Senior Solutions Architect – RapidScale

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in California, +4 more states.

📋 Description

• Lead technical discovery engagements with clients to identify business objectives, challenges, and key drivers.

• Convert requirements into customized, outcome-driven cloud and infrastructure solutions.

• Conduct workshops, whiteboarding sessions, and interviews with stakeholders.

• Design hybrid and multi-cloud environments that meet performance, availability, security, and compliance requirements.

• Define, design, and present hosted cloud and core offering solutions.

• Assess public cloud needs and collaborate with public cloud specialists for more detailed scoping and solution design.

• Serve as the technical lead throughout the sales cycle, from discovery to hand-off.

• Work alongside sales, product, and specialist teams to develop account strategies.

• Engage in RFPs, solution reviews, and scope definitions.

• Create security architectures, including MDR, SOCaaS, IAM, SIEM/SOAR, and vulnerability management.

• Ensure that solutions comply with HIPAA, PCI, GDPR, ISO, and NIST standards.

• Design secure networks that incorporate SD-WAN, VPN, DNS, TCP/IP, and firewalls across both on-premises and cloud environments.

• Keep up to date with advancements in cloud, AI/ML, automation, and cybersecurity technologies.

• Inform clients and internal teams about current and future capabilities.

• Translate RapidScale technology solutions and roadmap items into present and future business outcomes.

⛳️ Requirements

• BA/BS degree with 6+ years of experience, MS degree with 4+ years of experience, Ph.D. with 1 year of experience, or 10 years of overall experience without a degree.

• Professional-level public cloud certification in AWS, Azure, or Google.

• Proven experience working within a sales team context.

• Excellent presentation, written, and verbal communication skills.

• In-depth knowledge of private cloud and data center architectures, including VMware, Citrix, storage, and networking.

• Comprehensive understanding of AWS, Azure, and GCP, and how they differ from traditional IT methodologies.

• Experience with managed security services and the design of secure, compliant architectures.

• Strong grasp of hybrid connectivity, SD-WAN, VPN, DNS, and firewalls.

• Design experience with SAN and NAS, backup and data protection, replication, and disaster recovery.

• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, and contemporary deployment practices is an advantage.

• Must currently have authorization to work in the United States for any employer without current or future sponsorship.

• No OPT, CPT, STEM/OPT, or visa sponsorship available now or in the future.

• Willingness to travel 50% of the time.

🏝️ Benefits

• Annual incentive/commission target of $52,800.00.

• Flexible vacation policy with pay.

• Seven paid holidays throughout the calendar year.

• Up to 160 hours of paid wellness time annually for employees or family members.

• Bereavement leave.

• Time off to vote.

• Jury duty leave.

• Volunteer time off.

• Military leave.

• Parental leave.

• Health care insurance (medical, dental, vision).

• Retirement planning (401(k)).

• Paid time off, including sick leave and flexible vacation/wellness days and/or PTO.