Global Solutions Architect – Cloud

Overview

In this senior, individual-contributor role, you will setRubrik’s global cloud architecture direction for Professional Services and lead the most strategic, high-impact engagements. You will shape reference architectures, guardrails, and service offerings, turning field learnings into scalable IP. You’ll operate across multi-region, multi-cloud, and regulated environments, partnering with Sales, Engineering, and customers to drive secure, resilient cloud delivery. This is a chance to influence product direction while elevating the practice and customer outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Own the global cloud architecture standard for Rubrik PS, including reference architectures and guardrails
• Serve as final escalation point for cloud architecture decisions on strategic engagements
• Define technical shape of cloud service offerings and deployment guidance
• Lead the hardest engagements across multi-region, multi-cloud, and multi-regulator estates
• Mentor and develop Solutions Architects and senior consultants
• Represent PS externally at conferences and in published material
• Influence product roadmap with field insights
• Improve scoping models, estimates, and delivery methodology by turning field learnings into IP

Key requirements

• 15+ years of experience overall
• 8+ years as hands-on cloud architect at enterprise scale
• Expert-level AWS and Azure; GCP strongly preferred
• Deep knowledge of compute, storage, networking, identity, and encryption/key management
• Strong automation with IaC (Terraform, CloudFormation, Bicep), scripting (Python, PowerShell) and CI/CD
• Experience owning multi-region/multi-account cloud estates
• Executive communication with CIO/CTO-level stakeholders
• Proven ability to build reusable technical IP
• Ability to learn new platforms quickly
• Occasional travel

• Executive communication
• Strategic influence without authority
• Mentorship and team development
• AWS and Azure cloud architecture
• GCP knowledge
• Data protection and cyber resilience design (RTO/RPO, immutability)

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