Contract Technical Recruiter – Cloud, Infrastructure, AI/ML

About the role

We are seeking a Contract Technical Recruiter to identify, engage, assess, and deliver high-quality technical talent across Rackspace Technology’s evolving talent needs. This role supports 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.

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.

Requirements

• 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.

Pay

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several geographic markets. The compensation range for this position is from $78,074.00/year in our lowest geographic market up to $114,546.30/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. 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).

Benefits

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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.

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 embrace the notion that unique perspectives fuel innovation and enable us to best serve our customers and communities around the globe.