DevOps Engineer

Energy Innovation Corp; Bowling Green (KY); On-site; USD 69,000 - 107,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hours

Paid sabbaticals

Mentoring program

Job summary

Industrial Plus in Bowling Green, KY is seeking a contract DevOps Engineer to scale systems handling traffic across KY and beyond. This role values ownership over busywork and long‑term growth investments.

You will work with Apache Kafka, Datadog, and networking tooling to improve performance, reliability, and automation. Flexible hours and a mentoring program support a balanced, self‑directed team environment.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience with active listening and stakeholder engagement.
• Strong understanding of technology best practices and industry standards.
• Ability to align diverse stakeholders and make decisions without constant approval.
• Clear, direct communication and proactive problem solving.

Responsibilities

• Profile Apache Kafka memory use and identify leaks affecting Bowling Green nodes.
• Prototype Kafka ideas fast and select those for production in Industrial Plus's stack.
• Spot Datadog anti-patterns before they spread across teams.
• Build networking self-service tools to reduce tickets.
• Reverse‑engineer the Creativity format and document it.
• Automate manual networking chores to save engineering hours.
• Hand off Kafka runbooks to on-call engineers.

Skills

Active Listening

Stakeholder diplomacy

Problem-solving

Communication

Tech best practices

Tools

Apache Kafka

Datadog

Networking tools

Job description

Join our engineering team in Bowling Green and help us scale systems that handle traffic from across KY and beyond. A contract DevOps Engineer role that values ownership over busywork, pays $69,000 - $107,000, and invests in your long-term growth.

Key Responsibilities

• Profile Apache Kafka memory use and chase down the leaks crashing Bowling Green nodes
• Prototype rough Apache Kafka ideas fast, then decide which earn a place in Industrial Plus's stack
• Spot the low-drama Datadog anti-pattern in review before it spreads through Industrial Plus
• Build Networking self-service tools so Bowling Green teams stop filing tickets for everything
• Reverse-engineer the remote-friendly Creativity format Industrial Plus inherited and never documented
• Automate the manual Networking chores that quietly drain Bowling Green, KY engineering hours
• Hand off Apache Kafka runbooks so the next on-call at Industrial Plus sleeps better

What You'll Bring

• Comfort being the newest person in the room and the loudest in the notes
• Solid understanding of technology best practices and industry standards
• The diplomacy to align stakeholders who don't agree yet
• Plainspoken problem-solving that doesn't wait for permission
• 4+ years of Active Listening reps, not just Active Listening exposure

Industrial Plus is the self-directed Bowling Green, KY company that technology insiders recommend but rarely the one that advertises. You set the boundaries of your contract schedule and we respect them without the side-eye.

We value work-life balance, so expect $69,000 - $107,000, flexible hours, paid sabbaticals, and a supportive mentoring program.

The Industrial Plus team is scaling in Bowling Green, KY, and we are hiring for it now.