Senior DevOps Engineer

Senior DevOps Engineer Location: Louisville, KY (Hybrid) 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 the strategic alignment of our infrastructure with evolving business objectives, ensuring peak performance and security. Key Responsibilities Partner with developers to design cloud‑native architectures, migration strategies, and application optimizations that directly enable business objectives and long‑term architectural direction. Maintain and evolve CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure‑as‑code (IaC) to ensure seamless, automated software delivery. Maintain Docker/Container clusters and lead the creation or improvement of custom Kubernetes tooling and controllers. Proactively improve monitoring and alerting systems to ensure high availability; engineer sophisticated monitoring to identify and mitigate bottlenecks. Act as guardian of the ecosystem by maintaining best practices regarding compliance, privacy, and legal security requirements. Serve as the final point of escalation for complex technical challenges and participate in on‑call support rotation. Qualifications Comprehensive cloud infrastructure experience focusing on AWS, GCP, or Azure. Direct experience building and maintaining Kubernetes and Docker environments. Experience building custom Kubernetes controllers or operators to extend platform functionality. Proven track record of automating infrastructure provisioning and managing complex CI/CD pipelines (e.g., "GitHub Actions, Terraform"). Hands‑on experience configuring and maintaining database types such as PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Elasticsearch, Prometheus, Thanos. Experience collaborating with and managing external technical partners or third‑party service providers. Experience writing software in Python, Shell, Go, or similar. Familiarity with advanced security protocols, automated secret management, encryption at rest/transit, and IAM governance. Experience engineering custom monitoring, tracing, and alerting systems beyond standard out‑of‑the‑box metrics. Preferred Practical experience with Event‑Driven Architecture and Complex Event Processing (CEP). Deep understanding of microservice design patterns, service discovery, and service meshes (e.g., Istio, Linkerd). What You’ll Get Working at El Toro A fast‑paced, fun, and open culture with an entrepreneurial spirit. A work environment in Louisville’s NuLu District with friendly office dogs and supportive leadership. Competitive medical and health benefits plans. 100% company‑paid life insurance, short‑term disability, long‑term disability. 401(k) plan with 3% company contribution once qualified. 15 PTO days per year, increasing to 20 after 3 years of full‑time employment. 10 paid company holidays. On‑site gym and showers for all employees. The opportunity to join a team where your ideas matter and get implemented quickly. Equal Opportunity Employer 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. #J-18808-Ljbffr El Toro.com