Cyber Automation Analyst - Security Operations Center

We are the movers of the world and the makers of the future. We get up every day, roll up our sleeves and build a better world -- together. At Ford, we’re all a part of something bigger than ourselves. Are you ready to change the way the world moves?

Enterprise Technology plays 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.

This role will be focused on advancing Ford’s Cyber Defense Center (CDC) detection engineering, automation, and Agentic SOC capabilities within the Office of the CETO organization. The CDC mission is to provide proactive and reactive security services to protect Ford Motor Company global digital information assets from compromise. The Detection Engineer will design, build, test, and maintain high-fidelity detections and security automations across SIEM, SOAR, EDR, cloud, identity, and AI-enabled security platforms. This position requires hands-on expertise in Google SecOps, GCP-hosted CI/CD pipelines, Tekton-based delivery workflows, Python automation, and secure Agentic SOC development using modern generative AI patterns.

Successful candidates must bring deep cyber defense experience and strong software engineering discipline. The candidate should be able to translate attacker behaviors, cloud telemetry, endpoint signals, identity events, and SOC case history into durable detection logic and automated response workflows. This role also requires the ability to develop, validate, and deploy AI-assisted SOC capabilities, including agent skills, retrieval-augmented workflows, Model Context Protocol integrations, secure prompt and tool governance, and human-in-the-loop guardrails for production security operations.

Candidates must be willing to work a Hybrid work pattern, with a currently limited in-office schedule in the southeast Michigan metro area 4 days in-person/week.