Cloud Engineering Manager - Infrastructure Services

**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 diverse, talented team members who want to Dream. Do. Grow. with us.

We value our talented employees, and whenever possible strive to help one of our associates grow professionally before recruiting new talent to our open positions. If you think the open position you see is right for you, we encourage you to apply!

Our people make all the difference in our success.

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.

**Excited to grow your career at Toyota?**

We value our talented employees, and whenever possible strive to help one of our associates grow professionally before recruiting new talent to our open positions. If you think the open position you see is right for you, we encourage you to apply!

_Our people make all the difference in our success._

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 experiences in an innovative, collaborative environment.

_This position is based in Plano, TX with a hybrid mix of some in-office time and some remote work._

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

**Who We're Looking For**

Toyota Financial Services is seeking a dynamic and experienced **Cloud Engineering Manager - Infrastructure Services** . The successful candidate will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining systems and services to support our organization's applications and infrastructure.

This role requires a strong foundation in cloud computing technologies, virtualization, automation, and a passion for solving business problems with modern, scalable systems. This role requires a blend of technical expertise, leadership skills, and a strong ability to deliver cloud environments through automation.

**What you'll be doing**

**Platform Architecture:**

+ Design scalable, reliable, and secure virtualized systems and services for consumption by the organization, leveraging best practices and industry standards. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather requirements and translate them into technical solutions.

+ Develop and maintain infrastructure as code (IaC) templates and scripts using tools such as Terraform, AWS CloudFormation to automate provisioning, configuration, and management of cloud resources to ensure consistency and repeatability.

+ Design and architect campus compute services.

+ Support global shared services by designing and delivering cloud solutions to support the needs of other Toyota entities.

+ Configure monitoring, alerting, and logging solutions to track the performance, availability, and security of infrastructure systems and services. Implement proactive measures to detect and respond to incidents in real-time.

+ Implement security best practices and compliance controls to protect cloud-based systems from cyber threats and vulnerabilities. Conduct regular security assessments and audits to ensure adherence to security policies and regulatory requirements.

**Team, operations & supplier management:**

+ Manage relationships with service providers and vendors to ensure contractual obligations are met and services are delivered as per agreed-upon terms. Evaluate new cloud technologies and services to assess their alignment with organizational objectives and governance requirements.

+ Lead a small team of cloud engineers responsible for implementing and maintaining cloud systems and services. Provide guidance, mentorship, and technical expertise to team members to ensure successful execution of initiatives.

+ Partner with peer engineering teams to plan, organize, coordinate, integrate, execute and evaluate cloud projects, ensuring alignment with business objectives and compliance with security and quality standards.

+ Provide expert advice and consultation on cloud computing best practices, trends and innovations.

+ Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders, including business units, functions, customers and vendors, to understand their needs and expectations, and to deliver optimal cloud solutions.

+ Monitor, troubleshoot and optimize cloud performance, availability, reliability and scalability.

+ Research, evaluate and recommend new cloud technologies, products and services, and implement continuous improvement initiatives.

+ Mentor, motivate, and coach team. Negotiate with, and influence others in often challenging situations/issues.

+ Document system and service patterns, configurations, and processes to maintain comprehensive and up-to-date technical documentation. Share knowledge and best practices with team members through training sessions and workshops.

**What You Bring**

+ Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, information systems or related field, or equivalent work experience.

+ Proven years of progressive and relevant experience in hands-on cloud computing, including supervision/management.

+ Recognized expert in cloud computing, with significant industry and function knowledge and understanding.

+ Proficient in AWS cloud platforms, tools and technologies.

+ Skilled at scripting and developing automated solutions for manual tasks.

+ Hands-on experience delivering infrastructure in a CI/CD environment.

+ Excellent communication, presentation, analytical, problem-solving and project management skills

**Added bonus if you have**  

+ 5+ years progressive and relevant experience in hands-on cloud computing, including supervision/management.

**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

+ Flextime and virtual work options (if applicable)

+ 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

+ Flexible spending accounts

+ Relocation assistance (if applicable)

**Belonging at Toyota**

Our success begins and ends with our people. We embrace diverse perspectives and value unique human experiences. Respect for all is our North Star. Toyota is proud to have 10+ different Business Partnering Groups across 100 different North American chapter locations that support team members' efforts to dream, do and grow without questioning that they belong. As a company that has been one of DiversityInc's Top 50 Companies for Diversity and a member of The Billion Dollar Roundtable supporting minority and woman-owned suppliers for over 10 years, we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer that celebrates the diversity of the communities where we live and do business.

Applicants for our positions are considered without regard to race, ethnicity, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, religion, military or veteran status, or any other characteristics protected by law.

Have a question, need assistance with your application or do you require any special accommodations? Please send an email to talent.acquisition@toyota.com.