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title: 'System Engineer, GIOC at Vultr'
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# System Engineer, GIOC at Vultr

- **Company:** Vultr
- **Location:** Chennai, India
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-09-14
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-17
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/vultr/15c3f058-d541-4e4a-96f0-f7ab09f68ef2

## Job description

## Who We Are

Vultr is on a mission to make high-performance cloud infrastructure easy to use, affordable, and locally accessible for enterprises and AI innovators around the world. With 33 global cloud data center locations, Vultr is trusted by hundreds of thousands of active customers across 185 countries for its flexible, scalable, global Cloud Compute, Cloud GPU, Bare Metal, and Cloud Storage solutions. In December 2024 Vultr announced an equity financing at a $3.5 billion valuation. Founded by David Aninowsky and self-funded for over a decade, Vultr has grown to become the world’s largest privately-held cloud infrastructure company. Vultr Cares

- Medical Insurance stipend paid annually
- 9 Company-Paid Holidays
- Generous Leave Policy + 1 month paid sabbatical every 5 years + Anniversary Bonus each year
- Professional Development Reimbursement
- Internet reimbursement
- Fitness membership reimbursement
- Company paid Wellable subscription

Join Vultr Vultr is expanding its India presence and is building its first Global Integrated Operations Command Center (GIOC) in Chennai — the 24x7 nerve center for monitoring, triage, and first response across Vultr’s global cloud, systems, network, and security operations. We are seeking Systems Engineers to serve as the first line of response for Vultr’s systems estate — compute, storage, operating systems, and virtualization. This is a frontline operations role for engineers who thrive in a fast-paced, alert-driven environment and want to grow into deeper SRE, systems, and platform engineering careers. You must be comfortable working on a rotational shift model (24x7) — including nights, weekends, and holidays, to ensure we have full coverage.

## Role Overview

The Systems Engineer is the entry point of the GIOC incident lifecycle. You monitor health signals across Vultr’s systems estate, acknowledge and triage alerts within defined first-response SLAs, execute documented runbooks to resolve common issues, and escalate cleanly to Senior Systems Engineer when an issue falls outside L1 scope. The role ensures fast, accurate first response that protects customer experience and keeps incidents moving toward resolution. You operate from a consolidated single-pane-of-glass dashboard, classifying and routing incidents by severity and tower while owning accurate, complete documentation of every action. Success is measured by first-response SLA adherence, triage accuracy, and runbook resolution rate. The role runs on a rotational schedule to sustain 24x7 coverage.

## Key Responsibilities

Alert Monitoring & First Response

- Monitor systems-estate health signals (compute, storage, OS, virtualization) from a consolidated single-pane-of-glass dashboard
- Acknowledge alerts and incidents within first-response SLA targets
- Perform initial review — read the alert, check recent changes, and review the CMDB before acting

Triage & Severity Classification

- Classify each incident by severity and customer impact, confirming the owning tower (Systems / Network / Security / cross-tower)
- Route and assign tickets accurately to the correct tower or escalation path
- Sustain triage accuracy at or above the GIOC go-live standard
- Reassess severity as impact evolves, and declare higher when in doubt

Runbook-Driven Resolution

- Match alert signatures to documented runbooks and execute permitted L1 actions
- Resolve common, well-understood systems issues end to end within L1 scope
- Document every step taken, with supporting evidence, in the incident ticket

Escalation & Handoff

- Escalate unresolved or out-of-scope issues to Senior Engineers with a clean, complete handoff (symptom · evidence collected · steps tried · current state)
- Flag missing or ineffective runbooks as runbook gaps for review and continuous improvement
- Initiate and support major-incident (Sev-0 / Sev-1) bridges per the escalation matrix
- Track escalations to closure and confirm service is restored before resolving the ticket

Operational Documentation & Communication

- Maintain accurate shift logs, ticket updates, and incident timelines
- Provide clear, timely status communication to stakeholders and customers per severity
- Produce thorough shift-handover notes for seamless continuity

Continuous Improvement

- Identify recurring alerts and noise as candidates for tuning and automation
- Contribute to and improve runbooks and knowledge-base articles
- Participate in post-incident reviews (PIR) and trend reviews

## Qualifications & Experience

- Graduate/Engineer in a relevant field (B.E./[B.Tech](http://B.Tech), or equivalent)
- 3–5 years of experience in systems administration, preferably in NOC/SOC, or IT operations
- Good understanding of Linux/Windows
- Working knowledge of operating systems — processes, services, and log analysis (Linux/Windows)
- Familiarity with compute, storage, and virtualization concepts — VMs, Hypervisors, and basic networking
- Understanding of incident-management fundamentals and severity-based triage
- Exposure to monitoring/observability tools and ticketing systems (alerting consoles, ITSM)
- Strong written communication for accurate documentation and clean escalation handoffs; willingness and ability to work a rotational 24x7 shift model, including nights, weekends, and holidays
- Proficient in English verbal and written communication

## Preferred Qualifications

- ITIL V4 Foundation certification or equivalent ITSM knowledge
- Linux certification (RHCSA / LFCS) or a cloud-fundamentals certification
- Scripting familiarity (Bash, Python, or PowerShell) for routine automation
- Exposure to cloud platforms and GPU / high-density infrastructure
- Prior working experience in a 24x7 NOC, SOC or Command-Center environment
- Experience in using tools such as JIRA, Confluence, PagerDuty, and observability platforms

Inclusion & Privacy We are an equal opportunity employer and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds and experiences, and we prohibit discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected status under applicable laws. Vultr will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records in accordance with applicable laws and will not conduct a background check until after an offer of employment has been extended and accepted. We also take your privacy seriously. We handle personal information responsibly and follow applicable laws, including U.S. privacy rules and India’s Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023. Your data is used only for legitimate business purposes and is protected with proper security measures. Where allowed by law, applicants may request details about the data we collect, access or delete their information, withdraw consent for its use, and opt out of nonessential communications. For more details, please see our [Privacy Policy](https://www.vultr.com/legal/privacy/).

## About Vultr

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Vultr provides a global cloud infrastructure platform that simplifies the deployment of high-performance compute, storage, and bare metal solutions for developers and enterprises.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Venture-backed)
- **Headquarters**: West Palm Beach, Florida, United States
- **Founded**: 2014
- **Founders**: Not publicly disclosed (operates under The Constant Company, LLC)

## Core Business
- **Primary Industry**: Cloud Infrastructure (IaaS / PaaS)
- **Target Customers**: Developers, SMBs, enterprise IT teams, AI innovators – serving customers in over 185 countries
- **Mission**: To empower developers and businesses by simplifying the deployment of infrastructure via an advanced, globally distributed cloud platform

## Products & Services
- **Cloud Compute**: Virtual machines (SSD VPS) with hourly billing, available in 32 global data center regions. Supports Linux, Windows, and BSD.
- **Optimized Cloud Compute**: Configurations with AMD EPYC CPUs for compute-intensive workloads.
- **Bare Metal**: Single-tenant dedicated servers, accelerated by NVIDIA GPUs and high-performance AMD/Intel CPUs.
- **Kubernetes Engine (VKE)**: Fully managed Kubernetes service for container orchestration.
- **Block & Object Storage**: Scalable, high-performance storage solutions.
- **Managed Databases**: Managed MySQL, PostgreSQL, Apache Kafka, and Valkey (Redis-compatible).
- **Vultr Marketplace**: One-click apps and partner integrations.
- **Vultr Agent**: AI-powered assistant and composable infrastructure tool.
- **Additional Services**: 1-Click Apps, ISO mounting, private networking, DDoS protection, and global load balancing.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: $3.5 billion (as of 2024-12, per financing round from LuminArx and AMD Ventures) [vultr.com](https://www.vultr.com/company/about-us/)
- **Key Metric**: Annual revenue of $145.5 million; total funding of $662 million (equity + debt) [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/vultr)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: LuminArx Capital, AMD Ventures, Verizon, Dell Technologies. Debt financing of $329 million from six investors in June 2025. [vultr.com](https://www.vultr.com/company/about-us/)
- **Growth Signals**:
  - 1.5 million+ customers served, 80 million instances deployed
  - 32 data center regions worldwide with continued expansion (e.g., Chicago, Tel Aviv, Warsaw)
  - Headcount grew 48.7% YoY to 243 employees (as of mid-2025) [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/vultr)
  - Active job postings up 364% YoY (65 roles open) [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/vultr)
  - Won Dell Technologies Global Alliances AI Provider of the Year, Americas award
  - 2024 Stratus Award for Cloud Computing (cloud disruptor category)

## Competitive Advantages
- **Global Footprint**: 32 data center regions across six continents, enabling low-latency local deployments.
- **No-Lock-in Pricing**: Hourly billing with no long-term contracts; full root/admin access on all instances.
- **Broad Compliance Portfolio**: SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI, CSA STAR, ISO/IEC 27001/27017/27018/20000-1.
- **Ecosystem & Partnerships**: Vultr Cloud Alliance with Dell, AMD, Verizon, and others.
- **Developer Experience**: Powerful API v2, Terraform integration, one-click apps, and AI assistant.

## Strategic Focus
- **AI & GPU Infrastructure**: Expanding Cloud GPU offerings for AI/ML workloads.
- **Kubernetes & Containerization**: Continued investment in Vultr Kubernetes Engine (VKE).
- **Regional Expansion**: Opening new data centers in underserved markets (e.g., Africa, Latin America).
- **Developer Experience**: Enhancing API, marketplace, and composable cloud tooling.
- **Enterprise Sales**: Growing channel partnerships and direct enterprise engagement.

## Why Work Here
- **Remote-First Culture**: Most roles are fully remote; headquarters in West Palm Beach, FL with local team collaboration. [vultr.com/careers](https://www.vultr.com/company/careers/)
- **Benefits**:
  - 100% employer-paid health insurance
  - 401(k) with up to 4% matching (immediate vesting)
  - Generous PTO with rollover, 11 holidays, birthday off, 1-month paid sabbatical every 5 years
  - 8 weeks paid parental leave
  - Up to $2,500/year continuing education + free Udemy Business access
  - Monthly internet and fitness reimbursement
  - Home office setup allowance
- **Culture & Growth**: Emphasis on passion, collaboration, and education. Regular virtual events, quarterly team lunches, spot bonuses, and the “High Flying Vultr” award.
- **Engineering Focus**: 31% of workforce in technical roles; opportunities to work on global-scale cloud infrastructure. Active hiring for software engineers, SREs, and data center technicians.

## Sources
1. [vultr.com – About Us](https://www.vultr.com/company/about-us/)
2. [vultr.com – Careers](https://www.vultr.com/company/careers/)
3. [vultr.com – Homepage](https://www.vultr.com/)
4. [linkedin.com – Vultr Company Profile](https://www.linkedin.com/company/vultr)
5. [jobs.ashbyhq.com – Vultr Open Positions](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/vultr)

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