Cloud Operations Engineer I
DigitalOcean · Posted Sep 30
Cloud infrastructure, virtual machines, managed database, and AI inference services
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About the role
DigitalOcean is a cloud platform company focused on simplifying cloud and AI so builders can spend more time creating software. The Cloud Operations team monitors and provides first-response to all cloud health issues that impact, or could potentially impact, customer experience across systems, networking and storage at scale. Reporting to the manager of Cloud Operations, this Cloud Operations Engineer I role in Hyderabad ensures maximum uptime for global infrastructure, automates processes and builds tools for operational efficiency, and coordinates operational work across teams.
What you will do
- Ensuring maximum uptime for our global infrastructure
- Automating processes and building tools to improve operational efficiency
- Coordinating operational work across teams to improve the platform with minimal impact
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- Solid experience with Linux operating systems or Networking and day to day upkeep
- Familiarity with virtualization technologies and troubleshooting virtual machine instances
- Familiarity with containerization technologies and troubleshooting containers
- Familiarity with IPv4 Networking and troubleshooting (CCNA equivalent)
- Basic storage concepts and technologies
- Experience with monitoring systems and incident management
- Experience scripting in one or more of the following languages: Bash, Python, or Ruby
- Experience with configuration management systems
- A passion for good documentation and open communication
- Proven ability to learn!
Benefits and support
- Reimbursement for relevant conferences, training, and education
- Access to LinkedIn Learning's 10,000+ courses
- Employee Assistance Program
- Local Employee Meetups
- Flexible time off policy
- Bonus in addition to base salary; bonus amounts are determined based on company and individual performance
- Equity compensation to eligible employees, including equity grants upon hire and the option to participate in our Employee Stock Purchase Program
About DigitalOcean
DigitalOcean is an American cloud infrastructure provider and AI-native cloud platform built for developers, startups, and small-to-medium-sized businesses. The company provides simple, scalable virtual machines, managed databases, Kubernetes, and specialized inference engines designed to run modern application and agentic AI workloads.
- Industry
- Cloud Computing
- Company size
- 1001-5000 employees
- Founded
- 2011-06-24
- Location
- Broomfield, Colorado, USA
- Funding stage
- Public Company
Funding
Public Company · $174M raised
- 2013-07-01Seed$3.2M
- 2014-03-01Series A$37.2M
- 2014-12-01Debt Financing$50M
- 2015-07-01Series B$83M
- 2016-04-01Debt Financing$130M
- 2020-05-01Venture Round$50M
- 2021-03-24IPO$775.5M
Leadership
Chief Executive Officer
Chief Financial Officer
Chief Product and Technology Officer
Chief Marketing Officer
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