Network Security Engineer

We are seeking a senior technical leader for the Network Security Engineer. You will define the strategy, architecture, engineering, automation, and lifecycle management of Ford’s global network security platforms. Your work will advance Zero Trust and SASE, strengthen cloud and enterprise connectivity, and help ensure network services are secure, resilient, and highly available.

This role combines deep network security expertise with architecture leadership, automation, operational discipline, and collaboration across global teams. You will partner with engineering and operations teams, business stakeholders, and technology providers to modernize network security and support Ford’s enterprise, manufacturing, cloud, supplier, dealer, and partner environments.

Responsibilities

Network Security Strategy, Architecture & Modernization

• Define the enterprise network security architecture and technology roadmap.
• Lead strategy for Zero Trust, Secure Access Service Edge (SASE), Prisma Access, firewalls, proxies, Cisco ISE, SD-WAN, wireless, DNS/DHCP/IPAM, and F5 technologies.
• Design secure, reliable connectivity for Ford’s enterprise, manufacturing, cloud, supplier, dealer, and partner environments.
• Modernize legacy VPN and DMZ architectures by advancing Zero Trust access models.
• Establish and maintain security standards, governance practices, and compliance approaches for network security platforms.
• Partner with technical teams and technology providers—including Cisco, Palo Alto Networks, and F5—to evaluate capabilities, guide implementation, and plan platform lifecycles.

Security Engineering, Automation & Risk Reduction

• Drive network security engineering and platform improvements in partnership with development and infrastructure teams.
• Advance network automation and Infrastructure as Code practices to improve consistency, efficiency, and reliability.
• Lead or coordinate remediation of security vulnerabilities, including urgent and zero-day risks.
• Apply Agentic AI automation where appropriate to improve security operations and engineering workflows.
• Champion Full Stack Observability (FSO) and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices to strengthen service health and operational insight.

Operations, Availability & Incident Leadership

• Support major incidents, change management, technical escalations, and enterprise network security operations.
• Help ensure 24x7 availability of global network security services through Follow-the-Sun operations.