As a Senior DevOps Engineer on the Panera Systems team, you will play a key role in designing, implementing, and maintaining scalable automation, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud infrastructure that enable rapid and reliable software delivery. You are a self-motivated problem solver who thrives in a collaborative environment and is passionate about improving developer productivity, operational excellence, and platform reliability.
The ideal candidate combines strong software engineering fundamentals with deep infrastructure and automation expertise. You enjoy building solutions that simplify complex processes, reduce manual effort, and accelerate the delivery of applications and services.
Location: St. Louis, MO (hybrid)
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with Development, QA Automation, Release Management, and Infrastructure teams to design and improve software delivery processes and deployment pipelines.
- Develop, maintain, and optimize CI/CD pipelines that enable secure, efficient, and repeatable application and infrastructure deployments.
- Build and support Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions to provision and manage cloud and on-premises environments.
- Partner with development teams to implement source control best practices, branching strategies, and DevOps methodologies.
- Drive automation initiatives that improve system reliability, reduce operational overhead, and accelerate time to market.
- Support containerized workloads and orchestration platforms in cloud environments.
- Monitor, troubleshoot, and continuously improve platform performance, availability, and security.
- Mentor engineers and promote DevOps best practices across the organization.
Required Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience in DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, Platform Engineering, or a related field.
- Strong understanding of CI/CD principles, automation strategies, and software delivery best practices.
- Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code and configuration management tools such as Terraform, Ansible, Chef, or similar technologies.
- Software development experience with the ability to quickly learn and adopt new programming languages and frameworks.
- Experience developing or scripting with one or more of the following:
- Python
- Groovy
- Ruby
- Java
- Node.js
- Strong experience with Git-based source control platforms, including GitLab and/or GitHub.
- Experience managing artifact repositories such as Artifactory.
- Strong knowledge of Linux/Unix systems and working familiarity with Windows environments.
- Experience with containerization technologies, including Docker and Kubernetes.
- Experience supporting workloads in Google Cloud Platform (GCP), including Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE).
- Experience with virtualization platforms such as VMware vSphere/ESXi.
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience designing and operating enterprise-scale CI/CD platforms.
- Experience with observability and monitoring tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, or Splunk.
- Experience implementing DevSecOps and security automation practices.
- Experience supporting highly available, mission-critical production systems.
- Experience leading technical initiatives or mentoring team members.
Why You'll Succeed
- You are passionate about automation and continuous improvement.
- You enjoy solving complex infrastructure and deployment challenges.
- You embrace learning new technologies and sharing knowledge with others.
- You balance engineering excellence with pragmatic business outcomes.
Equal Opportunity Employer: Disabled/Veterans
Competitive Pay $127,461 - $152,953 annually
The actual pay offered will be determined by multiple factors, including but not limited to the candidate’s relevant experience, job-related knowledge, skills, and geographical location. Individual compensation decisions are dependent upon the facts and circumstances of each position and candidate.
Saint Louis Support CenterSkills Required
- 5+ years of experience in DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, Platform Engineering, or a related field
- Strong understanding of CI/CD principles, automation strategies, and software delivery best practices
- Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code and configuration management tools such as Terraform, Ansible, Chef, or similar technologies
- Software development experience with the ability to learn and adopt new programming languages and frameworks
- Experience developing or scripting with Python, Groovy, Ruby, Java, or Node.js
- Strong experience with Git-based source control platforms, including GitLab and/or GitHub
- Experience managing artifact repositories such as Artifactory
- Strong knowledge of Linux/Unix systems and familiarity with Windows environments
- Experience with containerization technologies, including Docker and Kubernetes
- Experience supporting workloads in Google Cloud Platform, including Google Kubernetes Engine
- Experience with virtualization platforms such as VMware vSphere/ESXi
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills
- Experience designing and operating enterprise-scale CI/CD platforms
- Experience with observability and monitoring tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, or Splunk
- Experience implementing DevSecOps and security automation practices
- Experience supporting highly available, mission-critical production systems
- Experience leading technical initiatives or mentoring team members
What We Do
Panera began in 1987 as St. Louis Bread Company, a humble community bakery founded with a sourdough starter from San Francisco and a dream of putting a loaf of bread in every arm. While our business has expanded well beyond St. Louis since then, that same sourdough starter is still used in our iconic sourdough bread and the craft of baking bread fresh each day remains at the heart of Panera Bread. Each day, our trained bakers fill our bakery shelves with delicious freshly baked cookies, pastries, bagels, and a range of breads from focaccia to classic baguettes. We believe in serving delicious, freshly prepared, clean food made with carefully selected ingredients that we are proud to serve our own families. Our menu, crafted by chefs and bakers, features classic, comforting dishes, each with an intriguing twist. We respect our planet and take measures to lessen our impacts. We believe in treating people with warmth, kindness, and respect, whether it’s a guest in our cafe or one of our associates. And we believe in helping our local communities, especially in times of need. We’re also focused on improving quality and convenience. With investments in technology and operations, we offer omni-channel access to your Panera favorites – like mobile ordering, catering, and Rapid Pick-Up® for to-go orders, Curbside pick-up and delivery – all designed to make things easier for our guests. Today, Panera operates as both Panera Bread® or Saint Louis Bread Co St. Louis Bread Company in 48 states, the District of Columbia and Canada. Panera Bread is privately held by JAB Holding Company. Panera Bread is part of Panera Brands, one of the largest fast-casual restaurant platforms in the U.S., comprised of Panera Bread®, Caribou Coffee® and Einstein Bros.® Bagels.
