Site Reliability Engineer, Lead - Consumer Lending Domain

Overview

Who we are

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Who we’re looking for
Toyota Financial Services is building out a new Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) team for application domains, and we are seeking a Lead SRE engineer to ensure reliability, performance and availability of the applications within each domain. As a Lead SRE engineer - Consumer Lending Domain, you will be working with development engineers, product owners, SRE Infrastructure, production engineers and Technology Operations Center personnel with a primary focus on improving observability, automation, overall system health, reliability and uptime.

What you’ll be doing

• Design, code, and maintain automation to streamline operations, reduce manual tasks, and improve system efficiency to enable a robust application environment.

• Working with observability engineers to enable actionable insights into applications and infrastructure health and performance.  Foster a collaborative team culture and support professional development.

• Ensure scalable & repeatable code deployments with CI/CD pipelines using GitHub & Harness, repeatable deployments with infrastructure as code (IaC) using Terraform.

• Build automation and operational runbooks primarily using Python scripting.

• Manage container orchestration platforms and related cloud-native services.

• Drive reliability improvements through Service Level Objectives (SLOs), error budgets and Service Level Agreements (SLAs) aligned with business goals.

• Design & implement observability improvements using Dynatrace & CloudWatch.

• Lead major incident responses and coordinate with stakeholders for resolution and drive problem management to prevent recurrence.

• Conduct blameless post-incident reviews and drive continuous improvement.

• Collaborate cross-functionally to embed SRE principles into application design and operation meeting reliability goals.

• Participate in architectural reviews, providing input on reliability and scalability.

• Mentor, guide & provide technical direction to colleagues & SREs on the team, including design decisions & tradeoffs.
   

What you bring

• Experience with DevOps tools like GitHub, Harness & Dynatrace.

• Experience building self-healing systems and automated remediation workflows.

• 10+ years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps, or related field.

• Demonstrated experience in problem-solving, key SRE/DevOps concepts & tools with a proven track record of achieving high system reliability and performance.

• Strong experience with Terraform for AWS IaC.

• Proficient in scripting and automation with Python and familiar with monitoring and logging tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack).

• Deep knowledge of container orchestration (Kubernetes/EKS).

• Deep understanding of cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure) and container orchestration technologies (e.g., Kubernetes).

• Effective communication skills, with the ability to convey complex technical concepts to diverse audiences.
   

Added bonus if you have

• AWS certifications (DevOps Engineer, Solutions Architect, etc.).

• Familiarity with GitOps, secrets management, and infrastructure monitoring best practices.

• Experience building self-healing systems and automated remediation workflows.
   

What we’ll bring
During your interview process, our team can fill you in on all the details of our industry-leading benefits and career development opportunities. A few highlights include:

• A work environment built on teamwork, flexibility, and respect.

• Professional growth and development programs to help advance your career, as well as tuition reimbursement.

• Team Member Vehicle Purchase Discount

• Toyota Team Member Lease Vehicle Program (if applicable) 

• Comprehensive health care and wellness plans for your entire family.

• Toyota 401(k) Savings Plan featuring a company match, as well as an annual retirement contribution from Toyota regardless of whether you contribute.

• Paid holidays and paid time off.

• Referral services related to prenatal services, adoption, childcare, schools, and more.

• Relocation assistance (if applicable).

Belonging at Toyota

Our success begins and ends with our people. We embrace all perspectives and value unique human experiences. Respect for all is our North Star. Toyota is proud to have 10+ different Business Partnering Groups across 100 different North American chapter locations that support team members’ efforts to dream, do and grow without questioning that they belong.

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