Sr Solutions Engineer; RapidScale

Overview

At Rapid Scale, 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 a Senior Solutions Architect, you will serve as a strategic advisor, connecting complex multi-cloud technologies with evolving business needs of our clients. You will lead discovery engagements, develop business-aligned solution strategies, and design hybrid and multi-cloud architectures with a focus on measurable outcomes and business value.

You will maintain deep expertise across Rapid Scale’s hosted solutions while providing high-level guidance on our public cloud services. You will coordinate with public cloud specialists to ensure seamless engagement for advanced discovery and solution design when client requirements call for public cloud-focused architectures.

• 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
  , determining when to go deep on architecture vs. focusing on business outcomes based on customer personas.

• Solution Architecture & Design
• Architect hybrid and multi-cloud environments, aligning with performance, availability, security, and compliance needs.
• Represent our hosted cloud and core offerings
  , fully scoping, architecting, and presenting solutions.
• Represent our public cloud offerings
  , identifying customer needs and coordinating with public cloud specialists for deeper scoping and presentation.
• Collaborate to architect multi-cloud and hybrid cloud solutions across hosted and public cloud service sets to align 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 into current and roadmap-based business outcomes.

• A BA/BS degree with 6+ years of experience, or an MS degree with 4+ years, or a PhD with one year, 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 and how they differ from traditional IT approaches
• Security and compliance
  :
  Experience with managed security services and 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, replication, and disaster recovery
• Dev Ops & Automation
  :
  Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, IaC, and modern deployment practices is a plus

Salary range: USD  -  per year. The compensation includes a base salary within this range and an annual incentive/commission target of 52,800.00. The actual salary varies based on location and experience.

The company offers flexible vacation with pay, seven paid holidays per year, and up to 160 hours of paid wellness annually. Additional paid time off includes bereavement, voting leave, jury duty, volunteer time off, military leave, and parental leave. Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States without current or future sponsorship.

Final date to receive applications: 08/30/2026

EOE, including disability/vets