Senior Platforms Engineer, Compute, Storage, and Virtualization

Marathon Petroleum

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Work type
On-site
Location
Findlay, OHDenver, COSan Antonio, TX
Salary
$106,900–$184,300 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
6 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live today
Closes
Oct 31, 2026 (soon)

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Below market

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About Marathon Petroleum

Marathon Petroleum Corporation is one of the largest petroleum refining, marketing, retail, and transportation companies in the United States, operating an extensive refining network and Speedway convenience stores. Industry: Oil Refining & Energy

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TL;DR · Senior Platforms Engineer, Compute, Storage, and Virtualization

The Senior Platforms Engineer joins the Infrastructure Engineering & Operations organization to support Midstream IT business units. This role involves leading the design, implementation, and lifecycle management of enterprise compute, storage, and virtualization platforms. The engineer will build and deploy highly available, scalable infrastructure solutions while managing SAN storage platforms and ensuring business continuity. Day-to-day responsibilities include identifying performance bottlenecks, conducting root cause analysis, and performing advanced system tuning. The position requires expertise in Infrastructure as Code (IaC), CI/CD pipelines, Git-based workflows, and automation frameworks. Key technical skills include scripting, systems integration, and cloud infrastructure management. The role solves critical technical problems by providing reliable, automated, and secure platform services that support large-scale enterprise workloads within the oil and gas midstream sector.

What you'll do

  • Lead the design, implementation, and lifecycle management of enterprise compute, storage, and virtualization platforms.
  • Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and automated provisioning frameworks for platform services.
  • Implement DevOps practices including CI/CD pipelines, Git-based workflows, and automated deployment testing.
  • Design and support SAN storage platforms to ensure high availability and disaster recovery alignment.
  • Conduct root cause analysis to identify performance bottlenecks and implement system optimizations.
  • Lead the design and testing of disaster recovery and system backup plans.
  • Create and maintain a comprehensive knowledge base including troubleshooting guides and configuration documentation.
  • Mentor junior engineers and lead technical support activities for complex platform issues.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology, related field, or equivalent experience.
  • 5+ years of relevant platforms engineer experience.
  • Experience with enterprise compute, virtualization, and storage engineering (preferred).
  • Experience with Infrastructure performance, capacity, and lifecycle management (preferred).
  • Experience with SAN storage architecture, business continuity, disaster recovery, and backup technologies (preferred).
  • Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC), automation, scripting, APIs, and tool integration (preferred).
  • Experience with DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, Git-based source control, and infrastructure code reviews (preferred).
  • Experience with platform engineering and cloud/infrastructure automation within large-scale enterprise environments (preferred).

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