Site Reliability Engineer, Lead - Data Platforms

Toyota North America • Plano, TX

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About The Position

Overview Who we are Collaborative. Respectful. A place to dream and do. These are just a few words that describe what life is like at Toyota. As one of the world’s most admired brands, Toyota is growing and leading the future of mobility through innovative, high-quality solutions designed to enhance lives and delight those we serve. We’re looking for talented team members who want to Dream. Do. Grow. with us. An important part of the Toyota family is Toyota Financial Services (TFS), the finance and insurance brand for Toyota and Lexus in North America. While TFS is a separate business entity, it is an essential part of this world-changing company- delivering on Toyota's vision to move people beyond what's possible. At TFS, you will help create best-in-class customer experience in an innovative, collaborative environment. To save time applying, Toyota does not offer sponsorship of job applicants for employment-based visas or any other work authorization for this position currently. Who we’re looking for The Toyota Financial Services Technology Operations Center is looking for a passionate and highly motivated Site Reliability Engineer – Data Platforms. Reporting to the Manager of SRE Departments, the individual in this role will be focus strengthen our Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) capabilities across a diverse data platforms and pipeline/framework ecosystem. This role blends data engineering expertise with reliability, automation, and observability practices to ensure our data flows are resilient, scalable, and continuously improving. You’ll support Python‑based data pipelines, Informatica for data transformation, and Snowflake for cloud data warehousing. You’ll also play a central role in building robust monitoring and alerting frameworks, including deep integration with Dynatrace.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in information technology or related field.
• Solid understanding of SRE concepts: SLIs, SLOs, error budgets, incident response.
• 8+ years of experience in SRE, data engineering, DevOps, or related fields.
• Strong proficiency in Python for data processing, automation, and tooling.
• Hands‑on experience with Informatica PowerCenter.
• Deep understanding of Snowflake architecture, performance tuning, and data‑loading patterns.
• Strong experience with Dynatrace, including: Setting up dashboards, alerts, and SLOs Creating custom metrics and integrations Monitoring distributed systems and data pipelines
• Solid understanding of observability concepts (metrics, logs, traces) and incident management.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Autosys, Airflow, or similar orchestration tools.
• Strong SQL skills and experience with large‑scale data systems.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain monitoring, alerting, and observability for data pipelines and ETL/ELT workflows.
• Build and optimize Dynatrace dashboards, alerts, custom metrics, and integrations to ensure proactive detection of issues.
• Lead incident response, root‑cause analysis, and long‑term remediation efforts.
• Improve system reliability through automation, performance tuning, and resiliency best practices.
• Reduce operational toil by identifying and automating repetitive tasks.
• Support, troubleshoot, and enhance Python‑based data pipelines/frameworks.
• Work with Informatica PowerCenter/Cloud to design, optimize, and maintain ETL workflows.
• Manage and optimize data ingestion, transformation, and loading into Snowflake.
• Collaborate with data engineering and analytics teams to ensure data quality, consistency, and performance.
• Develop and maintain job scheduling and orchestration using Autosys and Airflow.
• Build automation for deployments, validations, and operational workflows.
• Optimize pipelines for data and ETL processes.
• Build and Maintain components required to Automate operational workflows and reduce toil using Python or equivalent scripting language.

Benefits

• 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
• Tax Advantaged Accounts (Health Savings Account, Health Care FSA, Dependent Care FSA)
• Relocation assistance (if applicable)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level