Senior Cloud Engineer

Toyota•Plano, TX

About The Position

Toyota Financial Services (TFS) is seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer to serve as the principal expert for its cloud engineering team, overseeing day-to-day engineering activities and maintaining Toyota’s cloud standards. The role calls for deep experience in cloud engineering, site reliability, enterprise infrastructure management, identity and access management, automation, and cloud practices. The engineer will design resilient AWS environments, automate failover and monitoring systems, and improve uptime, performance, and customer experience. The position also focuses on Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD, migration strategy, observability, security, IAM, Python automation, and AWS account vending to deliver scalable, secure, and cost-effective solutions. Toyota does not provide employment-based visa or other work-authorization sponsorship for this role. Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States without Toyota immigration support now or in the future.

Requirements

8+ years of experience in cloud engineering or infrastructure.
Strong hands-on experience with AWS architecture and services.
Experience with Infrastructure as Code and automation.
Background in enterprise migrations and modernization.
Experience with IAM, cloud security, and access governance.
Proficiency in Python for automation and operational tooling.
Familiarity with AWS account vending and multi-account governance.
Strong collaboration, leadership, and communication skills.

Nice To Haves

Experience with disaster recovery and cross-region failover.
Familiarity with Chaos Engineering and SRE practices.
Experience with cloud cost optimization and hybrid connectivity.
AWS Solutions Certification.

Responsibilities

Design and implement resilient cloud architectures focused on AWS scalability, availability, and performance.
Lead disaster recovery, failover, and resiliency initiatives to improve business continuity.
Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code and automation frameworks to standardize deployments.
Support cloud migrations by assessing legacy environments, mapping dependencies, and defining migration waves.
Partner with security, networking, and platform teams to align solutions with enterprise standards and compliance requirements.
Implement observability, monitoring, and alerting practices to improve system reliability and operational awareness.
Design and manage AWS identity and access management controls, including least-privilege access, permission boundaries, IAM roles and policies, SCPs, and federated access patterns.
Develop Python-based automation for account provisioning, access workflows, operational tasks, and cloud governance.
Support AWS account vending processes, including landing zone alignment, account factory workflows, baseline security controls, guardrails, and standardized account onboarding.
Collaborate with security and platform teams to strengthen identity lifecycle management, access reviews, and compliance enforcement across AWS environments.
Provide oversight for day-to-day cloud engineering activities and maintain Toyota’s cloud standards.

Benefits

Professional growth and development programs.
Tuition reimbursement.
Team Member Vehicle Purchase Discount.
Toyota Team Member Lease Vehicle Program (if applicable).
Comprehensive health care and wellness plans for the entire family.
Toyota 401(k) Savings Plan with company match and an annual retirement contribution, regardless of whether the employee contributes (if applicable).
Paid holidays and paid time off.
Referral services related to prenatal services, adoption, childcare, schools, and more.
Tax-advantaged accounts, including Health Savings Account, Health Care FSA, and Dependent Care FSA.
Relocation assistance (if applicable).
Teamwork-, flexibility-, and respect-oriented work environment.