Ford uses a customized Ubuntu OS primarily in its Research & Development centers, focusing on Advanced Driver-Assistance Systems (ADAS) Selected individuals will lead efforts related to the engineering, implementation, and ongoing support and maintenance of Ford’s Landscape Management System and all activities related to the Ubuntu Global Client MDM.  This person will be expected to partner with resources across multiple teams globally and document/manage project plans for each project using JIRA, including documenting risks/issues for management to ensure that the objectives are completed on time. This individual is expected to demonstrate strong Ubuntu and Landscape Management System Admin/Technical skills as well as Project Management skills. Creativity and analytical thinking will be used to shape the design and control implementation of key client strategies. This position is suited to someone who is both comfortable working independently and also collaborating with both Ubuntu Global Client Engineering and external teams/suppliers, as well as department leadership.

Education Qualification        : B.E. Computer Science, MCA, M.Sc. Computer Science

Number of Years Experience:   0-4

Manage Landscape (Linux Clients Management Tool) Application & Database servers Infrastructure  Maintain the health and efficiency of the 3 Landscape Environments (DEV, QA, and PROD) Daily monitoring of the Landscape System (removing duplicate hosts, removing old activities, confirming weekly repository synchronizations) Yearly SSL Certificate Renewal Quarterly Server Patching Client License Management, including load balancing, assisting purchasing, and installations. Application publishing and clean-up. Creating new local repositories to support OS launches (every other year) Cleaning up old repos when required Server Resource management Yearly firewall attestation Creating scripts and CRON jobs to support Global Client needs (annotations) Maintain Production passwords in Beyond Trust Digital Envelope Server OS upgrade (currently 18.04.6 LTS – either new servers or existing upgrade) Enroll Landscape servers in Active Directory Landscape upgrade (currently running 19.04) Landscape accessible from public internet MFA for Landscape console Ubuntu Client Operating System Life Cycle Management Automation using Shell Scripting

Work with vendor (Canonical) for problem resolution when needed.