Azure Cloud Engineer II

Rackspace Technology

Azure Cloud Engineer providing Fanatical Support for customers at Rackspace. Utilizing Azure expertise for deployment, automation and best practices in cloud environments.

Posted 7/7/2026full-timeRemote • 🇮🇳 IndiaMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AzureCloudMySQLPythonSQLTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Work with a talented and highly engaged team of Architects, Engineers, Relationship Managers and Product Teams
Automate PAAS and IAAS deployments for customer environments on Microsoft Azure platform
Architect Azure environment best practices and deployment methodologies
Create automation tools and processes to improve Team and Racker day to day functions
Educate customers on Azure and Rackspace best practices and architecture
Assist in educational briefings for teammates to advance in technical trainings for continued growth
Act as an escalation point for our Support Engineers when required
Provide a continuous Fanatical Support experience for our customers

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years experience working with Azure and executing cloud deployments
Working knowledge of Azure Resources and Services, Scaling, Load Balancing, CDNs, Networking etc.
Experience automating and orchestrating workloads on Azure
Experience creating Terraform and/or ARM templates
Experience in scripting specifically PowerShell and Bash.
Experience with Microsoft Active Directory.
Experience working with at least one of the following languages: C#, Json, Python
Experience with GIT, VSTS and Terraform
Experience on KQL for Alert Creation and modifications
Proficient leveraging CI/CD tools to automate testing and deployment
Experience in the Azure services & APIs.
Strong Windows skills
Knowledge of databases (SQL Server and MySQL)
Working knowledge of Backup and Recovery methodology and implementations
Knowledge of supported network appliances and related solutions in Azure is preferred.
Knowledge of Azure federation services is preferred.
Good knowledge of application development using Agile, and DevOps best practices
Excellent written and verbal communication skills with ability to communicate both technical issues to nontechnical and technical audiences
Effective with time management and expected deliverables
An ability to multi-task and work on multiple concurrent projects
Must have Azure 900 & 104 Certifications
Should be ready work in 24x7 environment, in all available shifts.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
401(k) matching
Flexible work hours
Paid time off

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Hard Skills & Tools

Azure Resources and ServicesLoad BalancingNetworkingKQL for Alert CreationC#PythonSQL ServerMySQLBackup and Recovery MethodologyAgile and DevOps Best Practices

Soft Skills

Excellent Communication SkillsTime ManagementMulti-tasking

Certifications

Azure 900 CertificationAzure 104 Certification