Lead Cloud Architect

Spectrum Business; Raleigh (NC); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Charter Communications, operating under the Spectrum brand, seeks a strategic AI Advisory Consultant to guide enterprise clients in AI strategy, governance, and transformation roadmaps. You’ll lead executive sessions, design governance policies, and help establish AI Centers of Excellence across organizations.

In this role, you will architect AI solutions, evaluate data foundations, support pre-sales with technical insight, and contribute to IP assets and go-to-market offerings while traveling

Qualifications

• Minimum 6 years in software/architecture roles or 4 years with Master’s or 1 year with PhD.
• At least 5 years in technology consulting with a mix of strategy and delivery.
• Demonstrated experience leading AI and Data strategy engagements.
• Hands-on expertise with major cloud AI platforms and cross-platform familiarity.
• Knowledge of agent orchestration, memory management, and LLM evaluation.
• Strong executive communication and ability to present in boardrooms.

Responsibilities

• Lead executive AI strategy sessions and stakeholder interviews.
• Design AI governance frameworks and risk models.
• Help clients stand up AI Centers of Excellence and operating models.
• Translate AI capabilities into measurable business outcomes.
• Support pre-sales with technical design and proposals.

Skills

Technology consulting

AI & Data strategy

Cloud AI platforms

No-code / Low-code / Pro-code

Agentic AI patterns

Executive communication

AI governance frameworks

Education

Bachelor’s degree or higher

Tools

AWS Bedrock/SageMaker

Azure AI Copilot Studio

Google Vertex AI

Job description

At RapidScale, exceptional technology is powered by exceptional people. We deliver secure, reliable managed and advisory services across private, public, and hybrid clouds, helping organizations innovate, adapt, and grow. As an Elite Broadcom VMware VCSP Partner and top partner with AWS, Azure, and Google, our solutions focus on business outcomes with embedded cyber resiliency and AI to protect today and enable tomorrow backed by the strength of the Cox family of companies.

The ideal candidate brings:

• Experience in technology consulting
• Demonstrated experience delivering AI and Data strategy engagements for enterprise clients
• Expertise with 1 major cloud AI platform and familiarity with 1 other (AWS Bedrock/SageMaker, Azure AI & Copilot, Google Cloud Vertex AI)
• Experience mapping business workflows and solutioning agentic patterns with appropriate tool & code approach (no-code, low-code, pro-code)
• Experience solutioning common agentic patterns in enterprise contexts, including intelligent document processing, knowledge retrieval, and workflow automation
• Strong executive communication and facilitation skills — you're equally comfortable in a boardroom and a whiteboard session
• Experience building or advising on AI governance frameworks

Our Consulting & Advisory positions will require 50% travel to customer sites and conferences.

What You’ll Do:

Strategic Advisory (~35%)

• Lead executive-level AI strategy sessions, discovery workshops, and stakeholder interviews to assess readiness and define transformation roadmaps
• Design AI governance frameworks including tiered risk models, responsible AI policies, and governance-as-enabler narratives for enterprise clients
• Help clients stand up AI Centers of Excellence — operating models, tooling selection, team structures, and change management
• Translate AI capabilities into measurable business outcomes and build compelling executive business cases for AI investment
• Contribute to practice development: IP assets, point-of-view papers, playbooks, and go-to-market offerings

Technical Solutioning (~40%)

• Architect AI and agentic solutions appropriate to the client’s context — selecting the right approach across no-code, low-code, and pro-code patterns
• Design and validate workflow approaches (e.g. Intelligent Document Processing), agent orchestration patterns, tool-use frameworks, and LLM evaluation strategies
• Assess and advise on data foundations: data lakes, lakehouses, and modern data platforms (Snowflake, Databricks, Fabric, AWS Glue)
• Serve as a technical SME during pre-sales, supporting scoping, solution design, and proposal development alongside sales teams
• Evaluate emerging AI and data technologies and contribute to the organization’s technical knowledge base

Delivery Leadership (~25%)

• Manage project workstreams and coordinate cross-functional client and internal teams to ensure quality of consulting deliverables
• Own engagement health: scope, timeline, risk, and client satisfaction across concurrent projects
• Represent RapidScale at industry events and conferences as part of the AI and Data practice’s market presence

What You Bring:

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 6 years’ experience in Software Architect/Engineer roles OR a Master’s degree and 4 years’ experience Software Architect/Engineer roles OR a Ph.D. and 1 years’ experience in Software Architect/Engineer roles OR 10 years’ experience in Software Architect/Engineer roles.
• At least 5 years in technology consulting with a mix of strategy and technical delivery experience; Big 4 or equivalent consulting background strongly preferred
• Demonstrated experience leading AI and Data strategy engagements for enterprise clients from discovery through roadmap delivery
• Hands-on expertise with at least one major cloud AI platform (AWS Bedrock/SageMaker, Azure AI & Copilot Studio, Google Cloud Vertex AI) and working familiarity with a second
• Practical knowledge of agentic AI: agent orchestration, tool use, memory management, RAG pipelines, LLM evaluation, and observability of automated workflows
• Experience mapping business processes and selecting appropriate implementation patterns (no-code, low-code, pro-code) based on client capability and context
• Strong executive communication and facilitation skills — equally comfortable in a boardroom strategy session and a technical whiteboard
• Experience building or advising on AI governance frameworks

Preferred Qualifications

• Background in data platform modernization (Data Lakes, Snowflake, Databricks, Fabric, AWS Glue)

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Get to Know Us

Charter Communications provides superior communication and entertainment products for residential and business customers through the Spectrum brand. Our offerings include Spectrum Internet®, TV, Mobile and Voice. Beyond our connectivity solutions, we also provide local news, programming and regional sports via Spectrum Networks and multiscreen advertising solutions via Spectrum Reach. When you join our team, you’ll be keeping our customers connected to what matters most in 41 states across the U.S. Watch this video to learn more.

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