Site Reliability Engineer - Weekend

Overview

Site Reliability Engineer on the Platform SRE team, reporting to the Senior Manager, Platform Engineering, running the systems that keep Vultr's cloud operational through weekend shifts.

What you'll do

• Own weekend monitoring, incident response, and escalation for the systems that keep the cloud operational.
• Operate and automate critical cloud services such as DNS, BGP route reflectors, RPKI, and repository mirrors.
• Operate a broad range of Linux services as a well-rounded generalist.
• Implement and maintain dashboards, alerts, and automation for critical services using the LGTM stack (Loki, Grafana, Mimir, Tempo) and ClickHouse.
• Respond to production incidents, drive mitigation, and contribute to post-incident reviews that improve long-term reliability.
• Use Terraform, Puppet, and Ansible to automate infrastructure and ensure consistency across environments.
• Identify and eliminate toil by automating manual operational tasks, improving CI/CD checks, and refining alert logic.
• Debug issues across Linux systems, Kubernetes deployments, and network layers, from DNS and TLS to application behavior in PHP, Python, and Go services.
• Work cross-functionally with Platform Services, Shared Services, and application teams to align reliability and operational standards.
• Maintain runbooks, weekend readiness checklists, and reliability playbooks to support operational consistency.

What you'll need

• Well-rounded generalist experience operating Linux services, backed by 5+ years in Site Reliability, DevOps, or Platform Engineering roles.
• Expertise in observability, with hands-on experience operating the LGTM stack (Loki, Grafana, Mimir, Tempo) and ClickHouse.
• Hands-on experience with Linux systems (Debian-based preferred) and networking fundamentals.
• Experience operating cloud provider infrastructure such as DNS, BGP route reflectors, RPKI, or repository mirrors.
• Proficiency in at least two of Golang, Python, or PHP for tooling and automation.
• Working knowledge of infrastructure automation using Puppet and/or Ansible.
• Experience troubleshooting Kubernetes deployments.
• Understanding of monitoring, alerting, and SLO/SLI concepts.
• Availability for a weekend shift schedule (Wednesday–Sunday or Saturday–Wednesday).
• Strong problem-solving and debugging skills with a systems-thinking mindset, clear communication, and collaboration across engineering teams, including disciplined written shift handoffs.

Details

• Location: Remote, United States.
• Weekend-shift role: Wednesday–Sunday or Saturday–Wednesday, with schedule preference discussed during the interview process.