Sr. Engineer Cloud

About the role

At CarMax, we are industry disruptors. Our Operations team, including Senior Engineers, research and discover new opportunities to ensure our products, which provide a seamless customer experience, have a strong foundation. You will iterate and evolve the cloud platform and applications used to manage the platform, and develop tools and technologies, learning quickly from our spirit of experimentation.

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 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 continuously improve what we do and ensure our customer experience is the best it can be.

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 including Powershell, Python, and/or Bash.
• 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.