Endpoint Security Platform Engineer

Job Description: Endpoint Security Platform Engineer

Enterprise Technology at Ford Motor Company plays a critical part in shaping the future of mobility. As an Endpoint Security Platform Engineer, you will leverage advanced technology to redefine the transportation landscape, enhance the customer experience, and improve people's lives. Join a team where you can challenge your IT expertise and analytical skills to help create vehicles that are as smart as you are.

This position is integral to developing and engineering solutions across Ford's current and future security portfolio. The ideal candidate will possess experience in platform management for security tools, with a strong preference for expertise in Microsoft Defender.

Responsibilities

• Manage all Platform Engineering aspects of the organization's Endpoint Security and data governance platforms, ensuring appropriate technologies and methodologies for data protection, data governance, and compliance.
• Collaborate internally and across the organization to drive the adoption and optimization of data protection and compliance technologies.
• Stay current with industry trends, best practices, and emerging technologies related to Data Loss Prevention (DLP), data governance, eDiscovery, and related cloud security services.
• Extensively collaborate with technical and business-facing stakeholders to engineer DLP and data governance solutions that exceed customer expectations and drive significant business value.
• Implement and monitor data protection and compliance standards using the chosen DLP platform across development, testing, and production environments.
• Design solutions and processes to monitor, test, and strategically deploy updates and new features within the DLP and data governance ecosystem.
• Identify opportunities for automation and efficiency improvements within DLP operations and data governance processes, implementing solutions end-to-end.
• Utilize modern tools, technology, and frameworks to enhance the business experience related to data management and compliance.
• Participate in the development of a healthy product backlog for DLP and data governance initiatives, ensuring agile practices are followed.
• Proactively identify opportunities to improve and automate existing DLP deployments and related data governance technologies.
• Support the strategic vision for new data governance infrastructure and systems by providing input on roadmaps/value maps in partnership with business stakeholders, aligning with the overall corporate data strategy and DLP technology roadmap.
• Support organizational-wide Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity plans and strategy as they pertain to data governance and the DLP platform's role in ensuring data availability and compliance during potential events.
• Support 24x7 data protection and compliance operations as needed, particularly in relation to DLP incidents and alerts.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Cyber Security, or Information Systems.
• Knowledge of IT Endpoint Security Products.
• Familiarity with the Microsoft 365 Security ecosystem.
• Basic understanding of networking protocols (TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/S) and how they relate to endpoint communication and security monitoring.
• Eagerness to stay current with the evolving threat landscape and a willingness to learn new security tools and methodologies.
• Foundational understanding of Cloud Security concepts.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Foundational cybersecurity certifications are a plus (e.g., CompTIA Security+, Microsoft SC-200: Cyber Security Operations Analyst, or Trend Micro Vision One fundamentals).
• Understanding, with hands-on experience, of IT Security technologies, including but not limited to Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR), Anti-Malware, and Extended Detection and Response (XDR) platforms.
• Experience with Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)/Security Orchestration (SOAR), and Threat Intelligence.
• Hands-on experience solving complex security technical challenges.
• Deep technical knowledge of cloud platforms and their security implications.
• Experience engineering reusable tools and self-service capabilities with automated infrastructure operations.
• Knowledge of Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines.
• Knowledge of secure coding practices.
• Knowledge of system design principles including reliability, availability, and scalability.
• Understanding of industry-standard security frameworks (e.g., NIST, ISO 27001).
• Analytical skills and a risk management mindset.

Ford Motor Company encourages all qualified candidates to apply, even if your experience doesn't perfectly align with every outlined qualification, emphasizing the value you can bring to the company.

Key skills/competency

• Endpoint Security
• Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
• Data Governance
• Microsoft Defender
• Microsoft 365 Security
• Cloud Security
• Cybersecurity Operations
• Automation
• Compliance
• Incident Response