Senior Platforms Engineer – Infrastructure DevOps

Marathon Petroleum Corporation

Senior Platforms Engineer enhancing infrastructure automation and performance at Marathon Petroleum Company. Leading platform design, troubleshooting, and technical support across hybrid environments.

Posted 5/2/2026full-timeFindlay • Colorado, Ohio, Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $106,900 - $184,300 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AzureITSMJenkins

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Identifies performance bottlenecks, conducts root cause analysis, proposes and implements solutions to enhance platform & system performance and resource utilization.
Establishes performance benchmarks, conducts capacity planning, and collaborates with other teams, including junior engineers and cross functional teams to optimize infrastructure performance and activities.
Contributes to the development and improvement of troubleshooting procedures, measures to minimize platform & system downtime, and documentation.
Partners with technical support to drive for resolution.
Leads and manages platform & system technical support activities and troubleshooting efforts, including handling escalated and complex issues.
Performs advanced system tuning and optimization to maximize performance using IT Service Management practices.
Collaborates with internal teams to enhance support processes and methodologies.
Participates in future platform & system backup planning.
Leads the design of disaster/system recovery and testing.
Analyzes performance and utilization data to identify trends and patterns; provides recommendations for optimization and improvement; prepares comprehensive reports on infrastructure performance; and implements corrective actions to drive continuous system improvements.
Leads the design and configuration of complex platforms & systems, considering best practices and industry standards.
Leads ongoing compliance with original design and configuration and corrects for deviation from standards.
Builds and deploys highly available and scalable infrastructure solutions.
Leads the creation and maintenance of a comprehensive knowledge base for platforms & systems, including troubleshooting guides, configuration documentation, and best practices.
Promotes knowledge sharing culture by organizing training sessions, mentoring junior engineers, and encouraging cross-team collaboration.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology, related field or equivalent experience
5+ years of relevant platforms engineer experience
Preferred 10+ years of experience in Networking, Compute, Storage, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Configuration Management, Identity & Access Management (IAM), and/or Platform Development
Experience in Operational Technology and a solid understanding of PERA model.
Experience in Azure DevOps, GitLab, Netbrain, Netbox, Itential, Jenkins, or similar Infrastructure as Code tools for continuous integration and deployment.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
401k matching program
Paid time off
Paid parental leave
Educational reimbursement
Discretionary company-sponsored annual bonus program

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Hard Skills & Tools

performance optimizationroot cause analysiscapacity planningsystem tuningdisaster recoveryinfrastructure designtroubleshooting procedurescontinuous improvementInfrastructure as Codeconfiguration management

Soft Skills

collaborationleadershipmentoringcommunicationproblem-solvingknowledge sharingtrainingorganizational skillscross-team collaborationdocumentation

Certifications

Bachelor's Degree in Information Technologyrelated field or equivalent experience