Vultr

Network DevOps Engineer, RDMA Fabric Automation - Multiple Openings

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3 months ago
Remote, United StatesSenior

Base Salary

$90k - $130k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Automate deployment and operations of large-scale RDMA/RoCEv2 Ethernet fabrics across Vultr data centers.
  • Build Ansible- and Python-based frameworks for provisioning, validating, and remediating underlay and overlay networks.
  • Integrate network automation with NetBox and OpsMill source-of-truth systems for intent-driven configuration and validation.
  • Develop telemetry ingestion and correlation pipelines using gNMI, Prometheus, Kafka, and custom collectors.
  • Collaborate with platform, orchestration, and product engineering teams to optimize RDMA performance, PFC/ECN behavior, and path symmetry.
  • Implement CI/CD workflows for network configuration validation, pre-checks, and rollbacks.
  • Investigate network behavior involving flow hashing, congestion domains, ECMP, and overlay interactions.
  • Contribute to next-generation GPU and AI interconnect fabric design and integration.

Requirements

  • Strong understanding of modern data center networking, including EVPN-VXLAN, BGP, MLAG, QoS, and traffic engineering.
  • Deep familiarity with RoCEv2, RDMA transport tuning, ECN/PFC, and lossless Ethernet design.
  • Strong experience with Ansible and programming languages such as Python, Golang, Rust, or PHP.
  • Experience with telemetry and monitoring stacks such as Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, and ELK.
  • Experience integrating NetBox, Nautobot, OpsMill, or similar topology and configuration source-of-truth systems.
  • Familiarity with GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or ArgoCD for continuous delivery of network automation.
  • Strong Linux networking background, including namespaces, netlink, and system-level debugging.

Benefits

  • 100% 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 plus paid time off accrual and rollover.
  • Increased PTO at three- and ten-year anniversaries, a one-month paid sabbatical every five years, and an annual anniversary bonus.
  • $500 first-year remote office setup stipend and $400 each following year.
  • Internet reimbursement up to $75 per month.
  • Gym membership reimbursement up to $50 per month and a company-paid Wellable subscription.

Tech Stack

AnsibleApache KafkaGitHub ActionsGoGrafanaJenkinsLinuxPHPPrometheusPythonRust

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About Vultr

201-500 employees

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.

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