Rackspace Technology

Managed multicloud cloud services and security

Site Reliability Engineer

Platform EngineeringUpdated on Nov 14

Full-timeRemote in USANo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

A high school diploma or equivalent is required.
At least 5 years of experience developing software is required, including at least 2 years using Docker, Kubernetes, and public cloud.
At least 5–7 years of relevant technical experience is required, including at least 2 years of engineering experience in migration, implementation, and production management.
Working knowledge of Go, Python, Java, Ruby, C#, or Scala is required.
Working knowledge of several relational database management systems, NoSQL systems, and big data solutions is required.
Understanding of data structures, code complexity analysis, Gang of Four design patterns, and CQRS is required.
Advanced knowledge and experience across multiple technologies in one domain, such as cloud, security, or DevOps, is required.
Experience with at least one of the following is expected: container orchestration systems such as Kubernetes, Mesos, or Swarm; service discovery systems such as Etcd, Zookeeper, or Consul; networking systems such as Envoy, Istio, or flannel; quality-control and monitoring systems such as Twistlock, SonarQube, Prometheus, cAdvisor, or Datadog; AWS, Azure, or GCP; platform concerns including configuration management, network request routing, and blue/green or canary deployments; operations automation tools such as Chef, Puppet, Ansible, Yeoman, CloudFormation, Packer, or Terraform; or CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, TeamCity, App Service Plan, CodePipeline, or CircleCI.
Willingness to travel domestically up to 50% is required.

Responsibilities

Guide clients toward appropriate architectures, design and build solutions, and advise developers on best practices and patterns for containerizing applications.
Use AWS, Azure, GCP, and OpenStack to deliver customer solutions.
Mentor engineers in Kubernetes best practices and solve problems involving application transformation, big data, and IoT.
Productionize and standardize customers’ Kubernetes stacks so they self-heal and scale on demand.
Help customers rearchitect, refactor, and transform applications for cloud migration.
Help grow and expand container and Kubernetes offerings.
Help other teams productize standard reference architectures so they are repeatable and stable.

Desired Qualifications

An associate’s degree in a technical field is preferred.
Operating system certification and Rackspace Cloud Savvy or Smart certification are strongly preferred.
At least one top-tier technical certification in a highly desired technology domain is preferred.

Job Description

**US REMOTE** **WORK FROM HOME**

Rackspace Professional Services is helping customers solve business challenges using Kubernetes. RPS is seeking Kubernetes DevOps engineers who can help guide clients to the right architecture to meet their needs, design and build solutions, and steer developers towards best practices and patterns to containerize their applications. You'll be working on AWS, Azure, GCP, and OpenStack to deliver solutions to our customers, mentoring other talented engineers in k8s best practices, and solving problems in the realm of App Transformation, BigData, and IoT.

Work with us to solve customer business challenges by productionizing and standardizing home-grown k8s stacks so they autoheal and scale on demand. Help our customers rearchitect, refactor, and transform their applications to migrate into the cloud. Mentor the team as we grow and expand our container and Kubernetes offerings. Help other teams productize standard reference architectures so they are repeatable and stable.

You should have some experience with any of the following technologies:

Container Orchestration systems such as Kubernetes, Mesos, Swarm or similar
Service Discovery systems such as Etcd, Zookeeper, Consul or equivalent
Networking systems like Envoy, Istio, flannel, or equivalent
QC and monitoring systems like Twistlock, SonarQube, Prometheus, cAdvisor, DataDog
Working knowledge of at least one of AWS, Azure, or GCP, both AKS/EKS/GKE or on-instance k8s deployments.
Understanding of platform level concerns, such as configuration management, network request routing, blue/green or canary deployments, etc.
Some interest in Operations concepts & technologies. (Automating Ops tasks using Chef, Puppet, Ansible, Yeoman, CloudFormation, Packer and Terraform. This is not an Ops position, but we are engineering solutions to automate Ops workflows.)
Working knowledge of at least one of Jenkins, TeamCity, App Service Plan, CodePipeline, CircleCI, etc.

Qualifications

QUALIFICATIONS:

Minimum 5 years experience developing software, with at least 2 years of experience using Docker, Kubernetes, and public cloud.
Working knowledge of GoLang, Python, Java, Ruby, C# or Scala programming language(s).
Working knowledge of a few RDBMS, NoSQL, and BigData solutions
Understanding of data structures, code complexity analysis, concepts like Gof4 Design Patterns and CQRS.

EXPERIENCE/EDUCATION:

High school diploma or equivalent required. Associate’s degree in technical field preferred.
5 - 7 years of relevant technical experience required, including a minimum of 2 years of engineering experience in migration, implementation, and production management.
Advanced knowledge and experience across multiple technologies in a single domain (Cloud, Security, DevOps, etc).
OS certification and Rackspace Cloud Savvy/Smart certification strongly preferred.
At least one top tier technical certifications in a highly desired technology domain preferred.
Occasional domestic travel, up to 50%.

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

About the Company

Rackspace Technology

Managed multicloud cloud services and security

Rackspace Technology provides managed cloud services with a focus on multicloud solutions. It helps businesses adopt and transform their IT infrastructure across multiple cloud platforms (including AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure) by handling cloud management, data services, and security. Its offerings include Rackspace Elastic Engineering, which gives on-demand engineering and support to help clients innovate and scale operations, with a particular emphasis on VMware environments. The company earns through subscription-based cloud management, consulting, and programs like Referral and Private Equity Partners. Unlike firms that specialize in a single cloud or DIY tooling, Rackspace combines multicloud management, on-demand engineering, data modernization, and security across multiple clouds to simplify IT operations for customers. Its goal is to enable organizations to optimize and secure their cloud environments so they can focus on their core business activities.

Company size: 5,001-10,000
Company stage: IPO
Headquarters: San Antonio, TX
Founded: 1998

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