Contract Technical Recruiter – Cloud, Infrastructure, AI/ML

Rackspace Technology; United States; On-site; USD 78,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Rackspace Technology is seeking a Contract Technical Recruiter to identify, engage, assess, and deliver high-quality technical talent across Cloud, AI/ML, Data, DevOps, and Software Engineering.

You will partner with hiring managers, HR, and Talent Acquisition to translate complex needs into recruiting strategies, build diverse pipelines, and deliver an exceptional candidate experience.

Qualifications

• Experience recruiting technical talent in corporate, RPO, staffing, or technology environments.
• Ability to source and engage passive technical candidates in competitive markets.
• Strong understanding of cloud, AI/ML, data engineering, networking, DevOps/SRE, software engineering domains.

Responsibilities

• Partner with hiring managers to understand technical requirements and team structures.
• Manage full life-cycle recruitment from sourcing to offers with a superior candidate experience.
• Build and maintain pipelines across all technical disciplines.

Skills

Technical recruiting

Sourcing

Stakeholder management

LinkedIn Recruiter

Workday Recruiting

AI-enabled recruiting

Candidate assessment

Full life-cycle recruiting

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

LinkedIn Recruiter

ATS/HRIS

Job description

Summary

The Contract Technical Recruiter is responsible for identifying, engaging, assessing, and delivering high-quality technical talent across Rackspace Technology’s evolving talent needs. This role will support hiring across a broad range of technical domains, including Cloud, Infrastructure, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), Data Engineering, Networking, Security, DevOps/SRE, Software Engineering, and other emerging technology skill sets.

The successful candidate will be a consultative talent partner who combines strong technical recruiting expertise with market intelligence, proactive sourcing, and disciplined recruiting execution. This individual will partner closely with hiring managers, business leaders, HR, and Talent Acquisition colleagues to understand workforce requirements, translate complex technical needs into effective recruiting strategies, and build diverse pipelines of highly qualified talent.

This role requires the ability to recruit in competitive and rapidly changing technical markets while delivering an exceptional candidate and hiring-manager experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with hiring managers to understand technical requirements, business objectives, team structures, target talent profiles, and critical success factors for each search.
• Manage full life-cycle recruitment process, from sourcing and screening to interview coordination and offer negotiation, ensuring a fanatical experience for all future Rackers.
• Build strong talent pipelines across all technical disciplines
• Establish and maintain productive partnerships with business partners, advising and educating hiring teams on talent acquisition best practices.
• Maintain quality data, detailing records of candidate interactions and progress via ATS, HRIS, and sourcing tools.
• Utilize advanced sourcing techniques, including Boolean search, LinkedIn Recruiter, professional communities, technical networks, referrals, internal talent pools, and other relevant platforms.
• Deliver a professional, transparent, responsive, and engaging candidate experience throughout the recruiting process.
• Effectively communicate Rackspace Technology’s value proposition, culture, career opportunities, technology capabilities, and customer impact to prospective candidates.
• Maintain accurate and timely candidate and requisition information within the applicant tracking system and associated recruiting technologies.
• Follow established recruiting processes, documentation standards, data privacy requirements, and applicable employment regulations.
• Use recruiting data and metrics to evaluate funnel effectiveness, sourcing performance, candidate conversion, aging, and time-to-fill.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience recruiting technical talent in a corporate, RPO, staffing, consulting, managed services, or technology environment.
• Strong experience recruiting across multiple technical disciplines rather than a single technology specialization.
• Proven ability to source and engage passive technical candidates in competitive talent markets.
• Working knowledge of cloud computing, infrastructure, AI/ML, data engineering, networking, DevOps/SRE, software engineering, or related technology domains.
• Ability to understand technical terminology and effectively distinguish between different engineering, architecture, operations, consulting, and technical delivery profiles.
• Demonstrated experience managing multiple requisitions and priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong stakeholder-management and consultative recruiting skills.
• Experience conducting structured candidate assessments and presenting qualified candidates to hiring teams.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience using applicant tracking systems, LinkedIn Recruiter, sourcing platforms, and recruiting technologies. Workday Recruiting preferred.
• Experience using AI-enabled recruiting, sourcing, or talent intelligence tools
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and relevant professional experience.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several geographic markets. The compensation range for this position ranges from $78,074.00/year in our lowest geographic market up to 114,546.30 USD/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process. The compensation package may also include incentive compensation opportunities in the form of annual bonus or incentives, equity awards and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP). Learn more about benefits at Rackspace.

About Rackspace Technology

We are the multicloud solutions experts. We combine our expertise with the world’s leading technologies — across applications, data and security — to deliver end-to-end solutions. We have a proven record of advising customers based on their business challenges, designing solutions that scale, building and managing those solutions, and optimizing returns into the future. Named a best place to work, year after year according to Fortune, Forbes and Glassdoor, we attract and develop world-class talent. Join us on our mission to embrace technology, empower customers and deliver the future.

More on Rackspace Technology

Though we’re all different, Rackers thrive through our connection to a central goal: to be a valued member of a winning team on an inspiring mission. We bring our whole selves to work every day. And we embrace the notion that unique perspectives fuel innovation and enable us to best serve our customers and communities around the globe. We are committed to offering equal employment opportunity without regard to age, color, disability, gender reassignment or identity or expression, genetic information, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity status, military or veteran status, nationality, ethnic or national origin, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or any legally protected characteristic. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.