Azure Cloud Engineer IV

Job Summary: Key element within the Rackspace support infrastructure and is expected to provide a high level of technical support to our customers via the phone ticketing system and automation. This role owns customer issues which may take several days or weeks to resolve and keeps our customers updated through every step of the process.

Work Location: Remote

Key Responsibilities:

• Be a technical point of escalation to the Cloud Support and Engineering teams

• Resolve customer issues working in collaboration with partners across the business as required.

• Deliver key objectives for the Cloud Function.

• Monitor and provide maintenance for all related infrastructure.

• Ensure the control integrity and accessibility of the cloud environment for the enterprise.

• Perform tasks relating to system administration enhancements problem management process improvement reporting and customer infrastructure.

• Perform Workload/Workforce Management and Optimization related tasks.

• Provide technical expertise underpinning communications targeting a range of stakeholders - from individual contributors to leaders across the business.

Qualifications:

• 7+ years of technical engineering

• Must have a professional certification related to a cloud technology

• Knowledge in the Azure Cloud Platform

• Skilled in at least one of the following languages: Node.js Python PHP Ruby and Java

• Skilled with either GitLab and GitHub workflows

• Ability to leverage CI and CD tools to automate testing and deployment

• Knowledge of Linux or Windows OS including but not limited to: Server Failover Clustering Active Directory IIS

• Ability to work in a containerized environment (Docker/LXC)

• Knowledge of designing building implementing analyzing and troubleshooting distributed highly available systems

• Ability to use one configuration management system such as Chef Puppet Ansible Salt or other such tools

• Knowledge of services and protocols configuration management and troubleshooting of hosting environments including web servers databases caching and database services

• Knowledge in the application of current and emerging network software and hardware technology and protocols

• Skilled in VMWare vSphere and Hyper-V Platforms

• Basic networking skills

• Knowledge of fibre channel SANS NFS and vSAN

• Basic working knowledge of HP/DELL Server hardware platforms

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The following information is required by pay transparency legislation in the following states: CA CO HI NY and WA. This information applies only to individuals working in these states.

•The anticipated starting pay range for Colorado is: $128300 - $188210.

•The anticipated starting pay range for the states of Hawaii and New York (not including NYC) is: $136600 – 200310.

•The anticipated starting pay range for California New York City and Washington is: $149500 - $219230.

Unless already included in the posted pay range and based on eligibility the role may include variable compensation in the form of bonus commissions or other discretionary payments. These discretionary payments are based on company and/or individual performance and may change at any time. Actual compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set level of experience licenses and certifications and specific work location. Information on benefits offered is here.#LI-MF1 #LI-Remote

About Rackspace Technology

We are the multicloud solutions experts. We combine our expertise with the world’s leading technologies — across applications data and security — to deliver end-to-end solutions. We have a proven record of advising customers based on their business challenges designing solutions that scale building and managing those solutions and optimizing returns into the future. Named a best place to work year after year according to Fortune Forbes and Glassdoor we attract and develop world-class talent. Join us on our mission to embrace technology empower customers and deliver the future.

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