Vultr - Platform Engineer, Bare Metal
Requirements
• 3+ years of experience in platform engineering, systems engineering, or infrastructure automation • Hands-on experience with bare metal server provisioning, including IPMI/BMC, PXE boot, and firmware management • Strong Linux systems engineering skills, deep understanding of the boot process, initramfs, kernel command line, and device configuration • Proficiency in PHP for backend service development in a LAMP environment • Experience using Redfish (or similar tools) • Experience building or maintaining instance metadata services or cloud-init integrations • Familiarity with automated configuration management tools (Puppet, Ansible, or equivalent) • Ability to debug hardware and software issues across the full stack, from BMC firmware to application layer, and strong communication skills for cross-team collaboration in a remote environment
Responsibilities
• Design and build the next-generation bare metal deployment pipeline to achieve sub-60-second provisioning times • Develop and maintain Vultr’s bare metal automation and management toolkit • Implement automated firmware update workflows across the bare metal fleet using IPMI/BMC protocols • Build and optimize kexec-based fast boot and provisioning flows to minimize deployment latency • Integrate cloud-init and instance metadata service for bare metal, enabling consistent configuration across VM and BM products • Develop Puppet and Ansible modules for bare metal server configuration and lifecycle management • Architect and implement VPC networking for bare metal instances, including network attach and routing automation • Collaborate with the Provisioning and Orchestration teams to unify OS image pipelines and ensure bare metal integrates cleanly with Vultr’s reservation and assignment systems
Benefits
• $75,000-$95,000 • Final compensation will vary depending on years of experience, background/skill set, location, and applicable laws. • [We are currently accepting applications from candidates residing in the following states: Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Wisconsin.] • INCLUSION & PRIVACY
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