Linux Systems Administrator
Vultr is an active independent cloud-infrastructure company providing global compute, GPU, bare-metal, storage, Kubernetes, and serverless AI inference services.
Maintainer signals as of 9/25/2026
About Vultr
Vultr provides globally available cloud infrastructure for developers, enterprises, and AI innovators, including Cloud Compute, Cloud GPU, Bare Metal, Cloud Storage, managed Kubernetes, and serverless inference.
Skills
Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will design, configure, and implement Linux infrastructure upgrades and changes. You will administer servers and services, resolve complex performance, stability, and security issues, support data-center deployments and migrations, build automation, monitor systems, and maintain technical documentation.
Requirements
- Proficiency administering Linux systems, including CentOS, Debian, and Ubuntu
- Systems-level troubleshooting and analysis experience
- Familiarity with Bash, Python, or similar scripting languages
- Hands-on experience configuring and supporting web servers, databases, caching solutions, and firewalls
- Understanding of Linux utilities, system tooling, server architecture, application architecture, and security hardening
- Understanding of distributed storage, virtualization, load balancing, and core networking
Responsibilities
- Design, configure, and implement Linux system upgrades and infrastructure changes
- Administer and maintain Linux servers and services
- Diagnose and resolve complex performance, stability, and security issues
- Serve as a technical escalation point for Linux issues
- Support data-center deployments, system configuration, and application readiness
- Perform application and system migrations
- Monitor system performance and security posture
- Develop automation, scripts, and tooling
- Maintain technical documentation, system diagrams, and operational standards
- Collaborate on platform reliability and scalability
Benefits
- 100% company-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance premiums
- 401(k) plan with 100% matching up to 4% and immediate vesting
- Annual professional development reimbursement of $2,500
- 11 holidays
- Paid time off accrual and rollover plan
- Increased PTO at 3- and 10-year anniversaries
- One month of paid sabbatical every 5 years
- Annual anniversary bonus
- Remote office setup stipend of $500 in the first year and $400 in following years
- Internet reimbursement up to $75 per month
- Gym membership reimbursement up to $50 per month
- Company-paid Wellable subscription
