Sr. Platform Engineer
- Location
- Nashville, TN
- Listed
- 13 days ago
About the role
Ingram Marine Group is hiring for a Sr. Platform Engineer in Nashville, 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 execute disaster recovery procedures and business continuity plans
- Perform system patching, upgrades, and maintenance activities
- Establish and maintain comprehensive monitoring, alerting, and observability solutions using Prometheus and Grafana
Cost Optimization & Resource Management
- Monitor and analyze Azure cloud spending patterns and resource utilization
- Implement cost optimization strategies including right-sizing, reserved instances, and auto-scaling policies
- Develop dashboards and reports for cost tracking and forecasting
- Collaborate with application and infrastructure teams to optimize platform resource allocation and eliminate waste
Monitoring & Observability
- Design and implement comprehensive monitoring solutions using Prometheus for metrics collection
- Build and maintain Grafana dashboards for infrastructure, application, and business metrics
- Configure intelligent alerting rules and escalation procedures
- Establish SLIs, SLOs, and error budgets for critical services
24x7 Support & Incident Response
- Participate in on-call rotation for 24x7 production support
- Lead Tier 3 incident response efforts for production outages and system issues
- Perform root cause analysis and implement preventive measures
- Collaborate with development teams on performance optimization and troubleshooting
- Maintain runbooks and documentation for operational 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 with Prometheus for metrics collection and alerting
- Proficiency in Grafana for dashboard creation and data visualization
- Experience with Azure Cost 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
- Incident management and post-mortem processes
- 24x7 on-call experience with escalation procedures
- Disaster recovery planning and implementation
- Security best practices in CI/CD and infrastructure
- Experience with chaos engineering and resilience testing
Collaborative Skills
- Experience partnering with cross-functional application, infrastructure, architecture, and security teams
- Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving abilities under pressure
- Documentation, platform standards, runbooks, and knowledge-sharing practices
- Comfortable with 24x7 on-call rotation responsibilities
Preferred Qualifications
- Azure certifications (AZ-104, AZ-400, AZ-305, or AKS-related)
- Experience with message bus systems (Azure Service Bus)
- Knowledge of.NET applications and Angular frontend deployments, including common developer workflows and platform integration needs
- Familiarity with secret management solutions (Delinea or similar)
- Experience with additional monitoring tools (Azure Monitor, Application Insights)
- FinOps certification or cost optimization experience
- Experience with alerting tools and PagerDuty integration
Additional Information
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
About the Company
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.
Equal opportunity and legal notices
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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.
From Ingram Barge Company's careers page, first listed on Rolev.ai on October 27, 2026. Rolev.ai is not the employer.
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