diff --git a/app/jobs/sla_ticket_rebuild_escalation_job.rb b/app/jobs/sla_ticket_rebuild_escalation_job.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cb8f7e997
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/jobs/sla_ticket_rebuild_escalation_job.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+class SlaTicketRebuildEscalationJob < ApplicationJob
+  def perform(_sla_id)
+    Cache.delete('SLA::List::Active')
+    Ticket::Escalation.rebuild_all
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/models/observer/sla/ticket_rebuild_escalation.rb b/app/models/observer/sla/ticket_rebuild_escalation.rb
index eac8a6fea..1100d023b 100644
--- a/app/models/observer/sla/ticket_rebuild_escalation.rb
+++ b/app/models/observer/sla/ticket_rebuild_escalation.rb
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ class Observer::Sla::TicketRebuildEscalation < ActiveRecord::Observer
     Cache.delete('SLA::List::Active')
 
     # send background job
-    Delayed::Job.enqueue( Observer::Sla::TicketRebuildEscalation::BackgroundJob.new(record.id) )
+    SlaTicketRebuildEscalationJob.perform_later(record.id)
   end
 
   def _check(record)
diff --git a/app/models/observer/sla/ticket_rebuild_escalation/background_job.rb b/app/models/observer/sla/ticket_rebuild_escalation/background_job.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 002d7ab2d..000000000
--- a/app/models/observer/sla/ticket_rebuild_escalation/background_job.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-class Observer::Sla::TicketRebuildEscalation::BackgroundJob
-  def initialize(_sla_id); end
-
-  def perform
-    Cache.delete('SLA::List::Active')
-    Ticket::Escalation.rebuild_all
-  end
-end
diff --git a/spec/jobs/sla_ticket_rebuild_escalation_job_spec.rb b/spec/jobs/sla_ticket_rebuild_escalation_job_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5e73b554a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/jobs/sla_ticket_rebuild_escalation_job_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+require 'rails_helper'
+
+RSpec.describe SlaTicketRebuildEscalationJob, type: :job do
+
+  it 'executes the job' do
+    sla = create(:sla)
+
+    expect(Cache).to receive(:delete).with('SLA::List::Active')
+    expect(Ticket::Escalation).to receive(:rebuild_all)
+    described_class.perform_now(sla.id)
+  end
+end