Storage Operations Engineer

WHO WE ARE 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. With 33 global cloud data center locations, Vultr is trusted by hundreds of thousands of active customers across 185 countries for its flexible, scalable, global Cloud Compute, Cloud GPU, Bare Metal, and Cloud Storage solutions. In December 2024 Vultr announced an equity financing at a $3. 5 billion valuation. Founded by David Aninowsky and self-funded for over a decade, Vultr has grown to become the world’s largest privately-held cloud infrastructure company. Vultr Cares - 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 Join Vultr Vultr is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Storage Operations Engineer to build, maintain, and operate Vultr Cloud Storage environments. The ideal candidate is intimately familiar with the day-to-day operations of software-defined scale-out storage systems, such as Ceph. This is a highly visible role in a high-growth technology company, which will require knowledge of Linux, server-class storage hardware, networking technologies, Linux systems, virtualization technologies and Kubernetes. This is your opportunity to join our fast growing team and leave your mark on Vultr and the future of Cloud Infrastructure. Key Responsibilities - Continually enhance the Ceph-based Cloud Storage System in terms of stability, scalability, functionality, performance and cost - Actively participate in the design and architecture decisions for Ceph-based Cloud Storage - Develop automation framework and improvements for our Ceph-based Cloud Storage infrastructure - Optimize existing metrics collection and alerting systems - Contribute to our internal documentation and knowledge base - Monitor Cloud Storage infrastructure to ensure high availability and reliability of our services - Partner with Network and Operations teams for capacity expansion and maintenance windows - Evaluate new technologies, advance storage features and new operational methodology to drive efficiency and effectiveness - Research and Develop cutting edge features for Ceph-based Cloud Storage - Participate in meetings as required - Job shadowing of new hires or other team members as required - Effectively communicate cross-functionally - Work independently as well as collaborate with team members and project stakeholders Qualifications - Problem solving skills using foundational data structures and distributed systems concepts - Fluent in Linux (CentOS/RHEL/Debian/Ubuntu) - 3+ years and extensive experience configuring, deploying, and managing distributed systems - Hands on experience with cloud hosting, object storage, and block storage concepts - Experience with performance tuning in virtualized environments - Knowledge of server hardware including IPMI and storage drives (SATA, NVMe) - Strong automating and scripting experience (Python/Bash/PHP/etc) - Hands on experience with automation tools (Puppet/Ansible/Chef/Salt/etc) - Proficiency with the following: - Experience with Ceph or other software defined storage a plus - Experience with logging, metrics, and time series: Prometheus, collectd, ELK, Grafana, Graylog, Graphite, etc.