Senior Solutions Engineer – RapidScale

Cox Enterprises

Senior Solutions Engineer at RapidScale serving as a strategic advisor for cloud solutions. Leading discovery engagements and designing hybrid cloud architectures ensuring business outcomes.

Posted 7/15/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $129,400 - $194,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in architecting hybrid and multi-cloud solutions while ensuring alignment with security, compliance, and business outcomes. Proficient in leading technical discovery engagements and translating complex requirements into tailored cloud solutions.

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Public Cloud Certification (AWS, Azure, Google)Solution Architecture & DesignSecurity Architecture DesignNetworking & ConnectivityClient Discovery & Consulting

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Hard Skills

Hybrid Cloud ArchitectureMulti-Cloud SolutionsSecurity Compliance (HIPAA, PCI, GDPR, ISO, NIST)SD-WANVPNDNSTCP/IPFirewallsSAN and NAS DesignCI/CD Pipelines

Soft Skills

Strong Presentation SkillsWritten Communication SkillsVerbal Communication SkillsCollaborationLeadership

Tools & Technologies

VMwareCitrixMDRSOCaaSIAMSIEM/SOARVulnerability ManagementData Protection TechnologiesAutomation ToolsCloud Platforms

Certifications & Qualifications

BA/BS DegreeMS DegreePh.DProfessional Level Public Cloud Certification

Industry Keywords

Cloud SolutionsInfrastructure SolutionsTechnical DiscoverySales CycleManaged Security Services

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCitrixCloudCyber SecurityDNSFirewallsGoogle Cloud PlatformTCP/IPVMware

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Client Discovery & Consulting: Lead technical discovery engagements with customers to uncover business goals, pain points, and drivers.
Translate requirements into tailored, outcome-focused cloud and infrastructure solutions.
Run workshops, whiteboarding sessions, and stakeholder interviews.
Balance breadth and depth , knowing when to go deep on architecture vs. when to focus on business outcomes based on the different customer personas you encounter in each customer engagement.
Solution Architecture & Design: Architect hybrid and multi-cloud environments, aligning with performance, availability, security, and compliance needs.
Represent our hosted cloud and other core offerings at a deep technical level , fully scoping, architecting, and presenting solutions comprised of these services.
Represent our public cloud offerings at a high level , identifying customer needs that dictate a public cloud solution, and pulling in public cloud specialists as needed for deeper scoping, solutioning, and presentation of these solutions.
Collaborate to architect multi-cloud and hybrid cloud solutions across both hosted and public cloud service sets, ensuring the best alignment with customer outcomes.
Collaboration & Leadership: Act as the technical lead throughout the sales cycle, from discovery to hand-off.
Collaborate with sales, product, and specialist teams to align solutions with account strategy.
Participate in RFPs, solution reviews, and scope definitions.
Security and Compliance: Design security architectures including MDR, SOCaaS, IAM, SIEM/SOAR, and vulnerability management.
Ensure solutions align with compliance standards (HIPAA, PCI, GDPR, ISO, NIST).
Networking & Connectivity: Design secure, high-performance networks integrating SD-WAN, VPN, DNS, TCP/IP, and firewalls across on-prem and cloud environments.
Technology Evangelism: Stay current on emerging tech (cloud, AI/ML, automation, cybersecurity) and translate innovation into business strategy.
Educate clients and internal teams on current and future-state capabilities.
Translate innovative technology solutions RapidScale does today and roadmap item to show clients current and future business outcomes.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Minimum A BA/BS Degree with 6+ years of experience, or a MS Degree with 4+ years of experience, or a Ph.D with one year of experience, or 10 years of overall experience without a degree
Professional Level Public Cloud Certification (AWS, Azure, Google)
Demonstrated experience working in the context of a sales team
Strong presentation, written and verbal communication skills
Excellent communication and presentation skills with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to nontechnical stakeholders.
Hosted Cloud / Traditional IT : Deep knowledge of private cloud and data center architectures (VMware, Citrix, storage, networking)
Public cloud: High-level knowledge of AWS/Azure/GCP, how they differ from traditional IT approaches, why businesses use them.
Security and compliance : Experience with managed security services and designing secure, compliant architectures.
Networking : Strong understanding of hybrid connectivity, SD-WAN, VPN, DNS, and firewalls.
Storage, Backup and DR : Design experience with SAN and NAS, backup and data protection approaches, technologies and approaches for replication and disaster recovery.
DevOps & Automation : Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, IaC, and modern deployment practices is a plus.

Benefits

Comp & perks

The Company offers eligible employees 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
Employees are also eligible for additional paid time off in the form of bereavement leave, time off to vote, jury duty leave, volunteer time off, military leave, and 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)