The OpenStack Solutions Architect is the front-line expert at working with Rackspace’s customers, sales teams, solutions engineers, and product development/management groups. The candidate that will fit best into a OpenStack Solutions Architect role will have extensive experience in architecture and design and development of business applications utilizing Kubernetes and/or OpenStack infrastructure.

• Innately service-oriented and always communicates with respect and professionalism
• Comfortable in the dynamic atmosphere of a technical organization with a rapidly expanding customer base
• Ability to prioritize deals, training, and initiatives through highly effective time management
• Excellent problem solving, analytical, presentation, and whiteboarding skills
• Motivated self-starter who takes ownership of customer needs and works to find a positive outcome that yields high customer service levels
• A trusted advisor to the customer that will conduct deep-dive sessions to help customers overcome adoption concerns
• The ability to interact in an engaging way with individuals and groups while conveying the value of Rackspace services with clarity of the benefits to the customer.

· Requires 5+ years of solution architecture experience or specialty domain experience with a proven track record

· Strong knowledge of the core OpenStack or Kubernetes projects

· Experience with sizing and optimizing the hardware required to run the various OpenStack services of Nova, Swift, Cinder, Neutron, Keystone, Glance, Ceph, Heat, and other core services and/or experience with Kubernetes architecture and configuration best practices and guidelines

· Familiarity with or a desire to learn components such as Helm, ISTIO, Prometheus, and other Kubernetes services.

· Strong understanding of the DevOps concepts for CI/CD, configuration management, orchestration, etc.

· Familiarity with programming and architectural frameworks; experience with Python and/or OpenShift is ideal

· Any of the following industry certifications are a plus: Linux+, RHCSA, RHCE, MCSE, MCSA, MCITP, CCNA, CKA, CKAD, OpenStack

· Ability to travel approximately 25-50%