Sr. Platform Engineer

Ingram Marine Group encompasses our operating units involved in transporting bulk commodities on America's inland waterways, delivering fuel and supplies to the towing industry, and providing a ship anchorage in Louisiana. As the leading carrier, we operate a fleet that transport aggregates, grain, fertilizer, coal, ores, alloys, steel products, chemicals, and other products.

We're committed to being the best at whatever we do. We're continuously growing, adapting, and responding, and we're successful because of the outstanding hard work and creative energy of our associates.

Ingram Marine Groupis hiring for aSr. Platform EngineerinNashville, TN. This role will be responsible for the following:

Platform Enablement, Pipeline & Automation

• Design and implement reusable CI/CD pipeline capabilities and standardized templates using GitLab

• Develop and maintain reusable Terraform modules and self-service patterns for infrastructure provisioning

• Create and optimize Ansible playbooks and platform automation for configuration management and application deployment

• Embed security scanning, compliance checks, and platform guardrails into deployment workflows

Container & Kubernetes Platform Operations

• Build, configure, and maintain Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) as a reliable, scalable application platform

• Develop and optimize reusable Helm charts and deployment standards for application teams

• Implement and manage GitOps workflows that enable consistent, repeatable application delivery
• Partner with application teams to monitor and troubleshoot containerized applications, platform services, and cluster performance

Platform Infrastructure & Reliability

• Implement Infrastructure as Code best practices and reusable platform components using Terraform and Ansible

• Design and executedisaster recovery procedures and business continuity plans

• Perform system patching, upgrades, and maintenance activities

• Establishand maintain comprehensive monitoring, alerting, and observability solutions using Prometheus and Grafana

Cost Optimization & ResourceManagement

• Monitor and analyze Azurecloud spending patterns and resource utilization

• Implement cost optimization strategies including right-sizing, reserved instances, and auto-scaling policies

• Develop dashboards and reports forcost tracking and forecasting

• Collaborate with application and infrastructure teams to optimize platform resource allocation and eliminate waste

Monitoring & Observability

• Design and implement comprehensive monitoringsolutions using Prometheus for metrics collection

• Build and maintain Grafana dashboards for infrastructure, application, and business metrics

• Configureintelligent alerting rules and escalation procedures

• Establish SLIs, SLOs, and errorbudgets for critical services

24x7 Support & IncidentResponse

• Participatein on-call rotation for 24x7 production support

• Lead Tier 3 incident response efforts for production outages and systemissues

• Perform root cause analysis and implement preventive measures

• Collaborate with development teams onperformance optimization and troubleshooting

• Maintain runbooks and documentation foroperational procedures

Required Skills & Experience

Technical Expertise(5+ years)

• Strong experience with Kubernetes(AKS preferred) and container orchestration

• Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code: Terraform and Ansible

• Advanced GitLab CI/CD pipeline development, reusable templates, and developer enablement

• Experience with GitOps methodologies and leading toolsets like Helm, Flux and/or ArgoCD

• Python scripting for platform automation, integrations, and pipeline tasks

• Azure cloud services, identity, and networking concepts

Monitoring& Cost Management

• Hands-on experience withPrometheus for metrics collection and alerting

• Proficiency in Grafana for dashboard creation and data visualization

• Experience with AzureCost Management tools and FinOps practices

• Knowledge of resource optimization techniques and auto-scaling strategies

• Understanding of cloud pricing models and cost allocation methods

Platform Engineering, DevOps & SRE Practices

• Incidentmanagement and post-mortem processes

• 24x7on-call experience withescalation procedures

• Disaster recovery planningand implementation

• Securitybest practices in CI/CD and infrastructure

• Experience with chaosengineering and resilience testing

Collaborative Skills

• Experience partnering with cross-functional application, infrastructure, architecture, and security teams

• Strongtroubleshooting and problem-solving abilities under pressure

• Documentation, platform standards, runbooks, and knowledge-sharing practices

• Comfortable with24x7 on-call rotation responsibilities

Preferred Qualifications

• Azure certifications (AZ-104, AZ-400, AZ-305, or AKS-related)

• Experiencewith message bus systems (AzureService Bus)

• Knowledge of .NET applications and Angular frontend deployments, including common developer workflows and platform integration needs

• Familiarity withsecret management solutions(Delinea or similar)

• Experience with additionalmonitoring tools (Azure Monitor, Application Insights)

• FinOps certificationor cost optimization experience

• Experience with alerting tools and PagerDutyintegration

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

• A competitive compensation package
• Comprehensive benefits including Medical/Prescription Drug plans, HSA, Vision, Dental and Health Care FSA.
• Generous paid time off benefits
• 401K match upon first day of hire
• Life and AD&D, Employee Assistant programs, Group Legal, & more
• Associate growth and development encouraged through internal training and tuition reimbursement program

If you are requesting reasonable accommodation or disability assistance in submitting your application, you may email us at Recruiting@ingrambarge.com

Ingram Marine Group and its affiliates ("Company") is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, work related mental or physical disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or genetic information.

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