Senior Site Reliability Engineer, Core Cloud Engineering

Proficiency in PHP with strong scripting and automation skills. Experience running large-scale distributed systems and control plane infrastructure in production. Strong background in hypervisor technologies (libvirt, QEMU, KVM) and Linux systems administration. Expertise in networking protocols and tools, particularly BGP and Open vSwitch (OVS), with automation experience. Deep knowledge of observability and monitoring frameworks (Grafana, Sentry, SumoLogic) and incident management. Advanced troubleshooting skills across compute, networking, and storage subsystems. Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (GitLab) and configuration management (Puppet). Familiarity with MySQL or similar databases. Strong problem-solving abilities. Effective cross-team communication and collaboration skills.

Operate and scale Vultr’s control plane. Design, implement, and maintain automation for hypervisor fleets. Develop tooling and automation for Open vSwitch (OVS) and BGP routing. Analyze and improve system performance across compute, storage, and network layers. Implement monitoring, logging, and tracing solutions and lead incident response. Maintain and evolve infrastructure pipelines for control plane and hypervisor infrastructure. Collaborate with Software Engineers, Network Engineers, and Product teams. Produce technical documentation for runbooks, operational procedures, and automation frameworks. Coach and mentor team members in site reliability best practices.