are the movers of the world and the makers of the future. We get up every day, roll up our sleeves and build a better world -- together. At Ford, we’re all a part of something bigger than ourselves. Are you ready to change the way the world moves? 

Ford Motor Credit Company is on its journey to modernize its legacy applications and platforms to transform the business, improve customer experiences for enhanced regulatory compliance & operational efficiencies as a captive finance company. We are rearchitecting our Customer Experience platforms, Domain Services, Risk Analytics Platforms, and Data Warehousing platforms moving to a Unified, Modern, Scalable & Secure solutions on Google Cloud.

What you'll do...

• The Sr. ML Architect is expected to work closely with other stakeholders (ML Engineers, Data Scientists, and Data Engineers) with key responsibilities to: 
• Develop an in-depth understanding of the current Risk Analytics landscape and lead the Future State Architecture for the new Risk Platform in GCP.
• Lead evaluation of design options, tools, and utilities to build implementation patterns for MLOps using SAS Viya and VertexAI in the most optimal ways.
• Create solutions and conduct hands-on PoCs to move Risk Platform Components (KBS, CRIF, and SAS) to GCP.
• Work with Suppliers, Google Professional Services, and other Consultants as required to migrate key Risk models to GCP for Lending and Insurance platforms 
• Collaborate with program managers to plan iterations, backlogs, and dependencies across all workstreams to progress the program at the required pace.
• Led a team of ML Architects 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 adhere to established standards
• Provide advisory and technical consulting across all initiatives including product evaluations and recommendations, security, architecture assessments, integration considerations, etc.
• Collaborate with Data Engineering architects, SMEs, and technical leads to establish best practices for data products needed for model training and monitoring considering regulatory policy and legal compliance.

You'll have... 

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field
• 10+ years of relevant work experience in solution, application, and data architecture, with deep understanding of cloud hosting concepts and implementations.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience in Risk Analytics, MLOps and Architecting Solutions for ML based models and Rules Engines
• 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. 
• Understanding of microservices architecture
• Ability to negotiate & influence key stakeholders
• Strong leadership, communication, interpersonal, organizing, and problem-solving skills.

Even better, you may have...

• Google Professional Cloud Architect and/or Machine Learning Engineer certification preferred.

You may not check every box, or your experience may look a little different from what we've outlined, but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company, we encourage you to apply!

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, vision and prescription drug coverage

• Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care and more

• Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, 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. 

For a detailed look at our benefits, click here:

2024 New Hire Benefits

This position is a leadership level 6. 

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position. 

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