Sr. Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

CarMax; United States; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

CarMax’s Dallas Tech Hub is seeking a cloud-focused software engineer to design and implement self-service automation and scalable cloud infrastructure. You will collaborate with design, product management, and systems architecture to experiment, iterate, and deliver value to internal customers.

You should be a self-starter with strong ownership, capable of guiding CI/CD pipelines, IaC, and cloud security. This role requires a passion for automation, excellent communication, and a track record

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

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

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.