Sr. Engineer Cloud

CarMax Business Services; Plano (TX); Hybrid; USD 114,000 - 171,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus eligibility

Equity potential

Plano onsite two days/week

Job summary

CarMax is seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer to advance the cloud platform and supporting applications used for our customer-facing services. You will help iterate on infrastructure, automation, and tooling in a fast-paced, agile environment.

Work will be based at the Plano Tech Hub with onsite collaboration two days per week; strong communication and ownership are essential to deliver reliable, scalable cloud solutions for CarMax customers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS or related field with 5+ years of work experience or
• Master’s degree in CS or related field with 3+ years of work experience
• Cloud platform experience across Azure AWS or Google with related experience

Responsibilities

• Develop and build self-service capabilities and automation for internal customers.
• Collaborate with design, product management, and systems architecture on experimental solutions.
• Market new ideas internally and evolve them based on feedback within an agile environment.
• Consult with internal customers to evolve the platform and its operations with solid engineering practices.
• Stay updated on industry trends to continuously improve the customer experience.

Skills

Azure

Python

PowerShell

Bash

Terraform

CI/CD pipelines

TeamCity

Azure DevOps

Linux/Windows

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related Technology field

Master’s degree in Computer Science or related Technology field

Tools

TeamCity

Azure DevOps

GitHub Copilot

OpenCode

Job description

8117 - Dallas Technology Hub - 5830 Granite Parkway, Plano, Texas, 75024

CarMax, the way your career should be!

At CarMax, we are industry disruptors. At the heart of our innovation is new digital products. As an Operations team, our Senior Engineers research and discover new opportunities to ensure that our products which provide our seamless customer experience have a strong foundation. You will iterate and evolve the cloud platform and applications used to manage the platform, and will develop tools and technologies, learning quickly from our spirit of experimentation. You will have an impact on ensuring that our applications are reliable and resilient by using cloud concepts and technologies. Through a strong partnership with other engineers, you will contribute to the overall CarMax Strategy as we build and deliver an exceptional customer experience to ensure customers can buy the vehicles they want in a way that’s right for them!

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.

About CarMax

At CarMax, we revolutionized the used car buying experience over 30 years ago by introducing transparency and integrity into the process. Our commitment to customer experience, innovation, and community has made us the nation’s largest used car retailer. With over 250 store locations and over 30,000 associates, we are proud to have been recognized as one of the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For® and are committed to helping our communities thrive.

As an associate, you are part of an innovative movement to empower the modern customer and drive progress. Your work fuels change—sparking ideas, overcoming challenges, and shaping what’s next. Join us in creating a better future– for our company, our customers, and the communities we call home.

CarMax is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

$114,000.00 - $171,000.00

May be eligible for bonus and equity.

Benefits

Except as otherwise required by state law, CarMax Associates are entitled to the following paid sick, vacation, and holiday time.

Associates that are considered full-time hourly or commission/incentive eligible:

• To earn up to 48 hours of sick time per year accrued on a per pay period basis and between 80 hours and 200 hours per year of vacation time after a 90 day waiting period depending on years of continuous service with the Company.
• For 8 hours of pay for each of a total of 6 paid scheduled holidays per year plus 1 floating holiday. If such an Associate does work on a scheduled holiday due to business need, they are eligible for Holiday Premium Pay.

Associates considered full-time salaried are entitled to paid time away with no specified limit as needed for sick, vacation, bereavement, jury duty, holidays, floating holiday, etc. subject to manager approval.

For more details about benefits, please visit our CarMax Benefits website.

Upon an applicant's request, CarMax will consider reasonable accommodation to complete the CarMax Job Application