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Cloud Engineer, Lead

Toyota North America
United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 12 May 2025

About the role

Overview

Who we are

Collaborative. Respectful. A place to dream and do. These are just a few words that describe what life is like at Toyota. As one of the world’s most admired brands, Toyota is growing and leading the future of mobility through innovative, high-quality solutions designed to enhance lives and delight those we serve. We’re looking for talented team members who want to Dream. Do. Grow. with us.

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 experience in an innovative, collaborative environment.

To save time applying, Toyota does not offer sponsorship of job applicants for employment-based visas or any other work authorization for this position at this time.

This position is an onsite role based in Plano, TX

Who We’re Looking For

Toyota Financial Services (TFS) Cloud Engineering team is looking for a highly motivated person to fill a role as a Cloud Engineer, Lead

The primary responsibility of this role is to be the principal expert for the cloud engineering team to provide oversight for day-to-day engineering activities and maintain Toyota’s cloud standards.

What you’ll be doing

  • Be the golden standard for our cloud engineers. This position is key as this position is the most senior engineer on the team.
  • Design, implement, and maintain a modern, automated cloud environment that enables new services and technologies.
  • Establish technical standards for development and operations. This includes coding standards, CICD best practices, and software engineering R&D.
  • POC new technologies and bring in new ideas from the industry.
  • Provide thought leadership in the areas of DevOps, software engineering, cloud automation, IaC, cloud operations, and talent management.
  • Contribute to the development of a streamlined cloud engineering team and practice. This includes recruiting efforts, mentorship, and promoting Agile best practices. 
  • Professional documentation of design and best practices. ADRs, repo documentation, confluence, etc

What You Bring

  • 5+ years of hands-on DevOps engineering experience
  • 5+ years of software development experience
  • 3+ years of senior DevOps engineer experience
  • Excellent Terraform, CDK, OpenTofu, IaC.
  • Python, Bash scripting, ansible, helm, make, automation skills
  • Strong AWS/Cloud knowledge
  • Network, EKS/ECS, WAF, Lambda, API-GW, IAM experience
  • Strong technical implementation experience with security standards, infra (DR,HA) standards, reliability engineering

Nice to Have

  • CDK – Python/Typescript experience
  • AWS Control Tower, Organizations, SCP, Config, experience
  • Java, Go, JS, or any FE/BE software experience
  • AWS/Cloud certifications

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)
  • Relocation assistance (if applicable).

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

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