AddressToyota Finance Australia (TFA) is the country’s largest automotive financier. Our past gives us credibility and knowledge. But it’s what the future holds, and how we can make the world a better place, that excites us. It’s not just about technology but what it can do for people.
In Australia there are two separate businesses: Toyota Motor Corporation Australia (TMCA) and Toyota Finance Australia (TFA). While we work closely together, TMCA focuses on vehicles and here at Toyota Finance Australia our priority is to provide finance, insurance and fleet management.
At TFA we’re committed to empowering our customers to get into their new car and onto the road.
We’re also passionate about, and committed to, our people.
Our philosophy of Here To Move You represents our commitment to not only move our customers, but help our employees grow.
Your success at TFA is important to us, and we pride ourselves on a work culture that supports and rewards people.
From partnering with you to support your career growth, to providing you with opportunities to learn, improve, feel engaged and appreciated, we celebrate our people and the difference they bring.
We strive to create a workplace that not only gives equal opportunities to people of all backgrounds and abilities but supports them to reach their full potential.
We’re working towards a future where we look out for each and our planet. Where we enrich lives with the safest and most responsible ways of moving. This is the kind of tomorrow we’re imagining here at TFA.
Join us and help drive the future.
This role is based in our Head Office, St Leonards, NSW. The office is within walking distance from the train station. There are plenty of options for lunch and catching up with colleagues or friends after work. If you are keen on fitness there are multiple gyms and a sports field on our doorstep.
What you'll contribute to
The Cloud & Infrastructure Delivery Team Lead role is a key role within Group IT’s Operations function and responsible for helping deliver TFA’s cloud & hosted (Hybrid) infrastructure operating model and supporting the adoption of an agile delivery model.
The role is accountable for managing the delivery of the right Cloud and / or hosting services through the design, planning, and implementation of cloud services (public, private, hybrid). This will require working with project and solution architects and accountability for informing Service Delivery management on progress and performance, and ensuring all work is on-boarded, delivered and transitioned in a consistent manner.
The role will help identify, define, and manage appropriate change as required to keep the Cloud and Hosting services up to date and ensure benefits are realised. The role will also be expected to proactively identify and adopt automation throughout the IT Operations space and look to identify disruptive solutions and service capabilities to help drive a transformation culture.
In moving to a more automated manner for application delivery and support this role will be instrumental to ensure the success of an Agile / DevOps culture.
A successful Cloud Delivery Lead must have a broad knowledge of project management and agile principles. They must have a strategic mind-set as well as be able to lead and develop the team. They must be able to work within Waterfall and Agile frameworks, work as a bridge between the PMO stakeholders and technical Delivery Teams while managing people within a product-based mind-set.
How you'll make an impact
- Contribute to the success of building and maintaining a world-class cloud infrastructure team, with key objectives in the areas utilisation, availability, capacity, scalability, and performance.
- Championing the optimisation of Cloud engineering teams and performance.
- Participating in the creation and execution of roadmaps that direct the movement between current and future states (services, technologies, sourcing, etc.)
- Support and champion the change initiative for the IT Operations team through the transition from an on-premise data center model to a cloud-based Data Center as a Service model ensuring team members are engaged and relevant development plans identified and implemented.
- Collaborating with other application and Infrastructure service owners to ensure robust and future proof services.
- Support planning, including capacity, demand and performance needs over a 1-3 year horizon.
- Work closely with supplier and vendor management to drive the right outcomes
- Support the on boarding process of new requirements to ensure fit for purpose cloud specifications are adopted thereby adopting the right cost for the solution.
- Adhere to group compliance with all security controls and processes and adherence to security policies and standards.
- Report any potential security weakness, exposure, or suspicious indications to the Security Operations team.
- Ensure DevOps and automation is applied to facilitate an effective and efficient cloud environment for application delivery and support.
- Champion the adoption of an agile operating model and developing a new mindset within the team to work in a boundary less environment.
- Be instrumental is ensuing the core infrastructure cloud elements are built out to enable a major business programme delivery.
- Extensive working experience in a Cloud & Infrastructure Delivery Team Lead
- Excellent Knowledge of performance evaluation techniques and key metrics.
- Thorough understanding of Change Management.
- Managing delivery in a cloud environment.
- Working in an Agile / DevOps environment.
- Proven history of leading/mentoring technology resources.
- Proven experience leading support and strategy of an infrastructure environment.
- Experience in multi-datacentre environments.
- Experience in global transformation programmes.
- Experience with best practices such as ITIL V3 & V4.
- Leading a team through change, i.e. from an IT on premise environment to the cloud working closely with a Systems Integrator and Partners.
- Familiarity with IaaS/ PaaS/SaaS/xaaS and Co-Lo Cloud business models, user experience, and multi-tenancy architecture a plus.
- Proven experience as program director or other managerial position.
- Thorough understanding of project/program management techniques and methods.
- Have 5+ years of experience in senior engineer server / cloud infrastructure role
- Strong technical leadership combined with a deep understanding of complex and highly scalable architectures of enterprise infrastructure solutions.
- Strong knowledge and experience of Infrastructure as a Service and Cloud based solutions.
- IT Financial services experience desirable
- Demonstrated experience in personnel management - persuasive, encouraging, and diplomatic.
- Highly personable and able to help lead a change and handling employee job changes as a result.
- Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment is crucial.
- Highly analytical.
- Experience at working both independently and in a team-oriented, collaborative environment is essential.
- Can conform to shifting priorities.
- Excellent organizational and leadership skills.
- An analytical mind-set with great problem-solving abilities.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Ability to elicit cooperation from a wide variety of stakeholders and vendors.
- Adept at conducting research into product and service-related issues.
- Must be able to learn, understand, and apply new technologies.
We pride ourselves on a work culture that supports and rewards people. From development programs to recognition programs, we make sure everyone at Toyota Finance Australia lives their best possible life. After all, our people are our greatest assets.
Toyota Australia is well-recognised for offering:
- Flexible hours and workspaces
- Career Development
- 16 weeks paid primary carers leave & 3 weeks paid parental leave for secondary carers
- Wellness facilities & Employee Assistance Program (private coaching available to you and your family)
- Paid volunteer days to support your community / Employee Community Grants Fund
- Employee Car Benefit Scheme
You're welcome to find out more by visiting our careers page: https://tfacareers.com.au/
We are an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
We are happy to adjust the recruitment process for your accessibility requirements. Please contact us and let us know your preferred type of communication and we will be in touch as soon as possible to discuss your requirements.
Come with us and help create the future.
