Sr. Cloud Engineer

About the role

At CarMax, we are industry disruptors. Our Operations team focuses on new digital products that ensure our seamless customer experience has a strong foundation. As a Senior Cloud Engineer for CAF Technology, you will develop, maintain, and support CAF application infrastructure. You will also communicate regularly with management and other engineers, perform configuration and troubleshooting, build infrastructure, and share new ideas.

Responsibilities

• Communicate regularly both verbally and in writing at various levels to include management, and other engineers and developers
• Focus on developing, implementing, and operationalizing cloud solutions that are highly available and resilient
• Perform configuration, troubleshooting, and ongoing management of various cloud technologies
• Build infrastructure, networks, and systems for scalability, resiliency, availability, and recovery through infrastructure-as-code
• Share your new ideas internally and evolve them according to feedback and critique within an agile environment
• Consult with internal customers and continually evolve the platform and its operations using solid engineering and agile practices
• Stay on top of industry trends and best practices to continually improve what we do, and how we do it

Qualifications and Requirements

• 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
• 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, Azure Kubernetes, Containerization, access management and automated deployments
• Demonstrable experience building and deploying resilient cloud architectures
• Demonstrable experience with software development preferably with one or more languages, such as PowerShell, Python, C#
• Demonstrable experience creating and managing CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Github Actions or Azure DevOps
• Demonstrable experience support Windows and 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

• West Creek: Richmond, VA
• Plano: Plano, TX
• CAF: Kennesaw, GA

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

CarMax disrupted the auto industry by delivering the honest, transparent and high-integrity experience customers want and deserve. This innovative thinking around the way cars are bought and sold has helped us become the nation’s largest retailer of used cars, with over 200 locations nationwide.

CarMax Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

CarMax is committed to bringing together people from different backgrounds and perspectives, providing employees with a safe, welcoming, and inclusive work environment.

Annual Salary

$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.