Woven · San Francisco
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TEAM
Software development in the automotive industry comes with unique challenges. From deploying artifacts to cloud, mobile devices, and vehicles, to meeting vehicle security certifications and navigating different types of testing and simulation, it can be overwhelming for automotive software developers. That's why the Enterprise Technology Engineering Team (EnTec) builds solutions that enhance productivity, so developers can focus on their true passion – software development – without being bogged down by setup and customization tasks.
At EnTec, our mission is to make software development for Woven by Toyota and the greater Toyota organization as a whole more productive and efficient. We use the latest technologies to help engineering teams go faster, with safety as our top priority. Our modern, agile, and transparent services are designed to bring to life Woven by Toyota's vision of "Mobility to Love, Safety to Live."
WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?
We are looking for a Head of Infrastructure Engineering in our Palo Alto office to lead a global team responsible for Woven by Toyota’s corporate infrastructure systems including network, cloud, productivity and AI tools.
Cultivate the success of an internationally distributed team of 40+ employees and contractors managing network infrastructure, server infrastructure, productivity tools, and MDM;
Act as a leadership figure by engaging people and caring for them;
Adapt established processes, frameworks to deliver quality tools and infrastructure to the business;
Establish a team culture to enable engineers to be successful, engaged and open to collaboration with other engineering and security teams;
Inspire engineering best practices for developing high-quality, maintainable, and safe systems;
Define roadmaps, metrics, and budgets to shape the success of the organization
Engage and contribute to architecture discussions to empower sound technical decision-making;
Inspire ambitious but achievable goal setting;
Relentlessly enforce the quality and integrated testing standards and other Woven policies, leading by example and mentoring the team members to operate accordingly
Engage and participate in strategic activities toward global vision execution by maintaining strong relationships with other organizations within Woven by Toyota
Excellent English communication and people engagement skills;
5+ years as senior manager in more than one IT domain (networking, systems engineering, software engineering, DevOps, corporate SaaS tools, MDM)
An empathic leader capable of understanding human beings and identify their strengths and their weaknesses;
A leader capable of enabling a security-first culture;
Excellent technical abilities, capable of quickly understanding complex technical situations that usually involve people, processes and products;
Experience working in multicultural teams and openness to various cultures;
Excellent knowledge of project & product management practices;
Mindset for ownership, growth, and a bias for progress;
Deep commitment to quality.
Hands-on experience deploying office and/or datacenter infrastructure
Experience creating and managing infrastructure and tool budgets
Linux, Networking, or Cloud certifications (AWS, Palo Alto, Juniper, GCP, Cisco, etc.)
Experience with Microsoft Identity services, Slack, GWS, JAMF, Intune, and/or Puppet
Experience managing AI tools for corporate productivity
Experience in hybrid cloud environments
Experience supporting large-scale infrastructure environments