Senior Cloud Engineer – Governance

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 on-site role based in Plano, TX

Who We’re Looking For

The Toyota Financial Services (TFS) Cloud Engineering team is seeking a motivated and experienced Senior Cloud Engineer with a strong focus on cloud governance. In this role, you will serve as a key contributor to cloud governance initiatives and support daily operations to ensure that Toyota’s cloud environments meet internal standards and external compliance requirements.

This position is ideal for an engineer who combines hands-on AWS experience with a passion for automation, governance, and operational excellence.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Governance Enforcement: Apply governance policies across cloud infrastructure, including tagging, cost controls, and security configurations.

• Infrastructure Automation: Build and maintain IaC modules (Terraform, AWS CDK) to standardize and automate resource deployment.

• CI/CD Governance Checks: Collaborate with DevOps to implement governance controls in CI/CD workflows.

• Security & Compliance: Implement secure configurations, IAM policies, and monitoring to support compliance goals (PCI, HIPAA, FedRAMP).

• FinOps Support: Help enforce cost management practices by supporting tagging compliance, usage analysis, and cost dashboards.

• Monitoring & Reporting: Create dashboards and alerts to monitor policy compliance, performance, and infrastructure health.

• Support Cloud Standards: Contribute to documentation and enforcement of Toyota’s evolving cloud governance framework.

• Cross-Team Collaboration: Partner with platform, security, and application teams to resolve compliance issues and improve governance practices.

What You Bring  

• 5–7 years of experience in cloud engineering, DevOps, or platform operations with a focus on governance, compliance, or security.

• Hands-on experience with AWS services (e.g., EC2, EKS, S3, IAM, DynamoDB, Aurora).

• Proficiency with Terraform, AWS CDK, and scripting (e.g., Python) for automation and compliance.

• Knowledge of cloud security practices, IAM policies, logging, monitoring, and data protection mechanisms.

• Experience with FinOps, including cost visibility, tagging, and usage tracking tools (e.g., AWS Cost Explorer, CloudHealth).

• Familiarity with observability tools such as Datadog, Prometheus, AWS Config, CloudWatch.

• Ability to build dashboards using Quicksight, Power BI, or AWS CUR for cost and KPI reporting.

• Clear communicator with experience collaborating across technical and non-technical teams.

• AWS Certifications or training are a plus.

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.
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