Senior Platform Engineer – AI & Data Platform

Marathon Petroleum Corporation; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Marathon Petroleum Corporation seeks a Senior Platform Engineer to lead design, operation, and improvement of data and platform services across cloud, analytics, and AI workloads in Houston.

You will partner with AMS and platform teams to reduce manual effort, improve service visibility, and strengthen operational resilience, building an enterprise-ready foundation for platform operations, monitoring, and governance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology, related field or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of relevant experience as a platforms engineer.

Responsibilities

• Identifies performance bottlenecks, conducts root cause analysis, and proposes solutions to enhance platform performance.
• Leads troubleshooting activities, minimizes downtime, and collaborates with vendor support to drive resolution.
• Designs disaster recovery plans and tests.
• Analyzes data to identify trends and provides optimization recommendations.
• Leads design and configuration of complex platforms and ensures adherence to standards.

Skills

Cloud Infra Mgmt

Networking

Cybersecurity Risk Mgmt

DevSecOps

General Programming

Infrastructure as Code

IT Infra Management

Performance Monitoring

Policy Management

Process Automations

Service Delivery Mgmt

System Administration

Education

Bachelors in Information Technology or related

Job description

Marathon Petroleum Corporation seeks a Senior Platform Engineer to lead design, operation, and improvement of data and platform services across cloud, analytics, and AI workloads in Houston.

You will partner with AMS and platform teams to reduce manual effort, improve service visibility, and strengthen operational resilience, building an enterprise-ready foundation for platform operations, monitoring, and governance.