8117 - Dallas Technology Hub - 5830 Granite Parkway, Plano, Texas, 75024
Overview: We are seeking a highly experienced and skilled IT Infrastructure Specialist to join our dynamic Technology department. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in IT infrastructure and server management, with an understanding of both physical and virtual environments. This role involves managing, optimizing, and ensuring the reliability and performance of our IT infrastructure to support the company's operational needs.
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.
- Influence direction and provide technical leadership internally and externally to the team, offering innovative ideas that contribute to building win-win solutions through continuous 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.
Purpose of the role It takes a passion for technology to develop and iterate on innovative solutions to problems. You will partner with Engineers, Architects and Leaders in product and technology to influence the direction for the organization as we establish the patterns, guidance and design for building and deploying cloud and on-prem infrastructure to support our customer facing applications. You will be a technical mentor to other Engineers and serve as an expert in supporting multiple areas of the Business. You should have strong communications skills, a strong sense of ownership, a passion for customer service, and a deep technical understanding of how the cloud platform can contribute to the overall success of our application development.
Qualifications and Requirements - Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related Technology field or equivalent experience
- 2+ years of work experience
Specific Qualifications and Requirements - Experience in Linux system administration, preferably Red Hat.
- Basic experience with Ansible and Git.
- Familiarity with Red Hat Satellite or similar lifecycle management platforms.
- Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills.
- Excellent communication and documentation abilities.
- Eagerness to learn and grow in a collaborative team environment.
Preferred Certifications- Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA)
- Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE)
- Red Hat Certified Specialist in Ansible 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.
The annual salary for this position is:
$92,200.00 - $138,300.00
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.
