Data SME Architect

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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 experiences in an innovative, collaborative environment.

Who we're looking for

The TFS Enterprise Architecture team is looking for a highly motivated and qualified SME Architect s to drive building world class solutions across the IT domains and enterprise. SME Architects are Senior Individual Contributors (Director or Senior Director) reporting to the Chief Architect and within their field, do the following:

• A re Hands-on expert in their field(s) capable of developing solutions as well as presenting them to a group of executives

• Lead and facilitate in-depth technology discussions and workshops across various teams, clearly articulating and presenting technology alternatives and recommendations to stakeholders at all levels.

• Stay up-to-date with industry trends and technologies in their fields to make sure our solutions are kept cutting-edge

• Drive innovation in their field, conducting Proof of Concept in collaboration with other architects and engineers

• C reat e and help in the adoption of relevant technology roadmaps, requirements, patterns, and practices for the ir respective area of focus to build best in class applications.

• Direct the creation of standards, re-usable components, and design patterns and propose solutions to meet business needs.

• Conduct training and coach teams on selected technology and adopted requirements.

In addition, a s a Data SME Architect you will have the following responsibilities:

• Maintain our Data Strategy to support modern Data and AI Products in collaboration with our Data Engineering and Data Science organization

• Drive the creation of our next generation Data Platform to support real-time operational solution s as well as data analytical workloa d s

• Provide technical leadership in creating our Machine Learning platform in collaboration with our platform team and Data Science team to support new AI technologies like GenAI

• Ensure data governance and risk guardrails and policies are appropriately integrated into our data architecture

What you bring

• Bachelor's Degree (or higher).

• 10+ years of experience in s olid t echnology platform architecture experience driving highly scalable data solution s in a hybrid cloud environment (AWS preferred)

• 5 + years experience in data modeling, cloud-based data solution, data visualization using technology like Tableau, Prometheus, Power BI, G raphana . ..

• 5 + years experience of Data Governance and Data Risk practices.

• 5 + years experience of SQL and NoSQL datastores like MySql , Oracle, MongoDB, DynamoDB, RDS

• 5 + years experience of S tream ing and R eal- T ime Stream P rocessing platforms like K afka , R abbi t mq , F link , Spark

• 10+ years experience of Data Pipelines and Data Lake h ouse solutions inclusive of DataBrick , Snowflake , Fabric , Iceberg

• 1+ year s experience of Data Products and Data Mesh , ideally having implemented Data Products end to end.

• 1+ years Experience in Data analysis and Data science toolset like Jup yt er notebook, P ython,

• 10+ years e xperience partnering with engineers, architects and platform teams to drive and deliver end-to-end technical architecture & automated developer experiences.

• Well-versed in architecting solutions using CI/CD pipelines for full automation

Added bonus if you have

• Know how to navigate the ethical AI practices and ensuring compliance with data protection regulations

• Practical experience in designing AI applications and knowledge of machine learning frameworks /platforms like AWS SageMaker , TensorFlow , PyTorch

• Practical experience in designing GenAI application s using diverse LLM, AWS Bedrock and other fram eworks.

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

• Tax Advantaged Accounts (Health Savings Account, Health Care FSA, Dependent Care FSA)

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.

Applicants for our positions are considered without regard to race, ethnicity, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, religion, military or veteran status, or any other characteristics protected by law.

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