Senior DevOps Engineer

Senior DevOps Engineer

Location: Louisville, KY (Hybrid)

At El Toro, everything we do starts with one purpose: turning data into results brands can see, measure, and trust. As the leader in accurate, measurable, and trusted IP Targeting technology, we help brands reach exactly the right audiences and prove every dollar spent. From our headquarters in Louisville, Kentucky, our patented (25 and counting) technology delivers privacy‑compliant, high‑precision campaigns with unprecedented transparency and attribution. We’re scaling quickly, pushing the boundaries of what digital advertising can be, and we’re looking for exceptional people who want to build the future with us.

Position Summary

As a Senior DevOps Engineer, you will serve as a key architect and technical authority for our cloud infrastructure. This high‑impact role focuses on designing resilient systems, automating complex workflows, and ensuring the technical integrity of our deployment ecosystem. You will be responsible for strategic alignment of our infrastructure with evolving business objectives, ensuring peak performance and security.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic Architecture: Partner with developers to design cloud‑native architectures, migration strategies, and application optimizations that directly enable business objectives and long‑term architectural direction.
• Automation & Pipeline Engineering: Maintain and evolve CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure‑as‑code (IaC) to ensure seamless, automated software delivery.
• Container Ecosystem: Maintain Docker/Container clusters and take lead role in creating or improving custom Kubernetes tooling and controllers.
• System Reliability & Monitoring: Proactively improve monitoring and alerting systems to ensure high availability and mitigate system bottlenecks.
• Security & Compliance: Act as guardian of the ecosystem by maintaining best practices regarding compliance, privacy, and legal security requirements.
• Technical Troubleshooting: Serve as final point of escalation for complex technical challenges and participate in on‑call support rotation.

Qualifications

Note: We recognize that great candidates come from many backgrounds. If you meet most of these criteria and are excited about the role, we encourage you to apply.

• Cloud Tenure: Comprehensive cloud infrastructure experience (or advanced degree and/or certification) focusing on AWS, GCP, or Azure.
• Kubernetes Experience: Experience troubleshooting applications on Kubernetes both developer‑built and applications deployed from open source including operators.
• Custom K8s Development: Built custom applications (e.g., metric exporters) to fill gaps in existing tooling and monitoring infrastructure.
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Proven track record of automating infrastructure provisioning and managing complex CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions, Terraform, Argo).
• Data Proficiency: Hands‑on experience configuring and maintaining multiple database types (e.g., Postgresql, MongoDB, Elasticsearch, Prometheus, Thanos).
• Vendor Management: Experience collaborating with and managing external technical partners or third‑party service providers.
• Coding: Experience in writing software in one or more of the following languages: Python, Shell, Go, or similar.
• Security-First Mindset: Familiarity with advanced security protocols, including automated secret management, encryption at rest/transit, and IAM governance.
• Observability Pro: Experience engineering custom monitoring, tracing, and alerting systems that go beyond standard metrics.

Preferred

• Advanced Architecture: Practical experience with Event‑Driven Architecture and Complex Event Processing (CEP).
• Microservices Expert: Deep understanding of microservice design patterns and service discovery.

Benefits

• A fast‑paced, fun, and open culture with an entrepreneurial spirit.
• A work environment headquartered in the heart of Louisville’s NuLu District, with friendly office dogs and leadership that is available and listens.
• Competitive medical and health benefits plans.
• 100% Company‑paid life insurance, short‑term disability, and long‑term disability.
• 401(k) plan with company contribution of 3%, once qualified.
• 15 PTO days per year, increasing to 20 PTO days after 3 years of full‑time employment.
• 10 paid company holidays.
• On‑site gym & showers for all employees.
• The opportunity to join a team where your ideas matter and get implemented quickly.

EEO Statement

El Toro is committed to actively fostering a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion among its workforce and the broader community. Our culture is defined through our E.P.I.I.C model – Excellence, Persistence, Integrity, Innovation, and Continued Improvement.

El Toro is an equal‑opportunity employer and values diversity at our Company. We do not discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived race, ethnicity, creed, color, religion, alienage or national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, language, age, disability, political affiliation, sex, socio‑economic status, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, arrest record, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws. This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice.