Cloud Engineer II- CAF (Dallas)

About this job

At CarMax, we are industry disruptors. At the heart of our innovation is new digital products.  As an Operations team, our 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 closely with internal and external team members 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 other Engineers on the design, product management, and systems architecture to develop experimental solutions and bring great ideas to life

• Share ideas internally and evolve them according to feedback and critique within an agile environment

• 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 team members to contribute to the patterns, guidance and design for building and deploying cloud applications and supporting infrastructure.  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 an understanding of how cloud concepts and the cloud platform can contribute to the overall successful of our application development.

Qualifications and Requirements

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related Technology field or equivalent experience

• 2+ years of work experience

• Strong attention to detail, problem investigation and diagnostic skills

• Passion for eliminating repetitive manual processes using automation.

Cloud/Software Specific Qualifications and Requirements:

• 1+ years of working in and building Infrastructure within a cloud platform - Azure (preferred), AWS, Google (with relatable experience)

• 1+ years scripting or coding experience with one or more languages

• Demonstrable experience creating and managing CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Team City, GitActions, or Azure DevOps

• Demonstrable experience in building, deploying, and managing resilient cloud infrastructure as code with tools like Ansible or Terraform.

• Experience in Container tools such as Docker, Kubernetes, and ACI

• Experience with a range of Azure cloud capabilities including but not limited to:

  • Azure SQL, Storage

  • Key Vaults

  • Virtual Networking, NSGs, APIM, Application Gateway

  • App Services

  • Access Management: Azure Active Directory

  • Virtual Machines: Linux and Windows OS

• Demonstrable experience with software development preferably with one or more languages, such as PowerShell, Python, C#

Work Location and Arrangement: This role will be based out of one of the following locations and have a Hybrid work arrangement:

• Richmond, VA Technology Innovation Center

• Dallas, TX Technology Hub