Senior Director, Solutions Architecture – RapidScale

Cox Enterprises

Senior Director leading Solutions Architecture for RapidScale's cloud managed services business. Focusing on pre-sales strategy, solution design, and client engagement to drive revenue growth.

Posted 4/29/2026full-timeNew York City • New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $215,600 - $359,300 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloudGoogle Cloud PlatformVMware

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead RapidScale’s national pre-sales and solution strategy organization for our cloud managed services business
Define how RapidScale designs, positions, and delivers cloud and modernization solutions across public cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP), private/hosted cloud, and hybrid environments
Oversee regional and domain-aligned architecture leaders across Private Cloud, Public Cloud, AI, Data, Application, and Security practices
Define and execute the national Solutions Architecture strategy that underpins RapidScale’s managed cloud and modernization business objectives
Lead and mentor senior Solutions Architecture leaders and their teams
Drive alignment between Sales, Marketing, Product, and Service Delivery
Engage with enterprise clients at the executive level
Serve as the executive sponsor for strategic pursuits
Evolve and standardize architecture methodologies to support repeatable, scalable solution design across all service lines
Collaborate with Product and Operations teams to refine managed service offerings based on field and client feedback
Represent RapidScale’s technical vision at key industry events, partner summits, and client advisory boards
Measure impact through KPIs — including technical win rates, attach rate of managed services, and architecture influence on revenue and gross margin

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline and 10 years’ experience in a related field
15+ years of experience in cloud architecture, pre-sales engineering, or technical leadership roles
8+ years of experience leading large, distributed technical teams — including regional or national leadership
Deep expertise across public cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP) and hybrid cloud architectures (VMware, hosted private cloud, colocation, and edge)
Proven experience integrating managed services into solution architectures — from design through steady-state operations
Familiarity with multi-cloud management, FinOps, and automation frameworks
Strong understanding of AI/ML, data modernization, and application modernization patterns
Executive-level understanding of security, compliance, and governance frameworks across regulated industries
Ability to connect technical architecture to business impact, articulating how solutions reduce cost, improve agility, and enhance resilience

Benefits

Comp & perks

The flexibility to take as much vacation with pay as they deem consistent with their duties, the company’s needs, and its obligations
Seven paid holidays throughout the calendar year
Up to 160 hours of paid wellness annually for their own wellness or that of family members
Additional paid time off in the form of 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 days off (sick leave, parental leave, flexible vacation/wellness days, and/or PTO)

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Hard Skills & Tools

cloud architecturepre-sales engineeringtechnical leadershippublic cloudhybrid cloudmanaged servicesmulti-cloud managementFinOpsautomation frameworksAI/ML

Soft Skills

leadershipmentoringcollaborationcommunicationstrategic thinkingexecutive engagementalignmentproblem-solvinginfluenceadaptability