Job Description

Details on tech stack
Key requirements to have the following skills

• GCP

• Kubernetes

• Terraform

Some additional assumptions:

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  We will align with Ford’s existing agile methodology, terminology and backlog management tool
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  DevOps Tools have been chosen (Jenkins, Github, etc.) and agreed with developers, some specific tools e.g. scanning may need to be selected and acquired.
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  Focus is on native GCP services (GKE and no 3rd party or OSS platforms)
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  GCP will be provisioned as code using Terraform
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  Initial dev sandbox for October will have limited platform capabilities (enable development with MVP)
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  Security testing & scanning tools will be decided during discovery
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  Databases will be re-platformed to Cloud SQL
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  Environment will be specified for up to 8 initial microservices (release plan finalized before end of Discovery)
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  Design will include multi-zone, not multi-region

Min requirements to the candidate

• GCP

• Kubernetes

• Terraform

English level: Intermediate and stronger.

GCP Application Arch with 4-5 Microservices with approach to Security, DR/BCP, Cost Monitoring, Logging, Autoscale (up and down for Compute and storage resources),etc.
GCP micro-services platform configuration:
Functions, GKE, IAM, Storage, Compute Engine, Google Resource Manager, Database (MS SQL)
DevSecOps/IaC Automation:
Jira, Jenkins, GitHub, Terraform, Cloud Deployment Manager, Python
CoE Collaboration:
Help align program workstream deliverables and timing e.g. “wall-walk”
Determine cloud security and networking requirements for overlay
Establish CI/CD and Security Tooling standards – Jenkins, GitHub, Artifactory, Veracode, Twistlock, etc.
Prepare for “day 2” SRE with integrated alerting, monitoring, logging, distributed tracing, backups, etc. (and collaboratively select services and tools)
Epics/Features for Backlog and Testing:
Authentication and Authorization, API Security, DR Patterns, VPC Standards, CICD/IaC Pipeline Implementation, Go-Live to Prod MVPs, Day 2 Ops MVPs, GKE Container Mgmt MVP, Security Incident Response

About Us:
Grid Dynamics (Nasdaq:GDYN) is a digital-native technology services provider that accelerates growth and bolsters competitive advantage for Fortune 1000 companies. Grid Dynamics provides digital transformation consulting and implementation services in omnichannel customer experience, big data analytics, search, artificial intelligence, cloud migration, and application modernization. Grid Dynamics achieves high speed-to-market, quality, and efficiency by using technology accelerators, an agile delivery culture, and its pool of global engineering talent. Founded in 2006, Grid Dynamics is headquartered in Silicon Valley with offices across the US, UK, Netherlands, Mexico, and Central and Eastern Europe. To learn more about Grid Dynamics, please visit www.griddynamics.com. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.