DevOps Engineer

Ingram Marine Group is seeking a DevOps Engineer to join our dynamic DevSecOps Team in the Nashville, TN area. This role focuses on operationalizing cloud-native infrastructure, enhancing CI/CD pipelines, ensuring system reliability and resilience, and providing 24x7 operational support.

Responsibilities

• 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

Requirements

• 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