Platform Engineer

• Design, build, and maintain key components of our data platform automation for provisioning, backups, and user management
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex performance and reliability issues in our data systems
• Proactively identify opportunities to improve data streaming services, security, scalability, and automation
• Participate in an on-call rotation to support the team's critical services
• Mentor junior engineers on the team

Senior Platform Engineer, Data & Performance Enablement

• Design and build the next-generation bare metal deployment pipeline to achieve sub-60-second provisioning times
• Develop and maintain Vultr’s bare metal automation and management toolkit
• Implement automated firmware update workflows across the bare metal fleet using IPMI/BMC protocols
• Build and optimize kexec-based fast boot and provisioning flows to minimize deployment latency
• Integrate cloud-init and instance metadata service for bare metal, enabling consistent configuration across VM and BM products
• Develop Puppet and Ansible modules for bare metal server configuration and lifecycle management
• Architect and implement VPC networking for bare metal instances, including network attach and routing automation
• Collaborate with the Provisioning and Orchestration teams to unify OS image pipelines and ensure bare metal integrates cleanly with Vultr’s reservation and assignment systems

Platform Engineer – Bare Metal

• Lead the initial setup and configuration of the Datasphere platform, establishing foundational design patterns, environments, and operational standards.
• Define and implement the Datasphere architecture, including space organization, separation of concerns, and alignment to business domains.
• Design and establish data integration between Datasphere and upstream / downstream systems, including Databricks and SAP.
• Lead the identification and assessment of on-going maintenance and support needs for the Datasphere platform.
• Provide ongoing maintenance and support, in coordination with other teams, for the Datasphere platform.
• Partner with business stakeholders to design and implement the Datasphere security model.
• Ensure the platform aligns with enterprise data governance standards and security best practices.
• Work directly with business and technical stakeholders to understand data, access, and operational requirements.
• Translate business needs into technical designs that balance stability, scalability, and cost-effectiveness.
• Develop and maintain infrastructure as code to enable automation of configuring and supporting the Datasphere platform.
• Create and maintain clear technical documentation for Datasphere architecture, security models, and operational processes.
• Mentor team members and provide technical guidance related to Datasphere usage and design.

Cloud Data Platform Engineer – SAP, Data Platform

• Provision complete infrastructure stacks for new product launches. Recent examples include full EKS buildouts (Karpenter, Istio, Crossplane), PostgreSQL/Redis data stores with IAM authentication, CloudFront distributions, and Datadog instrumentation across multiple concurrent initiatives.
• Lead Kubernetes platform evolution. Drive cluster upgrades, add-on lifecycle (Karpenter, Istio, Crossplane), pod identity migration, and namespace management across all environments.
• Design secure, scalable abstractions that hide infrastructure complexity and define the golden paths other teams build on.
• Own authentication infrastructure for internal and external products: Auth0 SSO, Azure AD/Entra, AWS IAM, EKS Pod Identity, and OIDC federation.
• Drive zero-trust infrastructure patterns. Rotating IAM credentials for RDS, per-app Istio authorization policies, and network isolation.
• Enable LLM-powered workflows (Bedrock, Claude Code, and similar) that let engineering teams move faster without sacrificing governance.

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