8117 - Dallas Technology Hub - 5830 Granite Parkway, Plano, Texas, 75024
CarMax, the way your career should be!
The Technology Manager at CarMax is a people leader who is passionate about technology and how it enables a growing organization. They define roadmaps, manage stakeholders, and align teams to the organizational vision. They partner across teams, work closely with technologists to execute projects while helping to eliminate barriers and roadblocks. The Technology Manager adapts their leadership approach based on the team structure—whether leading internal associates directly, overseeing outsourced service delivery, or a combination of both. If you have a passion for people, technology, and delivering results through diverse teams, this is the job for you!
What You Will Do – Essential Responsibilities
Lead a portfolio of diverse Database technology projects and a distributed team of engineers with deep experience in Database technologies through technology modernization and transformation
Team Leadership & People Management
Lead teams across different operating models, adapting management style appropriately providing direct coaching and development for internal associates, and performance oversight and feedback for service provider resources
Service Provider Oversight
Governance, Compliance & Performance
The Technology Manager's primary responsibility is to partner with their business areas and provide technology solutions and services that help deliver CarMax's strategic mission and plans. This Manager leads teams across various delivery models—adapting their approach whether managing internal associates or overseeing outsourced delivery—enabling CarMax's technology journey. You will be results-oriented, data-driven, and have a proven record of accomplishment influencing outcomes. The Manager will be comfortable guiding teams, setting performance standards, ensuring accountability and compliance across all team types, and motivating people to perform quality work.
Qualifications and Requirements
5+ years of hands-on Database administration or engineering experience in an enterprise-level environment in at least one of the following Database technologies, SQL Server, Sybase (SAP ASE), Oracle
Experience in DevOps, version control systems (Git), Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices, testing frameworks, Infrastructure as Code, building CI/CD pipelines (preferably Azure DevOps), scripting languages such as Python and shell scripts and working in an Agile/Scrum setting. Knowledge of ITIL framework and experience with Service Management tools such as ServiceNow
Mastery over database security, backups, high availability, disaster recovery, resiliency, observability, and performance
Subject matter expert in the context of database configuration for everything related to infrastructure, including servers, virtualization, storage, networking, firewalls
Work Location and Arrangement: This role will be based out of the CarMax Midtown office, Richmond VA or CarMax Technology Hub, Plano TX and have a Hybrid work arrangement.
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 250 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:
$120,700.00 - $193,100.00
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:
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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.
