Platform Engineer
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Key Responsibilities
Build and maintain production-grade automation using Ansible, Terraform, and Go
Develop and enhance core services behind VKE, VLB (HAProxy), VCR (Container Registry), and Inference
Engage deeply with Kubernetes internals (scheduler, kubelet, controllers, CRDs)
Design, implement, and improve container runtime integrations (containerd, runc, OCI)
Architect CI/CD improvements and deployment pipelines for large-scale systems
Troubleshoot complex issues across networking, load balancing, containers, and distributed systems
Harden platform infrastructure through security best practices including vulnerability scanning, container image signing, admission controllers, and secrets management
Contribute directly to Vultr's open-source ecosystem (terraform provider, crossplane, vultr-cli, govultr)
Improve overall reliability, observability, and operability of cloud-native services
Collaborate with product, platform, and infrastructure teams on feature delivery
Qualifications
5+ years of experience in platform engineering, DevOps, or cloud infrastructure
Strong experience with Kubernetes administration and internals including scheduler, kubelet, and CRDs
Proficiency in Go and scripting languages (Python, Bash) for automation and tooling
Deep knowledge of container security including image scanning, runtime isolation, and admission control
Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform, Ansible) and CI/CD pipeline design
Familiarity with observability stack (Prometheus, Grafana, alerting) and incident response practices
Excellent problem-solving skills across networking, load balancing, and distributed systems
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