11 days ago
Remote, United StatesSenior
Base Salary
$125k - $135k/yr
Responsibilities
- Own and operate recursive, reverse, and authoritative DNS infrastructure at scale, including Knot Resolver and PowerDNS integrations.
- Maintain and evolve the PHP-based DNS API and contribute to potential modernization in Go or Rust.
- Diagnose and resolve complex DNS and network incidents as an organizational subject-matter expert.
- Drive automation, infrastructure-as-code, and configuration-management practices across platform services.
- Collaborate with network and infrastructure teams on BGP route reflectors and broader platform tooling.
- Use Grafana, Loki, and Mimir to improve observability and reliability of DNS and platform services.
Requirements
- 5+ years of production experience in platform, infrastructure, or systems engineering.
- Deep hands-on DNS experience at scale, including recursive and authoritative DNS, DNSSEC, zone management, and complex resolution troubleshooting.
- Strong Linux systems engineering fundamentals, including networking, service management, and production-service ownership.
- Experience building or maintaining APIs or automation layers with proficiency in PHP and/or Go or Rust.
- Experience with infrastructure-as-code and configuration-management tools such as Terraform, Ansible, or similar.
Benefits
- 100% company-paid employee medical, dental, and vision insurance premiums.
- 401(k) plan with 100% matching up to 4% and immediate vesting.
- $2,500 annual professional development reimbursement.
- 11 holidays plus paid time off accrual and rollover, with increased PTO at three- and ten-year anniversaries.
- 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 and gym membership reimbursement up to $50 per month.
- Company-paid Wellable subscription.
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.