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Ford Motor Company

API Security Engineer

Ford Motor Company, Austin, Texas, us, 78716

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Overview

At Ford Motor Company, we believe freedom of movement drives human progress. We also believe in providing you with the freedom to define and realize your dreams. With our incredible plans for the future of mobility, we have a wide variety of opportunities for you to accelerate your career potential as you help us define tomorrow’s transportation. As a key member of our Information Technology group, you’ll play a critical part in shaping the future of mobility. If you’re looking for the chance to leverage advanced technology to redefine the transportation landscape, enhance the customer experience and improve people’s lives, this is the opportunity for you. Join us and challenge your IT expertise and analytical skills to help create vehicles that are as smart as you are. Ford Vehicle and Mobility Cybersecurity is seeking professionals with a strong interest in understanding and resolving technical challenges in the automotive cybersecurity domain. Responsibilities

Develop security policies that apply to Ford’s entire API ecosystem

Work with upcoming technologies to ingest data into our API security platform

Work with internal teams to understand processes, flows, and limitations of APIs and other systems

Identify opportunities for scripting and automation to develop solutions to common events

Find, investigate, and remediate vulnerabilities across the Vehicle and Mobility domains

Create and manage processes, systems, and tools exercising a high degree of responsibility

Provide insight to management on common API misconfigurations, identify gaps in API development processes

Perform other duties as assigned

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or related field

3+ years of experience in the Cybersecurity domain

Desirable qualifications

Degree in Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Cyber Security/Information Assurance, Computer Science, or Management Information Systems or eqivalent

Demonstrated ability to rapidly learn new technologies

Strong analytical, communication and interpersonal skills

Excellent oral and written communication skills

Strong interpersonal skills, flexibility and ability to work in a team environment

Participation in Cyber Defense competitions

Background in networking, infrastructure, general cloud exposure, and experience with security concepts

Exposure to cloud concepts and cloud services

Knowledge of security concepts: vulnerabilities, ethical hacking, secure design.

Experience with API tools and technologies such as API Management, API standards like Swagger/OpenAPI, and API catalogs or API

Development experience in one or more of the following programming languages: Python, Java, C/C+

Benefits

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: https://fordcareers.co/GSR-HTHD This position is a range of salary grades

7-8 . SOUTHEAST MI RESIDENTS: This role is posted as remote unless you reside within 50 miles of Dearborn, MI—in which case we request on-site presence up to 4 days a week. 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. #LI-Remote Requisition ID

: 50859

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