Cloud Site Reliability Engineer – Ford India | Chennai (Hybrid)
Job Description
🔍 Summary
Join Ford India as a Cloud Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) and become a key player in shaping the future of smart mobility. Located in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, this hybrid position offers a unique opportunity to work on cutting-edge cloud technologies, enhancing global monitoring and observability platforms. Ideal for professionals experienced in Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Kubernetes, OpenTelemetry, and Golang, this role blends systems engineering with software development to ensure the reliability, scalability, and performance of Ford’s cloud infrastructure. If you’re passionate about automation, cloud reliability, and performance optimization—this role is for you.
🧾 Job Details at a Glance
| Job Title | Cloud Site Reliability Engineer |
|---|---|
| Company | Ford Motor Company |
| Location | Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Work Mode | Hybrid (Partial Remote Work Allowed) |
| Shift | Day Shift |
| Experience Required | 3+ Years in SRE / DevOps / Software Engineering |
| Cloud Platform | Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Kubernetes |
| Programming Languages | Golang, Scripting (Shell/Python preferred) |
| Monitoring Tools | OpenTelemetry, Terraform, Prometheus |
| Database Experience | PostgreSQL, Document & Relational DBs |
| Job Type | Full-time |
| Job Schedule | Permanent Role |
🚀 Key Responsibilities
- Develop and deploy code to improve service reliability, uptime, and performance.
- Design, implement, and manage backend systems using Golang, PostgreSQL, and OpenTelemetry.
- Utilize Terraform and Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) tools for efficient system management.
- Optimize cost and performance across Google Cloud Platform (GCP) infrastructure.
- Collaborate with development teams to promote observability and proactive monitoring.
- Create automation for on-call alerting, disaster recovery, and incident response.
- Analyze and troubleshoot production issues, contributing to postmortems and resilience planning.
- Apply platform engineering principles to infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines.
- Ensure security compliance, participate in security audits, and follow best practices.
- Maintain comprehensive documentation, including runbooks and system designs.
- Perform capacity planning, performance tuning, and resource forecasting.
🎯 Required Skills & Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or related field.
- 3+ years of professional experience in SRE, DevOps, or Software Engineering roles.
- Strong hands-on experience with cloud-native infrastructure, preferably on GCP.
- Proficient in monitoring and observability tools like OpenTelemetry, Grafana, or Prometheus.
- Expertise in Kubernetes, Golang, and scripting languages (Shell, Python).
- Familiarity with relational/document databases and performance tuning.
- Proven ability to troubleshoot, optimize code, and automate routine tasks.
- Excellent problem-solving, debugging, and communication skills.
✅ Preferred Skills (Bonus Points)
- Experience with incident management, SLOs, and error budgets.
- Prior work on multi-region cloud systems.
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines, version control (e.g., GitHub), and DevSecOps tools.
- Exposure to security compliance, disaster recovery planning, and platform scalability.
💼 Why Join Ford as a Site Reliability Engineer?
- Be part of Ford’s global digital transformation in the mobility and automotive space.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams in a fast-paced, agile environment.
- Work on high-impact projects that touch millions of customers worldwide.
- Access to world-class learning resources, career growth, and internal mobility.
- Competitive salary, hybrid flexibility, and inclusive workplace culture.
📢 Apply Now
Ready to shape the future of cloud reliability at Ford Motor Company?
👉 Click here to apply directly on Ford Careers
Don’t wait—applications close on September 9, 2025, at 5:30 AM IST.