Positively disrupting an industry that has not seen any innovation in over 50 years, Tekion has challenged the paradigm with the first and fastest cloud-native automotive platform that includes the revolutionary Automotive Retail Cloud (ARC) for retailers, Automotive Enterprise Cloud (AEC) for manufacturers and other large automotive enterprises and Automotive Partner Cloud (APC) for technology and industry partners. Tekion connects the entire spectrum of the automotive retail ecosystem through one seamless platform. The transformative platform uses cutting-edge technology, big data, machine learning, and AI to seamlessly bring together OEMs, retailers/dealers and consumers. With its highly configurable integration and greater customer engagement capabilities, Tekion is enabling the best automotive retail experiences ever. Tekion employs close to 3,000 people across North America, Asia and Europe.
About Tekion
Tekion is revolutionizing the automotive landscape through cloud-native platforms and intelligent products that power dealerships, OEMs, and partners worldwide. At Tekion, we’re passionate about building a future where technology simplifies, secures, and transforms the way vehicles are bought, sold, and serviced. Our collaborative and innovation-driven culture is fueled by a relentless commitment to security, reliability, and scalability as we accelerate our global footprint.
Team Overview
You will lead a high-impact Cloud Infrastructure Automation & SRE team within Cloud Engineering, focusing on building and operating secure, reliable, scalable, resilient & self-serve infrastructure platforms for all Tekion. In close partnership with our Cloud Security, Product Security, and Application teams, you’ll play a vital role in establishing and enforcing security best practices and automation-first principles across all layers of our cloud environments.
Roles and Responsibilities
Strategic Leadership: Lead and grow a team of talented cloud infrastructure engineers and SREs, providing technical and people leadership, mentorship, and career development.
Infrastructure as Code: Drive the adoption and evolution of infrastructure automation (IaC) frameworks (such as Terraform, Pulumi, CRD) to enable consistent, auditable, and scalable platform management.
Operational Excellence: Oversee the reliability, scalability, and performance of critical infrastructure services, ensuring high availability, rapid mitigation of incidents, and root cause analysis.
Platform Enablement: Architect, build, and optimize cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure), Kubernetes clusters, and CI/CD pipelines to support the needs of Tekion’s products and services.
Security & Compliance: Partner with Cloud Security and Product Security teams to define, implement, and maintain robust security controls, policies, and monitoring across infrastructure and applications.
Collaboration: Work cross-functionally with engineering, security, and application teams to balance operational needs, reliability, and security requirements in cloud environments.
Incident Management: Establish, refine, and lead SRE practices for monitoring, alerting, on-call processes, incident response, and postmortems with a security-first approach.
Automation & Tooling: Identify opportunities for automation across infrastructure, operations, and security workflows; enable self-service tooling and guardrails for developers.
Continuous Improvement: Promote a culture of continuous learning, process optimization, and operational excellence, keeping up to date with emerging security and cloud technologies.
Reporting & Metrics: Track and present key performance indicators (SLAs, SLOs, security posture, automation coverage, incident metrics) to stakeholders and executive leadership.
What makes you relevant for this role?
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or related field OR equivalent practical experience.
- 10+ years of experience in DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, or Cloud Infrastructure roles, with at least 2+ years in technical leadership or management.
- Hands-on expertise in cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure), containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible, etc.).
- Deep knowledge of cloud security best practices, cloud-native IAM, network security, secrets management, and compliance (SOC2, ISO 27001, etc.).
- Proven experience driving operational reliability with SRE methodologies: monitoring, alerting, incident response, and post-incident analysis.
- Track record of building and developing high-performing infrastructure or SRE teams.
- Strong background in automation, CI/CD pipeline management, and system architecture at scale.
- Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, Engineering, or related field
- 10+ years of experience in DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, or Cloud Infrastructure roles
- 2+ years in technical leadership or management
- Expertise in cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure)
- Hands-on experience with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible)
- Deep knowledge of cloud security best practices
- Experience driving operational reliability with SRE methodologies
- Track record of building and developing high-performing infrastructure teams
- Strong background in automation and CI/CD pipeline management
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
Tekion Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Tekion and has not been reviewed or approved by Tekion.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage includes 100% employer-paid medical, dental, and vision for many U.S. roles, often extending to families. Additional options like HSA/FSA and pet insurance are cited as part of a robust health offering.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is considered competitive overall, with total rewards (pay, stock, equity, and benefits) frequently viewed favorably. Many accounts characterize compensation as strong alongside comprehensive benefits.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Perks such as free meals/snacks, wellness resources, and on-site amenities are highlighted. Flexible or remote options are available for some roles, adding convenience and flexibility.
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What We Do
At Tekion, we believe that business applications don’t have to be boring. In fact, they should be simple, fun and cool! They should be as delightful to use as your favorite social or consumer application, yet powerful enough to seamlessly and efficiently run global businesses that provide unparalleled consumer experience without compromise. Founded by visionary entrepreneur and innovator Jay Vijayan, we are building the world’s best business applications on the cloud starting with the automotive retail industry. We inherently use cutting-edge technologies like big data, machine learning/AI, and human computer interaction (voice, touch, vision, sensors and IoT). We are inventing new technology along the way to overcome barriers and solve big problems, all while having a blast doing it! Our flagship product offering, Automotive Retail Cloud ™- an industry-first cloud-native retail platform, including all functionalities of a Dealer Management System (DMS) launched recently.
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