Cloud .NET Application Architect-(India Night Shift)

Job Title: .NET Application Architect

Minimum Experience: 12+ years

Locations: India – Remote

Shift: Night Shift

About Rackspace

Rackspace Technology is a leading provider of expertise and managed services across all the major public and private cloud technologies. And we’ve evolved Fanatical Support to encompass the entire customer journey — providing Fanatical Experience™ from first consultation to daily operations. Our passionate experts combine the power of proactive, always-on service and expertise with best-in-class tools and automation to deliver technology when and how our customers need it.

Technical skills

You will have 12+ Yrs experience in architecting modern applications with an understanding of agile/scrum, Configuration Management, Infrastructure Automation. In addition, you will have the following technical skills:

Hands on architecting, designing or developing applications on Azure (certification is a plus)

Good experience in at least one backend technology like .Net Core.

If you’re looking for a challenging career working in a vibrant environment with access to training and a global network of experts, this could be the role for you. As part of our global team, you'll be working with cutting-edge technologies and will have the opportunity to develop a wide range of new skills on the job.

You will be working in a dynamic environment and encouraged to come up with innovative solutions, putting our customers at the heart of every decision. As an application architect you will –

Develop solution architecture, assess and recommend the best of breed technology solutions to address client needs

Hands on experience with microservices, serverless, API first, event driven and 12 factor app architectures

Must have skills:

A skilled Application Architect with deep expertise in C# and .NET to lead the migration of.Net plugins and supporting libraries from .NET Framework 4.8 to .NET Standard 2.0 or .NET 8.

Architect and oversee the migration of C# projects to .NET Standard 2.0 or .NET 8.

Lead the migration of plugins and supporting libraries in dependency order.

Ensure shared libraries maintain compatibility with .NET Standard 2.0.

Resolve compatibility issues with third-party NuGet packages.

Guide the team through the software development lifecycle (SDLC).

Establish and enforce best practices for security, coding standards, and documentation.

Coordinate with engineering teams for thorough unit and integration testing.

Provide architectural guidance and technical leadership throughout the project.

Highlight any technical challenges or risks.

Qualifications:

Extensive experience in C# and .NET Framework, with a focus on architectural roles.

Proven track record of migrating large-scale applications to .NET Standard 2.0 or .NET 8.

Exceptional leadership and communication skills, with the ability to mentor and guide engineering teams.

Strong analytical skills and a proactive approach to problem-solving.

Good to have skills:

Experience being part of a team that practices CI/CD automation

Should be capable to maintain existing customers product or create and new products

Other skills

Degree in computer science (preferred) or other technology/engineering subject

Good stakeholder management skills - able to shape architecture deliverables working with customer stakeholders, product owners, and developers

Good communication skills - both verbal and written. Can present concepts in authoritative and clear manner to customers (both technical and non-technical audience) through white boarding, presentations and proposals

Creative problem solver, will own issues until full resolution

Effective with time management and expectation management (for deliverables)

Good team player who is keen to share knowledge as well as to listen and learn from others

Willingness to learn and a quick learner.

Educational Requirements

Degree in computer science (preferred) or other technology/engineering subject