2 days ago
Remote, United StatesSenior
Base Salary
$135k - $145k/yr
Responsibilities
- Own weekend monitoring, incident response, escalation, mitigation, and post-incident reviews for systems that keep the cloud operational.
- Operate and automate DNS, BGP route reflectors, RPKI, repository mirrors, Linux services, and Kubernetes deployments.
- Implement and maintain dashboards, alerts, and automation using the LGTM stack and ClickHouse.
- Use Terraform, Puppet, and Ansible for infrastructure as code and environment consistency.
- Reduce operational toil by automating manual tasks, improving CI/CD checks, and refining alert logic.
- Troubleshoot Linux systems, Kubernetes, networking layers, DNS, TLS, and application behavior in PHP, Python, and Go services.
- Collaborate with Platform Services, Shared Services, and application teams on reliability standards.
- Maintain runbooks, weekend readiness checklists, reliability playbooks, and written shift handoffs.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in Site Reliability, DevOps, or Platform Engineering roles.
- Well-rounded experience operating Linux services, preferably on Debian-based systems, and understanding of networking fundamentals.
- Hands-on expertise operating the LGTM stack—Loki, Grafana, Mimir, and Tempo—and ClickHouse.
- Experience operating infrastructure such as DNS, BGP route reflectors, RPKI, or repository mirrors.
- Proficiency in at least two of Golang, Python, or PHP for tooling and automation.
- Working knowledge of Puppet and/or Ansible for infrastructure automation.
- Experience troubleshooting Kubernetes deployments.
- Understanding of monitoring, alerting, and SLO/SLI concepts.
- Availability for a Wednesday–Sunday or Saturday–Wednesday weekend shift schedule.
- Strong problem-solving, debugging, systems-thinking, communication, collaboration, and written handoff skills.
Benefits
- Company-paid employee medical, dental, and vision insurance premiums.
- 401(k) plan matching 100% up to 4% with immediate vesting.
- $2,500 annual professional development reimbursement.
- 11 holidays, paid time off accrual, and rollover plan.
- Increased PTO at three- and ten-year anniversaries, a one-month paid sabbatical every five years, and an annual anniversary bonus.
- $500 remote office setup stipend in the first year and $400 each following year.
- Internet reimbursement up to $75 per month and gym membership reimbursement up to $50 per month.
- Company-paid Wellable subscription.
- Weekend-shift schedule of either Wednesday–Sunday or Saturday–Wednesday.
Tech Stack
Categories
DevOpsSite Reliability
About Vultr
Vultr builds and operates a self-service cloud infrastructure platform offering Cloud Compute, Cloud GPU, Bare Metal, object storage, and managed Kubernetes for developers, startups, and enterprises. It runs in 33 data center locations worldwide and sells on-demand IaaS and GPU capacity, including AI infrastructure. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in West Palm Beach, Florida, Vultr is privately held and announced a private equity financing in 2024.