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Ingram Marine Group

Senior DevOps Engineer

Ingram Marine Group, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, 70123

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Company Description Ingram Barge is a quality marine transporter on America's inland waterways since 1946, starting out as a small, family‑owned business and growing into what we are today: the largest dry cargo carrier and one of the top chemical carriers on the river. As the leading carrier, we operate a fleet of approximately 140 towboats and 5,000 barges. 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.

Job Description Ingram Barge is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to join our dynamic DevSecOps team. This person will work alongside our Systems Architect, Application Development Architect, and Security Engineer and focuses on operationalizing our cloud‑native infrastructure, enhancing CI/CD pipelines, ensuring system reliability and resilience, and providing 24×7 operational support.

What You Will Be Doing Pipeline & Automation

Designing and implementing advanced CI/CD pipeline features using GitLab

Developing and maintaining Terraform modules for infrastructure provisioning

Creating and optimizing Ansible playbooks for configuration management and deployment automation

Integrating security scanning and compliance checks into deployment pipelines

Container & Kubernetes Operations

Building, configuring, and maintaining Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) clusters

Developing and optimizing Helm charts for application deployments

Implementing and managing GitOps workflows

Monitoring and troubleshooting containerized applications and cluster performance

Infrastructure & Reliability

Implementing infrastructure as code best practices using Terraform and Ansible

Designing and executing disaster recovery procedures and business continuity plans

Performing system patching, upgrades, and maintenance activities

Establishing and maintaining comprehensive monitoring, alerting, and observability solutions using Prometheus and Grafana

Cost Optimization & Resource Management

Monitoring and analyzing Azure cloud spending patterns and resource utilization

Implementing cost optimization strategies including right‑sizing, reserved instances, and auto‑scaling policies

Developing dashboards and reports for cost tracking and forecasting

Collaborating with teams to optimize resource allocation and eliminate waste

Monitoring & Observability

Designing and implementing comprehensive monitoring solutions using Prometheus for metrics collection

Building and maintaining Grafana dashboards for infrastructure, application, and business metrics

Configuring intelligent alerting rules and escalation procedures

Establishing SLIs, SLOs, and error budgets for critical services

24×7 Support & Incident Response

Participating in on‑call rotation for 24×7 production support

Leading tier 3 incident response efforts for production outages and system issues

Performing root cause analysis and implementing preventive measuresCollaborating with development teams on performance optimization and troubleshooting

Maintaining 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

24×7 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 24×7 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

Legal & Compliance 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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