Software Developer III

Summary

Join Rackspace Technology's Private Cloud (PVC) Engineering team as a Full Stack Software Engineer. You will lead the development and implementation of system enhancements, define and implement automated solutions, and build and support automations for deployment, diagnostics, and remediations. This role requires strong knowledge of network fundamentals, server technologies, and various programming languages. A Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field and 5-7 years of technical engineering experience are required, with 3+ years in automation engineering. You will collaborate with a team, mentor junior developers, and contribute to improving Rackspace's automated solutions.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related technology field
• 5 - 7 years of technical engineering and automation experience
• A minimum of 3+ years of automation engineering experience with server deployment, diagnostics, and remediations
• Solid software engineering fundamentals gained through training, course work or relevant experience

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and implementation of system enhancements that will improve the capabilities, performance, and reliability of automations
• Define, design, and implement automated solutions
• Build and support automations for deployment, diagnostics, and remediations run on customer devices including bulk and on demand solutions for end-user use
• Create and oversee testing plans and test against and document automation scripts and programs
• Design and develop automation scripts and programs in support of Rackspace and its customers
• Create a series of automated actions that will allow for faster deployments and service restoration for internal systems and tools
• Review, test, debug, and comment on task deliverables
• Document feature requests and bug reports
• Develop against current versions of the platforms supported by Rackspace
• Contribute and develop new and alternate ideas, approaches, and designs to evolve own feature area or to solve problems encountered in own feature area
• Focus on a specific feature area or component
• Provide operational application support
• Influences functionalities that make broad contribution to our product and service offerings
• Work within team to ensure projects and goals are being communicated and to reduce duplication of efforts
• Collaborate and share knowledge with other Engineers and Administrators on the support floor

Preferred Qualifications

• Microsoft Certification for Windows specialization (E.g.: MCSA/ MCSE, Fundamentals, Associate, Expert)
• RHCE for Linux specialization