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Sr. Cloud Engineer

Develop, maintain, and support cloud application infrastructure to ensure high availability and resiliency. Focus on building scalable systems using infrastructure-as-code and collaborating within an agile environment to improve the platform.

Richmond, Virginia, United StateshybridFULL_TIME

Posted

About the role

What will you do at CarMax?

8901 - Corp Office West Crk - 12800 Tuckahoe Creek Parkway, Richmond, Virginia,

23238 CarMax, the way your career should be! About this job 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! As a Senior Cloud Engineer

for CAF Technology, you will be responsible for the development, maintenance,

and support of CAF application infrastructure. This position is a key

contributor in the software development life-cycle, performing analysis and

design, development, and working to achieve project goals. The responsibilities

of this position revolve around ownership of assigned engineering tasks and

software development projects. This includes ensuring that application

development efforts consistently meet business requirements, direction, and

standards and may include coordinating the tasks of others. What is CarMax Auto

Finance? CarMax Auto Finance (CAF) is the captive finance company or wholly

owned subsidiary of our retail arm, CarMax Auto Superstore. CAF is the 14th

largest auto lender in the US and 5th largest originator of used car loans in

the nation. CarMax Auto Finance customers are offered 24x7 account access to a

digital web portal to manage their account or make payments online. The nearly

800 CAF associates based out of Kennesaw, Georgia are available to provide

support from origination through payoff, including the return of their vehicle

title.

What you will do

  • – Essential 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 customer and continually evolve the platform and its
  • operations using solid engineering and agile practices. You will 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 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 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 building and
  • deploying resilient cloud architectures 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: This role
  • will be based out of the CarMax Home Office at West Creek (Richmond, VA) and
  • associates will work onsite 4 days per week OR Plano: This role will be based
  • out of the CarMax Dallas Tech Hub (Plano, TX) and associates will work onsite 2
  • days per week OR CAF: This role will be based out of the CarMax Auto Finance
  • office (Kennesaw, GA). Associates will work onsite 4 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

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. Our amazing team of more than 25,000 associates work together to

deliver iconic customer experiences. Along the way, we help every associate grow

their career and achieve their best, at work and in their community. We are

recognized for our commitment to training and diversity and are one of the

FORTUNE 100 Best Companies to Work For®. Our 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. CarMax is an equal opportunity employer, and all

qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to

age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic

information, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or

any other characteristic protected by law. The annual salary for this position

is: $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. 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. Our amazing team of more than 25,000

associates work together to deliver iconic customer experiences. Along the way,

we help every associate grow their career and achieve their best, at work and in

their community. We are recognized for our commitment to training and diversity

and are one of the FORTUNE 100 Best Companies to Work For®.

Which skills does this role require?

Google Cloud PlatformInfrastructure as CodeC#Windows OSGoogle CloudVirtual NetworkingAgileCloud ArchitectureScalabilityResiliencySoftware Development Life CycleCAF TechnologyA/B Testing

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