Sr. Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

CarMax; Town of Texas (WI); On-site; USD 114,000 - 171,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus eligibility

Equity eligibility

Job summary

CarMax is hiring for a Cloud Platform Engineer to join the Plano-based cloud team. You will help develop and automate self-service capabilities to accelerate internal customers and business needs.

You’ll work with design, product management, and systems architecture to bring experimental solutions to life in an agile environment. You should have 4+ years building cloud infrastructure (Azure preferred) and 2+ years scripting in PowerShell, Python, or Bash, plus experience with CI/CD pipelines and

Qualifications

• 4+ years building infrastructure in one or more cloud platforms (Azure preferred)
• 2+ years scripting/coding in PowerShell, Python, or Bash
• Experience with private/public cloud infrastructure, networking, storage, and security
• Experience building and deploying resilient cloud solutions and CI/CD pipelines
• Familiarity with IaC tools like Bicep or Terraform

Responsibilities

• Develop and build self-service automation for internal customers
• Collaborate with design, product management, and architecture to create experimental solutions
• Market ideas internally and evolve them based on feedback within agile teams
• Consult with internal customers to evolve platform operations
• Stay updated on industry trends to improve customer experience

Skills

Cloud infrastructure

Scripting (PowerShell/Python/Bash)

CI/CD pipelines

Windows/Linux admin

Mentor/guidance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Master's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Azure DevOps

Terraform

Bicep

Terraform/Ansible

GitHub Copilot

TeamCity

Job description

Work Authorization: Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. Sponsorship will not be considered for this specific role.

What you will do – Essential 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

Purpose of the role

It takes a passion for technology to develop and iterate on innovative solutions to problems. Working collaboratively and creatively as part of the cloud team, you will partner with others in product and technology to contribute to the patterns, guidance and design for building and deploying cloud infrastructure to support our customer facing applications. The cloud is an ever-changing platform, so we are looking for people who are self-starters, self-learners and those who thrive on the edge of their own understanding. You should have strong communications skills, a strong sense of ownership, a passion for customer service, and the technical understanding of how the cloud platform can contribute to the overall successful of our application development.

Qualifications and Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related Technology field or equivalent experience and 5+ years of work experience or
• Master’s degree in Computer Science or related Technology field or equivalent experience and 3+ years of work experience

Cloud Specific Qualifications and Requirements

• 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
• Demonstrable experience with a range of Azure cloud capabilities including but not limited to storage, key vaults, virtual networking, web apps, Azure Active Directory, virtual machines, access management and automated deployments
• 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.
• Demonstrable experience building and deploying resilient cloud solutions
• Demonstrable experience creating and managing CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Team City or Azure DevOps
• Demonstrable 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

Work Location and Arrangement: Plano: This role will be based out of the CarMax Dallas Tech Hub (Plano, TX) and associates will work onsite 2 days per week

Work Authorization: Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. Sponsorship will not be considered for this specific role.

The annual salary for this position is:

$114,000.00 - $171,000.00

May be eligible for bonus and equity.