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Position: Senior Sales Solutions Architect - West (Azure) (RapidScale) Our Sales SA positions will require 25-35% travel to conferences, partner offices, and customer sites. This role will support opportunities on the west coast. At Rapid Scale, exceptional technology is powered by exceptional people. As a growing leader in secure, reliable managed cloud solutions, we help SMBs and enterprises alike simplify IT and unleash innovation. With a broad portfolio spanning AWS, Azure and Google to a full set of Private Cloud and Cybersecurity solutions, Rapid Scale 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 workplace experience. What does the Sales Solutions Architecture Team do? Sales Solution Architects work in partnership with Solutions Specialists (Sales Representatives) and serve as their technical counterparts in all phases of the sales lifecycle. From evangelizing technologies to demonstrating our feature-rich Cloud Reliability Platform, our job is to help customers figure out and solve their cloud initiatives. We do this by taking a consultative approach in our discovery and assessment phases with the output being solutions that are built with reliability, performance, and security baked-in on top of our Managed Cloud Portfolio. As an integral part of the Solutions Architecture team, you will design systems that are purpose-built and well suited to their target infrastructure. What You'll Do: As a Solution Architect you will: • Provide Pre-Sales technical support to the GTM Team to drive revenue and cloud adoption • Conduct full technical discovery and assessment workshops to identify pain points and gather business and technical requirements. This will include Well-Architected Reviews, Migration Readiness Assessments, Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) analysis, etc. • You will architect client solutions to meet client requirements using a well architected framework methodology • Clearly communicate proposed architectures in the pre-sales cycle for early validation and verification to the internal teams responsible for implementing and providing ongoing support • Be a technology evangelist and educate prospects and customers on the cloud solution that makes the most sense for their business and technology requirements • Interface with Product Marketing and provide feedback for improving product quality and capabilities by leveraging information gathered in field engagements • Collaborate in the creation of technical collateral (e.g. SOWs, HLDs), and help develop sales staff by providing formal training • Produce cost and labor estimates and SOWs for potential projects • Provide thought leadership by speaking at industry events such as trade shows, panels or marketing events as well as publishing blog posts, white papers and participating in case studies What Technical Attributes We're Looking for In You: • Relevant Industry-leading certification required: AZ-305 (Azure Solutions Architect - Expert) • Deep understanding of the following Public Cloud Platforms: Microsoft Azure, AWS • Understanding of containerization & virtualization technologies; e.g Kubernetes, Docker • Understanding of IAAS / PAAS / SAAS platforms; e.g. EC2, VMs, etc. • Understanding IaC tools; e.g. Puppet, Ansible, ARM/Bicep, Terraform • Understanding of different Disaster Recovery and data protection principles • Understanding of PCI, HIPAA, GDPR regulatory compliance frameworks • Understanding of Relational and Non-Relational Databases (MySQL, Oracle, MS SQL Server, No SQL) • Expertise in networking, compute, storage and OS fundamentals What General Attributes We're Looking for In You: Ideal candidate must be enthusiastic, a self-starter, and willing to step up to new challenges. Must be comfortable in the dynamic atmosphere of a technical organization with a rapidly expanding customer base. • 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 • Background and experience working in the context of a sales team • Strong presentation, written and verbal communication skills • Strong…

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