Senior Cloud Engineer: Build Resilient, Automated Platforms

CarMax; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 114,000 - 171,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Equity

Job summary

CarMax is seeking a Senior Engineer to advance our cloud platform and applications supporting a seamless customer experience. You will evolve infrastructure, automate deployments, and collaborate with design, product, and systems teams to deliver resilient cloud solutions.

You will mentor team members, stay current with industry best practices, and help build self-service capabilities for internal customers in a dynamic, agile environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related Technology field or equivalent experience and 5+ years of work experience
• Master’s degree in Computer Science or related Technology field or equivalent experience and 3+ years of work experience
• 4+ years of working in and building Infrastructure within a cloud platform - Azure (preferred), AWS, Google (with relatable experience)
• 2+ years scripting or coding experience with one or more languages including Powershell, Python, and/or Bash
• Technical experience in infrastructure, build and deployment, including private and public cloud, networking, connectivity, storage, virtualization and access control
• Demonstratable experience with IaC such as Bicep (preferred), Terraform, or analogs
• Demonstrable experience with software development preferably with one or more languages, such as PowerShell, Python, C#. Familiarity with agentic software development methods and tools such as Github CoPilot or Opencode.
• Demonstrative experience building and deploying resilient cloud solutions
• Demonstrative experience creating and managing CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Team City or Azure DevOps
• Demonstrative experience supporting Windows or Linux OS
• Mentor team in platform management and reusable patterns
• Strong attention to detail, problem investigation and diagnostic skills
• Passion for eliminating repetitive manual processes using automation

Responsibilities

• Work with fellow associates to develop and build self-service capabilities, and automation, to enable our internal customers to move quickly and deliver on the needs of the business.
• Collaborate with colleagues in design, product management, and systems architecture to develop experimental solutions and bring great ideas to life
• Market your new ideas internally and evolve them according to feedback and critique within an agile environment
• Consult with internal customer and continually evolve the platform and its operations using solid engineering and agile practices.
• Stay on top of industry trends and best practices to continuously improve what we do and ensure our customer experience is the best it can be

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related Technology field

Master’s degree in Computer Science or related Technology field

5+ years of work experience

3+ years of work experience

Azure cloud platform

AWS

Google Cloud

Scripting: PowerShell, Python, Bash

CI/CD and automation

Tools

Terraform

Bicep

Terraform / IaC tools

Azure DevOps

GitHub CoPilot

Job description

CarMax is seeking a Senior Engineer to advance our cloud platform and applications supporting a seamless customer experience. You will evolve infrastructure, automate deployments, and collaborate with design, product, and systems teams to deliver resilient cloud solutions.

You will mentor team members, stay current with industry best practices, and help build self-service capabilities for internal customers in a dynamic, agile environment.