Sr. Platform Engineer

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

Skills
Python, .NET, Angular, Git, Azure, Kubernetes, CI/CD, Terraform, Ansible, Documentation

Employment type
Full-time

Work arrangement
Hybrid