Junior DevOps Engineer

Vultr is seeking a highly motivated Junior DevOps Engineer to help build, support, and scale our Cloud Native Engineering stack—including VKE (Vultr Kubernetes Engine), VLB (Load Balancers), VCR (Container Registry), Vultr Inference, and our Open Source tooling ecosystem. The ideal candidate is eager to learn Kubernetes internals, container runtimes, and modern cloud-native tooling. This is a hands-on role where you’ll work on real infrastructure, contribute to real systems, and grow quickly by working alongside senior engineers building the future of Vultr’s cloud. This is your opportunity to join a fast-moving team and accelerate your career while contributing to some of the most impactful infrastructure products at Vultr.

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Key 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

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Qualifications

• 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