Senior Platform Engineer: Kubernetes, CI/CD & GitOps

Ingram Barge Company; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation package

Medical/Dental/Vision and Health Care

Generous paid time off

401K match

Life and AD&D, EAP, Group Legal

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Ingram Marine Group is seeking a Sr. Platform Engineer in Nashville, TN to design and implement scalable CI/CD pipelines, IaC modules, and platform automation. The role focuses on AKS, GitOps, and Terraform/Ansible to deliver secure, observable infrastructure.

Collaboration with application teams will ensure reliable deployment and performance across the platform. The ideal candidate brings 5+ years of experience with Kubernetes, Azure, and advanced CI/CD practices, along with strong scripting

Qualifications

• 5+ years of technical experience in platform engineering or equivalent.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• 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.

Skills

Kubernetes (AKS)

Terraform

Ansible

GitLab CI/CD

GitOps (Helm/Flux/ArgoCD)

Python scripting

Azure Cloud

Tools

Helm

Flux

ArgoCD

Prometheus

Grafana

Job description

Ingram Marine Group is seeking a Sr. Platform Engineer in Nashville, TN to design and implement scalable CI/CD pipelines, IaC modules, and platform automation. The role focuses on AKS, GitOps, and Terraform/Ansible to deliver secure, observable infrastructure.

Collaboration with application teams will ensure reliable deployment and performance across the platform. The ideal candidate brings 5+ years of experience with Kubernetes, Azure, and advanced CI/CD practices, along with strong scripting