Sr DevOps/Platform Engineer

panerabread; St. Louis (MO); Hybrid; USD 112,000 - 134,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Hybrid work arrangement

Job summary

Panera Bread's Saint Louis Support Center is seeking a Sr DevOps/Platform Engineer to design, implement, and maintain scalable automation, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud infrastructure that enable rapid software delivery. This role is hybrid in St.

Louis, MO, with collaboration across Dev, QA, Release, and Infra teams to improve deployment processes and platform reliability. The ideal candidate combines strong software engineering fundamentals with deep infrastructure expertise.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in DevOps, SRE, Platform Engineering, or 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 Python, Groovy, Ruby, Java, or Node.js.
• Strong experience with Git-based source control platforms (GitLab/GitHub).
• Experience managing artifact repositories such as Artifactory.
• Strong knowledge of Linux/Unix and familiarity with Windows.
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) including GKE.
• Experience with VMware vSphere/ESXi.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and communication skills.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

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.

Skills

CI/CD

Automation

Software development

Linux/Unix

Windows familiarity

Python

Groovy

Ruby

Java

Node.js

Git

DevOps

Problem-solving

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Chef

Docker

Kubernetes

GitLab

GitHub

Artifactory

VMware vSphere/ESXi

GKE

Prometheus

Grafana

Job description

Sr DevOps/Platform Engineer

Position Summary

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 $111,808 - $134,170 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 Center