Senior AI Solutions Architect (RapidScale) (Remote)

Spectrum; Raleigh (NC); Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Spectrum's RapidScale division seeks a Senior Solutions Architect to translate client business goals into scalable cloud architectures. You will lead discovery sessions, design hybrid and multi-cloud solutions, and coordinate with sales and cloud specialists to present tailored offerings.

You will stay current on cloud, AI, automation, and cyber security, ensuring solutions meet HIPAA, PCI, GDPR, ISO, and NIST standards while driving measurable business outcomes.

Qualifications

• BA/BS or higher with years of experience specified; multiple education paths accepted.
• Professional Level Public Cloud Certification (AWS, Azure, Google).
• Demonstrated experience working in a sales-enabled environment.
• Strong presentation, written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead discovery engagements to uncover business goals and drivers.
• Architect hybrid and multi-cloud environments aligned to performance, security, and compliance.
• Collaborate with sales, product and specialists to define scope and solutions.
• Design secure, compliant architectures including MDR, SOCaaS, IAM, SIEM/SOAR.

Skills

Sales experience

Strong communication

Presentation skills

Technical leadership

Education

BA/BS Degree

MS Degree

PhD (with experience)

Tools

VMware

Citrix

Public Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)

Security frameworks

Job description

This role requires the ability to work lawfully in the U.S. without employment-based immigration sponsorship, now or in the future.

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, all backed by the scale and strength of Spectrum.

As a Senior Solutions Architect at RapidScale, you will serve as a strategic advisor, connecting complex multi-cloud technologies with the evolving business needs of our clients. Working closely with the sales organization, you will lead discovery engagements, develop business-aligned solution strategies, and design hybrid and multi-cloud architectures - consistently prioritizing measurable outcomes over individual technologies. In this role, you will maintain deep expertise across RapidScale's hosted solutions while providing high-level guidance on our public cloud services. You will also be responsible for effectively coordinating with our public cloud specialists, ensuring seamless engagement for advanced discovery and solution design when client requirements call for public cloud-focused architectures. RapidScale does today and roadmap item to show clients current and future business outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

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

Minimum Qualifications

• 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

Preferred Qualifications

• 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 practi