Network DevOps Engineer, RDMA Fabric Automation

Role description

Role Overview

Vultr is seeking a highly skilled and experienced NetDevOps Engineer to help evolve, automate and operate our RoCE-based Ethernet fabrics. This is a highly visible role in a high-growth technology company where you’l bel working at the intersection of network engineering, operations, automation, and observability.

What You Will Do

Automate deployment and operations of large-scale RDMA (RoCEv2) Ethernet fabrics across Vultr data centers. Build Ansible and Python-based frameworks to provision, validate, and remediate underlay and overlay networks.

Why It Might Be a Fit

This is your opportunity to join our fast growing team that moves quickly, thinks programmatically and treats networks as software systems.

Requirements

• Solid understanding of modern data center networking: EVPN-VXLAN, BGP, MLAG, QoS, and traffic engineering.
• Deep familiarity with RoCEv2, RDMA transport tuning, ECN/PFC, and lossless Ethernet design.
• Strong experience with automation frameworks like Ansible, and languages like Python, Golang, Rust, or PHP
• Comfort working with telemetry and monitoring stacks — Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, ELK, or similar.
• Previous experience integrating with NetBox, Nautobot, OpsMill or similar for topology and configuration source-of-truth.
• Familiarity with CI/CD systems (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, ArgoCD) for continuous delivery of network automation.
• Strong Linux networking background, including namespaces, netlink, and system-level debugging.

Benefits

• 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