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Vultr · 3 weeks ago

Junior DevOps Engineer

Vultr is on a mission to make high-performance cloud infrastructure easy to use, affordable, and locally accessible for enterprises and AI innovators around the world. They are seeking a highly motivated Junior DevOps Engineer to help build, support, and scale their Cloud Native Engineering stack, while working alongside senior engineers to contribute to impactful infrastructure products.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Cloud ComputingCloud InfrastructureCloud StorageWeb Hosting
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Responsibilities

Engage in day-to-day operations of VKE, VLB, VCR, and related cloud-native services
Assist in building automation with Ansible, Terraform, and internal tools
Develop Go-based utilities and internal tooling under senior guidance
Support Kubernetes clusters and dive into components like containerd, runc, CNI, CSI, and controllers
Participate in improving reliability, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure workflows
Contribute to Vultr’s open-source projects (terraform provider, vultr-cli, govultr, etc.)
Troubleshoot issues across Linux, Kubernetes, networking, and cloud infrastructure
Document systems, runbooks, and operational processes

Qualification

KubernetesLinux systemsTerraformAnsibleGo programmingNetworking conceptsContainer runtimesCloud infrastructure

Required

1–2+ years experience with Linux systems or DevOps/SRE concepts
Some experience with Kubernetes (personal or professional)
Familiarity with container runtimes (containerd, runc) and Docker
Basic Go programming skills or interest in becoming Go-first
Understanding of Terraform, Ansible, or similar automation tooling
Foundational knowledge of networking concepts (TCP/IP, load balancing, firewalls)
Strong willingness to learn cloud infrastructure from the inside out

Benefits

100% company-paid insurance premiums for employee medical, dental and vision plans.
401(k) plan that matches 100% up to 4%, with immediate vesting
Professional Development Reimbursement of $2,500 each year
11 Holidays + Paid Time Off Accrual + Rollover Plan
Commitment matters to Vultr! Increased PTO at 3 year and 10 year anniversary + 1 month paid sabbatical every 5 years + Anniversary Bonus each year
$500 stipend for remote office setup in first year + $400 each following year
Internet reimbursement up to $75 per month
Gym membership reimbursement up to $50 per month
Company paid Wellable subscription

Company

Vultr

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Vultr is an AI cloud infrastructure platform offering latest generation NVIDIA GPUs and AMD CPUs and GPUs across 32 worldwide regions

H1B Sponsorship

Vultr has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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2024 (1)

Funding

Current Stage
Growth Stage
Total Funding
$662M
2025-06-23Debt Financing· $329M
2024-12-18Private Equity· $333M
2014-02-20Angel

Leadership Team

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Mike Marinescu
Chief Technology Officer
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