A screenshot of Rackspace's website advertises its Rackerpalooza job fair
(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web hosting provider Rackspace Hosting (www.rackspace.com) has plans to triple its workforce in Austin over the next few years, according to a report by the Statesmen on Monday. The company is hosting its “Rackerpalooza” job fair on June 11, 2011 in Austin.
Austin has been the hub for Web hosting related hiring over the past few months with Data Foundry set to open its 250,000-square-foot data center in June. Recently, Web host HostGator expressed its intent to hire an additional 250 employees in Austin over the next year.
Headquartered in San Antonio, Rackspace currently employs almost 300 people in Austin, according to the report.
Rackspace’s vice president of operations and site leader in Austin, Max Thoene, says the company hopes to expand to 1,000 workers in Austin over the next two to three years. The company opened a sales office in Austin in 2006.
Theone told the Statesmen that Rackspace saw potential in the area because of its pool of technical talent that it hopes to harness at its job fair this weekend. Rackspace is after candidates to fill jobs in software development, Linux systems administration, Windows system administration, network security administration and storage engineering, according to the report.
Rackspace encourages those interested in applying to check out its job fair website before attending on Saturday.
In May, Rackspace launched its hosted virtual desktop platform. Prior to this announcement, Rackspace released its first quarter results, including a $13.8 million net income on $230 million revenue.
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