Cloud Engineer IV

Summary

Join Rackspace Technology as a Cloud Engineer and contribute to innovative, automation-based solutions for businesses of all sizes. You will leverage your expertise in Google Cloud design and implementation, working in a dynamic environment to solve complex technical problems. This role involves direct collaboration with customers and prospects, requiring proven experience in multiple GCP deployments. The ideal candidate will possess strong technical skills, a collaborative spirit, and a willingness to mentor others. The position offers remote work flexibility.

Requirements

• Security in GCP
• Networking in GCP
• GKE and overall compute in GCP, including GCE
• GCP Storage - Spanner, Cloud SQL, MemoryStore, GCS, etc
• Automation and operations in GCP
• Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent experience, in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
• 4+ years of experience as a technical specialist
• 3+ years of hands-on experience of programming in languages with the following Python, Java, and GO
• Subject Matter Expert level practical Linux administration skills in a Cloud or Virtualized environment
• Expert level familiarity with automating cloud native technologies, deploying applications, and provisioning infrastructure using bash, python, or GO
• Expert Knowledge of the primary Google services (compute engine, load balancing, Cloud Storage)
• Experience with automating cloud native technologies, deploying applications, and provisioning infrastructure
• Expert level knowledge and Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code utilizing Terraform
• Experience developing cloud native CI/CD workflows and tools, such as Jenkins, Bamboo, TeamCity, Cloud Build (Google) and/or GitLab
• Hands-on experience with microservices and distributed application architecture utilizing containers, Kubernetes, and/or serverless technology
• Experience with seamless/automated build scripts used for release management across all environments
• Experience with the full software development lifecycle and delivery using Agile practices
• In-depth understanding of IP networking, VPN's, DNS, load balancing and firewalls
• Willingness to travel to customer locations as needed

Responsibilities

• Own and complete key tasks and deliverables, and collaborate with others to define and implement optimal, complete solutions based on stakeholder’s needs
• Deliver solutions that solve for new levels of complexity, scale, and performance, and in turn, enable breakthrough innovations
• Create and apply frameworks, methods, best practices, and artifacts that deliver prescriptive guidance to customers, and publish and present them in large forums and across various media platforms
• Possess technical depth and hands-on implementation experience of various practices and tools in the DevOps toolchain
• Be comfortable rolling up their sleeves to design and code modules for infrastructure, application, and processes
• Design, Build and maintain cloud-based application that uses Google Kubernetes Engine

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with multi-cloud architecture and deployment

Benefits

Remote work