Vultr

Junior DevOps Engineer

Vultr

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Remote • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $60,000 - $75,000 per year

Job Level

Junior

Tech Stack

AnsibleCloudDockerFirewallsGoKubernetesLinuxTCP/IPTerraform

About the role

  • 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

Requirements

  • 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
  • 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

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
Go programmingKubernetesAnsibleTerraformLinux systemsDockercontainerdruncCI/CDnetworking concepts
Soft skills
willingness to learn