DevOps Engineer, Tech Ops

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

Responsibilities:

• Proactively identify performance improvements in areas like responsiveness, availability, and scale
• Manage, evolve, and build CI/CD pipelines
• Maintain, support, and build out infrastructure and services currently operating on AWS
• Creatively solve technical issues. You do not need to know everything, but you need to know how to find the solution
• Deliver solutions in a complex environment including distributed systems and applications
• Assist in building world-class, multi-cloud capable, state-of-the-art products by:
• Automating build processes
• Incorporating static code quality tools
• Helping identify code promotion qualities
• Utilizing and promoting the use of advanced deployment patterns like Canary and Blue/Green
• Building highly resilient cloud eco-systems capable of high availability and scale
• Deploying to public cloud providers like AWS
• Developing and maintaining applications that use Docker containers, Kubernetes as an orchestrator, or as full VMs with base images

Qualifications:

• 3 + years of production experience working as a Software Engineer or DevOps Engineer
• Public Cloud experience in AWS
• Experience in CI/CD with technologies such as GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, or similar
• Experience with Linux and Bash scripting
• Experience with containerization using Docker and Kubernetes
• Experience with scripting and orchestration with Terraform
• Experience with monitoring tools such as Datadog, AppDynamics, ELK, Grafana, Prometheus, or equivalent
• Effective verbal and written communication skills
• Solutions-oriented with an ability to keep an open mind while finding agreeable solutions
• Organized and detail oriented
• Ability to manage multiple priorities
• We think the knowledge acquired earning an BS in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field would be of great value in this position, but if you're smart and have the experience that backs up your abilities, for us, talent trumps degree every time.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with a service mesh using Istio or equivalent is a plus
• Experience with Vault is a plus
• Experience with Helm, Docker Compose, or similar

What’s in it for you?

In addition to an excellent compensation and benefits package, you’ll also receive:

• 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 worklife balance. At TC you'll be treated like the professional we know you are and left to manage your own time and work load.
• Hybrid work schedule to allow for a blend of in office and remote work OR fully remote work option from CA, CO, GA, IL, MA, MI, MO, NY, PA, TN, TX, UT, or WA
• 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 Patent-a-thons and Hackathons to embrace your superior creative thinking ability.
• Annual fitness reimbursement to help you balance your overall health without breaking the bank. We also have a Toyota Connected fit club that loves plank competitions!
• 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.
• Stocked kitchens with healthy snacks including fresh fruit, almonds, mixed nuts, pretzels, trail mix, and flavored waters. Nobody is hangry here!
• 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.

Who Are We?

Toyota Connected is a new company created to infuse the power of big data and cloud intelligence into all aspects of the mobility experience so that driving a Toyota or Lexus is more personal, intuitive and safe.  We create and enable technologies that delight, simplify and connect the lives of those who use our products.  We believe this mobility revolution will empower our customers to use their vehicles in an array of exciting new ways. We support, celebrate and thrive on the opportunity to provide Mobility for All.

Making a connected life a more human experience takes humans from all walks of life. Toyota Connected celebrates and is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace that embraces you regardless of your race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, skin color, age, disability, military or veteran status, big shot relative, or Instagram fame. Different makes us awesome.