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What this role is
This is a production DevOps and network engineering role focused on operating and evolving a globally distributed VPN infrastructure following a product acquisition. The position suits an experienced infrastructure engineer who is comfortable inheriting and stabilizing existing systems, automating runbooks, and working with agentic AI tools as part of their daily workflow.
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Skills this role names
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- Ansible
- Bash (Scripting)
- Cloudflare
- Cursor AI
- Datadog
- DNS
- Docker
- GitHub Actions
- GitHub Copilot
- Go
- Grafana
- HashiCorp Vault
- Linux
- PostgreSQL
- Prometheus
- Python
- SSL/TLS
- Terraform
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What they ask for
Required
- 5+ years DevOps, SRE, or network engineering experience in production environments
- AWS experience including EC2, Lambda, S3, RDS/PostgreSQL, Route 53, IAM, VPC, CloudWatch
- Experience with at least one additional cloud provider (DigitalOcean, Vultr, Hetzner, or Linode)
- Terraform and Ansible for infrastructure as code and configuration management
- Docker and container orchestration or fleet management across multiple providers
- Linux system administration including iptables/nftables, routing, NAT, DNS, and TLS/certificates
- VPN or proxy infrastructure operations at scale in production
- Observability tools such as Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, or log aggregation
- CI/CD experience with GitHub Actions or similar tools
- Scripting and automation in Python, Go, or Bash
- DNS, CDN, and edge infrastructure management
- Security fundamentals including secrets management and encryption
- Daily use of agentic AI tools for infrastructure code and automation
- Production on-call support and incident response ownership
- Strong communication and independent problem-solving skills
Nice to have
- Censorship-circumvention technology experience (Shadowsocks, V2Ray, obfs4, domain fronting)
- Userspace network stacks or Go-based networking tooling
- Experience integrating infrastructure from acquisitions
- Kubernetes or Nomad orchestration
- Packer for image building
- Self-managed databases and disaster recovery design
- Cloud cost optimization and FinOps practices
- SOC 2, GDPR, or CCPA compliance program experience
- Mobile app release pipeline familiarity (Fastlane, Bitrise)