Senior DevOps Engineer, Labs

Toyota Connected North America•Plano, TX

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

Our Toyota Connected Labs team is looking for a DevOps Engineer to create, maintain, support, and improve complex cloud operations for cutting edge microservice based platforms. Ideal candidates will apply their knowledge in a highly energized, fast-paced, and innovative environment while working on Toyota Connected products.

Requirements

5+ years of production experience working as a DevOps Engineer or Software Engineer
DevOps expertise to efficiently provide valuable insights and solve challenging problems with minimal supervision or escalation and advance processes that are shared among other team members or groups
Expertise in Terraform to create, modify, and manage infrastructure configurations or IaC templates
Expertise in containerization technologies (Docker & Kubernetes) to build, package, and deploy optimized container images
Advanced proficiency in designing, implementing, and maintaining complex CI/CD pipelines that span with increasing complexity and integrating across multiple environments
Expertise in cloud platforms (AWS) to optimize cloud resource utilization and costs throughout product lifecycle
Proficiency in cloud architecture and design patterns to create scalable, resilient, and cost-effective cloud architectures and apply best practices for cloud deployments
Expertise with a scripting language to develop custom tools and scripts for DevOps workflows or integrate with APIs
Expertise in version control systems to perform branching, merging, and resolving merge conflicts
Versed within InfoSec policies and procedures to adhere to security standards/regulations and identify gaps in security architecture
Expertise in monitoring and analytics platforms to set up monitors, alerts, and diagnostic tools for proactive issue detection, root cause analysis, and performance optimization across distributed systems
Expertise in analyzing and troubleshooting system architecture components (e.g., databases, caching layers, load-balancing) to ensure peak performance, including profiling
Expertise in cloud networking concepts and troubleshooting to diagnose and resolve network connectivity issues, manage performance, and implement optimization strategies
Understanding of cloud billing and cost management tools to recognize total costs
Experience in leading initiatives under direction
Demonstrates advanced problem-solving, troubleshooting, decision making skills
Ability to apply systems thinking to understand interdependencies and design solutions that achieve results
Ability to learn and apply new technologies, programming practices, patterns, and methods
Experience mentoring, providing technical guidance, and training more junior team members
Ability to work independently and take ownership of tasks/assignments
Organized and detail-oriented
Ability to develop healthy working relationships and collaborate with peers and leaders
Exhibits integrity and high standards in work quality
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Values diversity and differences amongst individuals in interactions

Responsibilities

Lead initiatives including defining project objectives, developing project schedules, preparing cost estimates, allocating/forecasting resources, and ensuring timely delivery under the direction of Manager/Product Manager.
Independently write and maintain complex automation scripts, refining readability, maintainability, and efficiency.
Perform advanced troubleshooting in scripts with multiple integration points.
Lead or participate in code reviews to improve overall script quality, starting to see constructive feedback.
Write clean, reusable, and high-quality IaC to solve novel or complex problems and lead advanced IaC reviews, ensuring adherence to best practices and providing guidance during the merge review process.
Design patterns, practices, and platforms that enable developers to integrate and deliver software components efficiently.
Build and improve the CI/CD process, ensuring a fully functional software ecosystem.
Independently manage virtual servers, containers, and orchestration platforms.
Identify and develop local and cross team / org automation capabilities for products that impact key business SLAs and KPIs.
Implement security measures to protect data integrity and confidentiality across pipelines.
Lead the advanced troubleshooting and resolution of complex or novel system issues, including analyzing logs, performance data, and system behavior.
Define and enforce consistent branching strategies to facilitate parallel development, code isolation, and seamless integration across team(s).
Regularly review and analyze system performance metrics, proactively identifying and resolving bottlenecks, and implementing solutions to improve speed and responsiveness.
Handle multi region or multi cloud network management, including zero trust networks and virtual private networks.
Assist in canary deployments.
Perform chaos engineering with networking to test resilience.
Develop and implement strategies for network redundancy and disaster recovery.
Ensure that network infrastructure can withstand and recover from failures/disasters with minimal impact.
Lead and facilitate technical discussions, providing insights and recommendations based on DevOps principles.
Coach more junior DevOps Engineers through targeted feedback and guidance to improve technical skills, overcome challenges, and achieve specific goals.

Benefits

A Career Path that allows you to take your career to the next level.
Annual $2,500 Training Budget to help you grow and develop your professional skills.
Unlimited time off and flexibility for a great work-life balance.
At TC you'll be treated like the professional we know you are and left to manage your own time and workload.
Home office stipend of $1,000 to help furnish an ergonomic remote office.
Four months of paid parental leave.
We want new moms and dads to have an opportunity to bond with their new little bundles of joy.
Adoption Assistance of $5,000 for regular adoptions or $6,000 for special needs.
We know adoption costs can add up, and we want to help.
401(k) with generous company match that is fully vested day one.
Toyota and Lexus vehicle discounts to allow you to drive in style.
Generous vehicle allowance for new and leased Toyota and Lexus vehicles.
Scratch that vehicle payment off your monthly bills!
Annual  Hackathons to embrace your superior creative thinking ability.
Annual Wellness Stipend of $1000 to help balance your overall mental and physical health.
Free catered lunches when working onsite.
We try to keep it healthy, but Fridays are "cheat" days, so you can get your carbs on!
Two fully stocked Nespresso bars for your coffee and tea fixes.
No dress code! Come as you are. We know the smart people we hire don’t need to be told what to wear.
Free covered garage parking to shield your vehicle from those sneaky storms and to protect your buns from the Texas sun.