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Ingram Barge Company

Senior DevOps Engineer

Ingram Barge Company, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, us, 70873

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Overview Ingram Barge is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to join our dynamic DevSecOps team. This role will work alongside our Systems Architect, Application Development Architect, and Security Engineer to operationalize cloud-native infrastructure, enhance CI/CD pipelines, ensure system reliability and resilience, and provide 24x7 operational support.

What you will be doing

Pipeline & Automation

Design and implement advanced CI/CD pipeline features using GitLab

Develop and maintain Terraform modules for infrastructure provisioning

Create and optimize Ansible playbooks for configuration management and deployment automation

Integrate security scanning and compliance checks into deployment pipelines

Container & Kubernetes Operations

Build, configure, and maintain Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) clusters

Develop and optimize Helm charts for application deployments

Implement and manage GitOps workflows

Monitor and troubleshoot containerized applications and cluster performance

Infrastructure & Reliability

Implement Infrastructure as Code best practices 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 teams to optimize 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

Qualifications Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

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 and optimization

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

Python scripting for automation and pipeline tasks

Azure cloud services 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

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 working with cross-functional teams

Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving abilities under pressure

Documentation and knowledge sharing practices

Comfortable with 24x7 on-call rotation responsibilities

Preferred Qualifications

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

Experience with message bus systems (Azure Service Bus)

Knowledge of .NET applications and Angular frontend deployments

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 Why You Should Apply:

Professional and financial growth opportunities

Medical benefits

Retirement benefits

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

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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