Global Solutions Architect - Cloud
Rubrik
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
- 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)
Reference: WJ-747_30170302