Azure Cloud Administrator II

Pace Industries, LLC; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Rackspace Technology is hiring Azure Cloud Administrators to deliver Fanatical Support with AWS and Azure. You will maintain the stability of Azure Cloud environments, respond to tickets and calls, and handle time-critical incidents with a hands-on approach.

The role requires knowledge of Azure IaaS, Compute, Networking and Storage, plus Linux/Windows experience and the ability to design cloud applications. An Azure certification is preferred.

Qualifications

• Working knowledge of Azure products & services, including IaaS, compute, networking and storage.
• Intermediate experience with Windows or Linux environments and stability/performance troubleshooting.
• Ability to handle time-critical incidents and coordinate across teams.

Responsibilities

• Maintain stability of Azure Cloud environments.
• Respond to customer support requests via tickets and phone calls within SLAs.
• Work on L2 level incidents raised by customers or via automation/monitoring.
• Troubleshoot performance degradation or loss of service as time-critical incidents.
• Own issues and escalate when needed, collaborating with other teams.
• Support the success and development of others in the team.

Skills

Azure knowledge

Windows/Linux admin

Incident management

Customer-facing support

Education

Azure certification (Associate/Professional/Specialty)

Job description

JOB DESCRIPTION:

The Fanatical Support for Azure team provides industry leading Fanatical Support™ to Rackspace customers as part of a global team. As the #1 Managed Cloud Company, Rackspace is hiring Azure Cloud Administrators to deliver Fanatical Support with Amazon Web Services and Azure. Fanatical Support for AWS/Azure includes a wide range of services and features to help customers make the most out of their chosen hosting strategy. Using your technical expertise, you will help customers maintain their application stability and assist with rapid changes using native AWS/Azure and 3rd party tools. Through a hands‑on approach, you will be responsible for supporting customers with tasks including:

• responding to application and infrastructure down time alerts
• performing environment and OS changes
• interacting with customers via tickets and phones

At Rackspace we pride ourselves on our ability to deliver Fanatical Support - this means our support team blends technical expertise and strong customer oriented professional skills. Being successful in this role requires:

• Working knowledge of Azure Products & Services, Scaling, Load Balancing, CDNs, Networking etc
• Intermediate working knowledge of Windows or Linux operating systems – experience with supporting and troubleshooting stability and performance issues
• Working knowledge of Azure IaaS services, good hands‑on with Compute, Networking, Storage services.
• Intermediate understanding of design of native Cloud applications, Cloud application design patterns and practices

JOB REQUIREMENTS:

Key Accountabilities

• Maintain stability of Azure Cloud environments
• Respond to customer support requests via tickets and phone calls within response time SLAs
• Working on L2 level of Incidents raised by customers or created thru automation/monitoring.
• Troubleshoot performance degradation or loss of service as time critical incidents
• Ownership of issues, including collaboration with other teams and escalation
• Support the success and development of others in the team

Key Performance Indicators

• Customer Satisfaction scores - NPS
• Performance indicators – Ticket queues, response times, first time fix
• Quality indicators – Peer review, customer feedback

PERSON SPECIFICATION:

• Technical achiever with a strong work ethic, creative, collaborative, team player
• An intermediate background in Azure and/or demonstrative hosting‑specific technical skills: Compute and Networking Administration and Security
• At least one Azure industry standard certification (Associate, Professional, or Specialty)
• Strong communications skills, written and verbal
• Passion for technology and desire to learn
• Ability to prioritize under pressure
• Sound problem solving ability
• Strong documentation skills
• Process improvement – identification & solution
• Educated to degree level or equivalent is an advantage
• Potential to work weekends and flexible hours

About Rackspace Technology

Rackspace Technology is the trusted operator of the full enterprise AI stack, from governed private cloud to AI inference and agents in production. From edge to core to cloud, we operate the infrastructure, data layer, and software integration to deliver business outcomes with the predictable cost, reliability, security, and compliance that regulated and mission‑critical environments demand. We support customers in more than 120 countries with AI capabilities spanning private cloud, public cloud, applications, data and cyber resilience.

More on Rackspace Technology

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