Senior Cloud Engineer – AWS, IAM & Automation Lead

Toyota North America; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care and wellness plans

401(k) with company match

Relocation assistance

Paid holidays and paid time off

Job summary

Toyota North America is seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer to lead cloud engineering activities and set cloud standards across AWS environments. You will drive design, automation, and governance to enhance uptime, security, and cost efficiency while collaborating with security, networking, and platform teams.

You will guide migrations, implement IaC, and develop Python-based automation to streamline provisioning and operational tasks. Strong leadership and communication are essential.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in cloud engineering, 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.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement resilient cloud architectures with a focus 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 migration efforts by assessing legacy environments, mapping dependencies, and defining migration waves.
• Partner with security, networking, and platform teams to ensure solutions align 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, policies, SCPs, and federated access patterns.
• Develop Python-based automation to streamline account provisioning, access workflows, operational tasks, and cloud governance activities.
• 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.

Job description

Toyota North America is seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer to lead cloud engineering activities and set cloud standards across AWS environments. You will drive design, automation, and governance to enhance uptime, security, and cost efficiency while collaborating with security, networking, and platform teams.

You will guide migrations, implement IaC, and develop Python-based automation to streamline provisioning and operational tasks. Strong leadership and communication are essential.