Highlights
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.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Fenton, MO |
| Industry | Food and Beverage Production |
| Salary | $111,808–$134,170 Per Year |
| Company Size | 10,000 employees or more |
| Year Founded | 1981 |
| Website | https://jobs.panerabread.com/ |
Description
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
Additional Description :
About Company
We are Panera. We are bakers of bread. We are fresh from the oven.
We are a symbol of warmth and welcome. We are a simple pleasure, honest and genuine. We are a life story told over dinner. We are a long lunch with an old friend. We are your weekday morning ritual. We are the kindest gesture of neighbors. We are home. We are family. We are friends.
In this section, you can:
We are a symbol of warmth and welcome. We are a simple pleasure, honest and genuine. We are a life story told over dinner. We are a long lunch with an old friend. We are your weekday morning ritual. We are the kindest gesture of neighbors. We are home. We are family. We are friends.
In this section, you can:
- Learn more about our company, including its history and leadership, in the Company Overview section.
- Review financial news, reports, stock information and other investor resources in the Investor Relations section.
- Browse our recent press releases, news articles about Panera Bread and various media resources in the Press Room.
- Find out about the exciting and rewarding Career Opportunities available at Panera Bread.
- Visit the Franchise Information section to find out more about franchising opportunities with Panera, including qualification criteria and available markets.
- See how we give back to the neighborhoods we're a part of by visiting the In the Community pages.
- Tell us about your experience in our bakery-cafes, or just ask us a question in the section.