Senior Security Solutions Architect (RapidScale)

Cox Communications; Raleigh (NC); Remote; USD 126,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a seasoned Security Solutions Architect to join their dynamic team. This role involves serving as a trusted advisor, guiding clients in creating secure, scalable solutions across hybrid and multi-cloud environments. You will collaborate with various teams to translate business needs into secure architectures, ensuring customer success and fostering business growth. With a strong emphasis on cybersecurity best practices and compliance frameworks, this position offers the opportunity to make a significant impact in a forward-thinking organization committed to innovation and excellence. If you are passionate about security and customer advocacy, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Flexible vacation

Paid wellness time

Health care insurance

401(k) retirement planning

Paid time off for various leaves

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in cybersecurity and solution architecture.
• Strong understanding of hybrid and multi-cloud environments.
• Experience in pre-sales or technical consulting roles.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a subject matter expert on cybersecurity and compliance frameworks.
• Design and validate security architectures for cloud solutions.
• Lead security-focused discovery sessions and workshops.

Skills

Cybersecurity

Solution Architecture

Communication Skills

Technical Consulting

Sales Enablement

Education

BA/BS Degree

MS Degree

Ph.D

Tools

AWS

Azure

Google Cloud Platform

IAM

SIEM/SOAR

Job description

Company

Cox Communications, Inc.

Job Family Group

Sales

Job Profile

Sr. Solutions Engineer - CCI

Management Level

Manager - Non People Leader

Flexible Work Option

Can work remotely but need to live in the specified city, state, or region

Travel %

Yes, 50% of the time

Work Shift

Day

Compensation

Compensation includes a base salary of $126,200.00 - $189,200.00. The salary rate may vary within the anticipated range based on factors such as the ultimate location of the position and the selected candidate's experience. In addition to the salary range identified herein, this role is also eligible for an annual incentive/commission target of $52,800.00.

Job Description

Our Sales SA positions will require 25-50% travel to conferences, partner offices, and customer sites.

At RapidScale, exceptional technology is powered by exceptional people. As the growing leader in secure, managed multi-cloud solutions, we help our customers simplify technology initiatives and so they can focus on innovation in their core business. With a broad portfolio spanning AWS, Azure and Google to a full set of Private Cloud and Cybersecurity solutions, RapidScale helps companies turn technology into their biggest competitive advantage. As part of the Cox family of companies, we offer best-in-class benefits, a commitment to work-life balance, and an award-winning, growth-oriented workplace experience backed by a 125+ year old privately held company focused on the long term.

We are seeking an experienced Security Solutions Architect to join our growing go-to-market team. In this strategic overlay role, you will serve as a trusted security advisor to our customers and field sales teams, helping shape secure, scalable solutions across hybrid, public, and private cloud environments. You’ll work cross-functionally with account teams, product specialists, and engineering to translate business requirements into secure technical architectures that support customer success and business growth.

Key Responsibilities

• Security Expertise: Serve as the subject matter expert on cybersecurity, compliance frameworks (e.g., NIST, ISO, CIS, HIPAA, PCI), and secure architecture best practices across cloud and hybrid infrastructures.
• Sales Enablement: Partner with generalist solution engineers and account executives to co-develop secure, differentiated solutions for customers, especially in regulated industries (healthcare, finance, etc).
• Customer Engagement: Lead security-focused discovery sessions, whiteboarding workshops, and executive briefings to understand client needs and articulate value.
• Solution Design: Design and validate security architectures, guiding the integration of cloud-native and third-party security controls (IAM, encryption, network segmentation, SIEM/SOAR, etc.) into customer solutions.
• Technical Validation: Drive technical proof points including demos, pilots, and RFx responses with a security-first lens.
• Thought Leadership: Stay ahead of the evolving threat landscape and emerging technologies; contribute to internal knowledge bases and represent security capabilities in go-to-market initiatives.
• Collaboration: Work closely with Product, Engineering, and Customer Success teams to provide input on new products, feature enhancements and trends in customer requirements.
• Training & Upskilling: Support enablement efforts to upskill internal teams and train partners on core security principles and patterns.

Qualifications

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
• 5+ years of experience in a pre-sales, solution architecture, or technical consulting role, with a minimum of 3 years focused on cybersecurity.
• Understanding of security architectures with a strong focus on hybrid (on-prem + cloud) and multi-cloud (VMware / Private Cloud, AWS, Azure, GCP) environments.
• Familiarity with modern security tooling and practices (e.g., Zero Trust, CNAPP, SASE, XDR, etc).
• Strong communication and presentation skills with the ability to engage technical and business stakeholders.

Preferred:

• Industry certifications a plus: CISSP, CCSP, CISM, AWS/Azure/GCP Security Specialties.
• Experience in regulated industries such as finance and/or healthcare.
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity and acting as a bridge between business needs and technical execution.
• Passion for customer advocacy, secure design, and building long-term trust.
• Collaborative mindset with the ability to influence without direct authority.

Benefits

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; and 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.

About Us

Cox Communications is all about creating moments of real human connection; and for employees, that’s true both in the workplace and in the problems we solve for customers. From building advertising solutions to unleashing IoT technologies to creating an exceptional experience for customers in our retail locations and online, we’re creating a world that is smarter and more connected. Benefits of working at Cox may include health care insurance (medical, dental, vision), retirement planning (401(k)), and paid days off (sick leave, parental leave, flexible vacation/wellness days, and/or PTO). For more details on what benefits you may be offered, visit our benefits page. Cox is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer – All qualified applicants/employees will receive consideration for employment without regard to that individual’s age, race, color, religion or creed, national origin or ancestry, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, physical or mental disability, veteran status, genetic information, ethnicity, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law. Cox provides reasonable accommodations when requested by a qualified applicant or employee with disability, unless such accommodations would cause an undue hardship. Applicants must currently be authorized to work in the United States for any employer without current or future sponsorship.