{"id":3404364,"url":"https://alion.io/job/inchcape-shipping-services-india-fabric-platform-engineer","title":"India - Fabric Platform Engineer","company":{"id":723181,"name":"Inchcape Shipping Services","domain":"iss-shipping.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/inchcape-shipping-services","size_band":"1001-5000","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"BambooHR","truth_index":{"grade":"A","score":100,"open_postings":5,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":0.2,"repost_share":0,"time_to_fill_p50_days":19,"computed_at":"2026-11-04T06:34:25Z"}},"role":"DevOps","role_family":"DevOps","seniority":"senior","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["India"],"countries":["IN"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":5,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"Amazon CloudWatch","optional":false},{"name":"Amazon EC2","optional":false},{"name":"AWS","optional":false},{"name":"Azure","optional":false},{"name":"Azure DevOps","optional":false},{"name":"CI/CD","optional":false},{"name":"Git","optional":false},{"name":"IAM","optional":false},{"name":"Microsoft Entra ID","optional":false},{"name":"Microsoft Fabric","optional":false},{"name":"Platform Engineering","optional":false},{"name":"Power Automate","optional":false},{"name":"Power BI","optional":false},{"name":"PowerShell","optional":false},{"name":"Python","optional":false},{"name":"Terraform","optional":false},{"name":"VPN","optional":false},{"name":"Rest API","optional":true},{"name":"Terragrunt","optional":true}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-10-28T15:39:39Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-10-28","last_verified_at":"2026-11-04T22:27:08Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":7,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":7},"description":"Who are Inchcape\nAt Inchcape Shipping Services, our vision is to create a connected world where customers can trade successfully and make informed decisions in every port, everywhere. We achieve this by combining our worldwide infrastructure with local expertise, through our global network of more than 250 proprietary offices and a team of over 3,000 dedicated professionals. Our diverse customer base includes owners and charterers in the oil, cruise, container, and bulk commodity sectors, as well as naval, government, and intergovernmental organizations.\nWe have an ambitious growth model, and a career here is certainly going to be a rewarding one that will allow you to bring your skills & experience. We embrace change and are open to new thinking and pushing for positive change in our industry.\nJob Location :Remote\nContract Type :Permanent\nMain Purpose of Job\nThe Fabric Platform Engineer owns the technical foundations of ISS's Data & Reporting Platform a production-grade Microsoft Fabric environment that serves as the single source of truth for operational and commercial reporting across a global maritime shipping business operating in 60+ countries.\nThis role is responsible for the infrastructure, DevOps, connectivity, security model, and operational reliability of the platform. The Fabric Platform Engineer ensures that the gateway and network connectivity between ISS source systems and Fabric are always-on and production-grade; that platform artefacts are deployed safely and repeatably through CI/CD pipelines; that access controls, service principals, and secrets are correctly managed; and that the platform is observable, monitorable, and recoverable under production conditions.\nThis is a founding permanent role within the Fabric Data Team, assuming ownership of capabilities currently held by the external project delivery team. The role requires a professional who can operate independently at a senior level, takes end-to-end ownership of platform reliability, and understands that the platform's availability directly affects ISS's ability to serve its external shipping principal customers.\nKey Accountabilities\nOperate the Microsoft Fabric platform infrastructure including workspace topology, capacity allocation, and environment separation (Dev / UAT / Prod).\nOwn the hybrid connectivity layer between ISS source systems (OpticDB, World of Ports, Boomi, Eye-Share, Unit4) and Fabric, including AWS-hosted On-Premises Data Gateway clusters, site-to-site VPN configurations, and VPC Peering. Ensure gateway high availability in production through clustered EC2 configurations managed via Terraform.\nBuild and maintain CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps for automated deployment of Fabric artefacts across environments. Define and enforce the branching strategy, pull request governance, and release process for all platform assets stored in Azure DevOps Git repositories.\nImplement and govern the platform access model: Entra ID (Azure AD) group structure, workspace RBAC assignments, and environment-specific permission controls. Own the Service Principal strategy, credential lifecycle management, secrets rotation via Azure Key Vault, and IAM review cadence.\nConfigure and maintain the Power BI App Owns Data embedding architecture for internal ISS applications (e.g. Optic / OneCape), including authentication flows, workspace access grants, and Row-Level Security (RLS) validation for both internal users and external shipping principals (B2B guest identities).\nImplement and manage platform monitoring across all layers: Fabric capacity utilisation dashboards, pipeline execution health, gateway connectivity, and EC2 instance performance via Amazon CloudWatch. Define alerting thresholds, escalation paths, and own first-line incident triage for infrastructure-level issues.\nOnboard new data sources using the established ingestion framework and connectivity patterns, without requiring bespoke infrastructure changes. Manage new external customer \nonboarding: create Entra ID security groups, grant workspace access, and insert Row-Level Security entries into the Gold Warehouse per the agreed process.\nOwn the Fabric capacity cost model: conduct monthly reviews of CU consumption across Non-Prod and Prod capacities, attribute costs by workload, and report findings with scaling recommendations to the Head of Fabric Data Platform\nSupport the Enterprise Data Architect in registering Gold data assets in Microsoft Purview: metadata tagging, lineage documentation, and ownership assignment. Contribute to platform development standards, naming conventions, and engineering artefact templates.\nIdentify opportunities to automate operational workflows using Power Automate and the broader Microsoft Power Platform, including licence request approval flows, platform alert notifications, and data pipeline trigger automation.\nStay current with the Microsoft Fabric and Azure DevOps roadmap; evaluate new features and capabilities relevant to ISS's platform model and advise the team on adoption opportunities.\nKey Deliverables :\nA production-grade Fabric platform infrastructure managed as code (Terraform), with documented gateway architecture, environment topology, and deployment runbooks available in Azure DevOps.\nFully operational CI/CD pipelines for Fabric artefact promotion across Dev / UAT / Prod, with enforced branching strategy and auditable release history.\nA defined and implemented platform access model: Entra ID group structure, RBAC assignments, Service Principal inventory, Key Vault secrets management, and quarterly access review records.\nFunctioning App Owns Data Power BI embedding for the Optic and OneCape applications, with documented authentication flows, RLS configurations per shipping principal, and onboarding runbook.\nPlatform observability dashboards and alerting configurations across Fabric capacity, pipeline health, and gateway infrastructure; documented incident response and escalation paths.\nMonthly cost and capacity reports for Fabric platform capacities, with utilisation trends and scaling recommendations, delivered to the Head of Fabric Data Platform.\nOperational runbooks for all recurring BAU activities: data source onboarding, customer reporting onboarding, Power BI Pro licence management, and secrets rotation\nImplement the Microsoft recommended resilient model for components and products of the Data Platform to ensure Availability, Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity\nCompetency Requirements\nTechnical\nCloud infrastructure & IaC (Terraform)\nAzure DevOps & CI/CD pipelines\nMicrosoft Fabric platform administration\nHybrid network connectivity (VPN, gateways)\nIdentity & access management (Entra ID)\nLakehouse/Warehouse Administration\nKey\nAttention to detail & operational rigour\nProblem solving & incident diagnosis\nCommunication & documentation\nStakeholder collaboration\nSecurity & risk awareness\nManagement\nPlatform governance & standards\nChange & release management\nPlanning & prioritisation\nOperational ownership mindset\nKnowledge, Experience and Skills\nEssential\n5+ years in a platform engineering, cloud engineering, or data DevOps role, operating production cloud infrastructure with uptime and reliability responsibilities.\nHands-on experience with Microsoft Fabric: workspace administration, capacity management, Git integration with Azure DevOps, and Fabric Deployment Pipelines.\nStrong Azure DevOps experience: CI/CD pipeline authoring, branching strategies, pull request governance, and release management for data platform artefacts.\nInfrastructure-as-Code experience using Terraform (mandatory for gateway and EC2 management).\nExperience with Python or PowerShell scripting for platform automation tasks.\nHands-on AWS experience: EC2 instance management, VPC and subnet configuration, Security Groups, CloudWatch monitoring.\nExperience managing On-Premises Data Gateways or SHIR runtimes in a production environment, including high availability cluster configuration and patching.\nUnderstanding of hybrid network connectivity: site-to-site VPN, VPC Peering, private subnets, and traffic routing.\nSolid understanding of Entra ID (Azure AD): security groups, service principals, B2B guest identities, and RBAC implementation.\nExperience with Power BI workspace administration, deployment pipelines, and publish-to-service workflows including App Owns Data embedding model.\nFamiliarity with secrets management (Azure Key Vault or equivalent) and credential rotation practices.\nStrong written and verbal communication skills in English; ability to document architecture decisions and produce operational runbooks clearly.\nDesirable\nExperience with Microsoft Purview: data asset registration, lineage management, and governance catalogue.\nFamiliarity with Terraform Cloud or Terragrunt for multi-environment state management.\nExperience with AWS Systems Manager (SSM) for EC2 access and patch management.\nKnowledge of Power BI API automation: workspace provisioning, dataset refresh triggers, license management via REST API.\nFamiliarity with Microsoft Power Automate and the Power Platform suite for building lightweight operational automation workflows.\nPrior exposure to maritime, logistics, or complex international supply chain environments\nPlease note that this role requires you to visit our Chennai office once every quarter. The travel expenses for these visits will need to be covered at your own expense.\nEducation and Professional Qualification:\nEssential\nBachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, software engineering, or a related field.\nDesirable\nAZ-104: Microsoft Azure Administrator, demonstrating hands-on Azure infrastructure management experience.\nAZ-400: Designing and Implementing Microsoft DevOps Solutions, demonstrating CI/CD and release engineering expertise.\nDP-700: Implementing Data Engineering Solutions Using Microsoft Fabric (Microsoft Certified)\nOther Requirements\nEssential\nAbility to work closely with global, distributed teams and communicate effectively across cultures and time zones.\nWillingness to take end-to-end ownership of platform reliability, including responding to production incidents outside standard business hours when required.\nPassion for data platform engineering and commitment to building infrastructure that scales reliably with business demand.\nCommitment to staying current with Microsoft Fabric, Azure DevOps, and AWS platform developments.\nDesirable\nAdditional language proficiency\nExperience in an MSP, managed platform, or shared services environment where multiple clients or workloads share the same platform infrastructure.\nWhy Inchcape Shipping Services?\nWe believe in building a diverse and high performing workforce, that works together to provide our customers with the exceptional service they deserve. To reach the highest standards we depend on our people, their welfare, training and expertise. We realise the value of our staff and know that your unique experiences, skills and passions will help you to build a rich and rewarding career in our dynamic industry.\nOur values are at the centre of everything we do, and the successful candidate will be expected to demonstrate and fully adopt these:\nGlobal Perspective - we connect the world and see the bigger picture.\nThe Power of People - we rely on the strength of local agent knowledge and relationships.\nProgress - we adopt new thinking and push for positive change in our industry.\nIn return, we will offer you:\nA diverse range of benefits, depending on your geographical location. 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