Cloud Solutions Engineer

Vultr; United States; Remote; USD 145,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% company-paid health premiums

401(k) with match

Professional Development Reimbursement

Paid Time Off & Sabbatical

Remote office stipend

Internet reimbursement

Gym membership reimbursement

Wellable subscription

Job summary

Vultr is seeking a Cloud Solutions Engineer to lead customers in designing and implementing scalable cloud workloads on Vultr’s global platform. You will collaborate with sales, CS, product, and engineering to translate complex requirements into production-ready architectures.

The role emphasizes strong problem-solving, customer engagement, and independent operation in a fast-paced environment, with significant travel and global impact across Vultr’s customers.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of Solution Engineering - Sales Engineering experience.
• 6+ years of design, implementation, or consulting in applications and infrastructure.
• Subject Matter Expertise in Cloud IaaS including Cloud Compute and Bare Metal Servers.

Responsibilities

• Engage with customers to understand objectives and translate them into architectures.
• Create innovative solutions and architectures for complex use cases.
• Lead architectural discussions and collaborate with engineering to deliver customer value.

Skills

Cloud IaaS

Kubernetes

Terraform

Networking

Linux OS

Ansible

Tools

Ansible

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

• 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

Join Vultr

Vultr is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Cloud Solutions Engineer to lead customers in the design, implementation, and optimization of solutions on Vultr’s global cloud platform. This role partners closely with Direct Sales, Customer Success, Product Management, Engineering and Support Departments to bring cloud workloads to life. The ideal candidate is technically strong and highly collaborative. You have significant hands on experience in cloud infrastructure, networking, Kubernetes and modern application architectures. You are comfortable translating complex technical concepts into clear solutions, solving real-world challenges, guiding customers from initial design through production and collaborating internally and externally. This is a highly visible role in a high-growth technology company, which will require strong problem-solving skills, customer engagement, and the ability to operate independently in a fast-paced environment. You will directly influence customer adoption and the overall experience on Vultr’s platform. This is your opportunity to join our fast growing team and leave your mark on Vultr and the future of Cloud Infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities

• Engage collaboratively with customers to understand their objectives.

• Create innovative Solutions and Architectures to solve complex Customer use cases.

• Establish relationships within Customers independent of Account Executives.

• Educate customers on the value that Vultr provides and expand their horizons about the art of the possible.

• Participate in deep architectural discussions and design exercises to create world-class solutions at Vultr.

• Collaborate with Engineering and Product Management to deliver Voice of the Customer to guide Product and Feature development.

• Lead resolution of complex customer challenges.

• Partner with Marketing to create reference architectures, white papers, workshops, and demonstrations for internal and external uses.

• Travel 20%

Qualifications

• Highly motivated / self-starter with a sense of ownership, willingness to learn, and desire to succeed.

• A collegial and collaborative approach working across Departments and Seniority levels within Vultr’s Customers and Vultr.

• Skilled at influencing, guiding, and facilitating stakeholders and peers with decision making.

• Ability to articulate technical and business concepts to diverse stakeholders.

• Demonstrated willingness and ability to dig into unfamiliar territories to solve complex challenges.

• Subject Matter Expertise in Cloud IaaS including but not limited to Cloud Compute, and Bare Metal Servers.

• System level understanding of x86 server hardware architecture and Linux OS.

• Demonstrated experience with Kubernetes.

• Hands on with Infrastructure as Code methodologies including, Terraform, Ansible, etc.

• Comprehend global internetworking and local networking infrastructure and concepts including OSI Model, Dynamic and Static IP Routing, BGP, VLANs/VXLANs, Peering, Network as a Service Providers.

• Storage experience, knowledge of performant multi-user offerings including Open Source and COTS options.

• Experience with structured sales engagement models MEDDPIC, Sandler, BANT, etc.

• 4+ years of Solution Engineering - Sales Engineering experience

• 6+ years of design, implementation, or consulting in applications and infrastructure experience

Compensation

$145,000 - $160,000

Final compensation will vary depending on years of experience, background/skill set, location, and applicable laws.

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.

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