Vultr

Vultr is on a mission to make high-performance cloud computing easy to use, affordable, and locally accessible.

Storage Performance Engineer

EngineerEngineerFull TimeRemoteTeam 201-500Since 2014Company SiteLinkedIn

Location

United States

Posted

18 days ago

Salary

$80K - $110K / year

Bachelor Degree6 yrs expEnglishCloudDistributed SystemsKubernetesLinuxNFS

Job Description

• Primary responsibility is to improve the performance of Vultr’s high performance, cloud-based storage offerings from a customer-focused perspective • Perform benchmarking and analysis of storage performance in various combinations of our storage products and GPU and Compute products. • Analyze and recommend performance tuning to improve storage performance across these benchmarks. • Continually enhance the Ceph-based Cloud Storage System in terms of stability, scalability, functionality, performance and cost • Actively participate in the design and architecture decisions for Ceph-based Cloud Storage • Develop automation framework and improvements for our Ceph-based Cloud Storage infrastructure • Optimize existing metrics collection and alerting systems • Contribute to our internal documentation and knowledge base

Job Requirements

  • In-depth experience with performance tuning of Ceph and Ceph clients and other scale-out distributed storage systems and clients.
  • Experience with tuning the performance of Linux networking, NFS & iSCSI clients, and the storage clients of proprietary storage solutions
  • Fluentcy with Linux (CentOS/RHEL/Debian/Ubuntu)
  • Hands-on experience with virtualized platforms and clients (kvm, virtio-blk, virtio-fs)
  • Hands-on experience with Kubernetes (RKE2 or similar)
  • 6+ years and extensive experience configuring, deploying, and managing distributed systems
  • Effective Communication skills
  • Excellent time management skills
  • The ability to manage work independently
  • Strong collaboration skills

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

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