Global Solutions Architect - Cloud
About the role
Rubrik Professional Services is hiring a Global Solutions Architect to serve as our most senior technical authority for public cloud. This is a global, individual-contributor role at Technical Director level. You will set the architectural direction for how Rubrik is designed, deployed, and operated in the world’s most demanding cloud environments, and you will carry that direction personally into our most strategic customer engagements.
You will be deployed where technical risk is highest: flagship accounts, first-of-a-kind architectures, and the engagements whose outcome sets the pattern everyone else follows. Between those engagements, you will convert what you learned into the reference architectures, service offerings, and enablement that raise the capability of every architect and consultant in the field. Your impact is measured by the quality of the practice you leave behind, not the hours you personally bill.
We are looking for depth in public cloud architecture first. Deep Rubrik product expertise is expected to be built on the job. If you have architected large-scale data, storage, or security platforms across AWS, Azure, and GCP, and you can learn a new platform quickly and completely, we want to talk.
What you will do
- Own the global cloud architecture standard for Rubrik Professional Services, reference architectures, design patterns, guardrails, and documented anti-patterns
- Act as the final technical escalation point for cloud architecture decisions on strategic engagements worldwide
- Define the technical shape of our cloud service offerings: what we sell, how it is scoped, and what good delivery looks like
- Establish Rubrik PS’s position on emerging cloud capabilities and translate them into deployment guidance before customers ask
- Own architecture and design on the most complex, highest-visibility customer engagements globally, multi-region, multi-cloud, and multi-regulator estates
- Partner with Sales and Pre-Sales on strategic pursuits: technical validation, level of effort, and honest risk assessment on the deals we cannot afford to get wrong
- Lead briefings and multi-day design workshops on site and remotely
- Build the intellectual property that multiplies your reach, reference architectures, deployment automation, design templates, decision trees, and delivery accelerators
- Mentor and technically develop Solutions Architects and senior consultants across all theatres; raise the ceiling of the practice, not just your own output
- Define technical competency standards and enablement for cloud within Professional Services, and help set the hiring bar through technical interviews
- Represent Rubrik Professional Services externally at conferences, customer advisory boards, and in published technical material
- Act as the field’s most credible voice into Product Management and Engineering, backed by evidence from our largest deployments
- Shape roadmap priorities, supportability, and cloud-native feature direction
- Partner with Support and Customer Success on systemic technical issues before they become patterns
- Work with PS Operations and leadership to turn field learning into better scoping models, estimates, and delivery methodology
- 15+ years overall experience, including 8+ years as a handson cloud architect at enterprise scale
- Demonstrated ownership of architecture for multi-region, multi-account or multi-subscription cloud estates, in a large enterprise or a consulting / professional services organization
- Expert-level AWS and Azure; GCP strongly preferred. Genuine depth across compute, storage, networking, identity, and encryption / key management
- Deep understanding of enterprise data protection and cyber resilience RTO and RPO modelling, immutability, backup and recovery design, isolated and air-gapped recovery
- Working fluency in cloud security and compliance frameworks and how they constrain design in regulated industries
- Strong automation background infrastructure as code (Terraform, CloudFormation, Bicep), scripting (Python, PowerShell), API-first integration, and CI/CD (Strong Automation Background)
- A track record of influence without authority across a global, matrixed organization and multiple time zones
- Executive-grade communication credible with a customer’s CIO and their principal engineer on the same day
- Evidence of building reusable technical IP, not only delivering successful projects
- The ability to learn a complex new platform to expert depth, quickly. Prior Rubrik experience is not required
- Occasional travel
- Kubernetes and containerized workload architecture; cloud-native and managed database platforms
- SaaS data protection experience (Microsoft 365, Salesforce, and similar)
- Prior Principal, Distinguished, or Technical Director title within a vendor professional services organization or a major systems integrator
- Professional or expert-level certifications (AWS Solutions Architect – Professional, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, or equivalent)
- An established public technical presence — talks, writing, open source, or community leadership
Rubrik (RBRK), the Security and AI Operations Company, leads at the intersection of data protection, cyber resilience, and enterprise AI acceleration. Rubrik Security Cloud delivers complete cyber resilience by securing, monitoring, and recovering data, identities, and workloads across clouds. Rubrik Agent Cloud accelerates trusted AI agent deployments at scale by monitoring and auditing agentic actions, enforcing real-time guardrails, fine-tuning for accuracy and undoing agentic mistakes.
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Inclusion @ RubrikAt Rubrik, we are dedicated to fostering a culture where people from all backgrounds are valued, feel they belong, and believe they can succeed. Our commitment to inclusion is at the heart of our mission to secure the world’s data.
Our goal is to hire and promote the best talent, regardless of background. We continually review our hiring practices to ensure fairness and strive to create an environment where every employee has equal access to opportunities for growth and excellence. We believe in empowering everyone to bring their authentic selves to work and achieve their fullest potential.
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Skills Required
- 15+ years of overall professional experience
- 8+ years as a hands-on enterprise-scale cloud architect
- Ownership of architecture for multi-region, multi-account or multi-subscription cloud estates
- Expert-level AWS and Azure experience
- Deep expertise across cloud compute, storage, networking, identity, encryption, and key management
- Enterprise data protection and cyber resilience expertise, including RTO/RPO modeling, immutability, backup, recovery, isolated recovery, and air-gapped recovery
- Working fluency in cloud security and compliance frameworks for regulated industries
- Strong automation background using infrastructure as code, scripting, APIs, and CI/CD
- Ability to influence without authority across global, matrixed organizations and time zones
- Executive-grade communication skills with CIOs, CTOs, CISOs, chief architects, and principal engineers
- Evidence of building reusable technical intellectual property
- Ability to quickly learn complex platforms to expert depth
- GCP experience
- Kubernetes and containerized workload architecture experience
- Cloud-native and managed database platform experience
- SaaS data protection experience, including Microsoft 365 or Salesforce
- Prior Principal, Distinguished, or Technical Director experience in vendor Professional Services or a major systems integrator
- Professional or expert-level cloud certifications, such as AWS Solutions Architect Professional or Azure Solutions Architect Expert
- Established public technical presence through talks, writing, open source, or community leadership
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Healthcare Strength — Multiple UMR/UnitedHealthcare PPO and HDHP options plus Kaiser in California cover preventive care at 100%, with company HSA funding for HDHP enrollees. Mental‑health access is reinforced through Modern Health with defined annual coaching and therapy sessions.
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Parental & Family Support — Inclusive fertility benefits are provided via Progyny alongside paid parental and family care leave highlighted in the official benefits guide. Life and disability coverage at company cost add security around major family events.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — An ESPP offers a 15% discount with a 24‑month offering period and lookback across semiannual purchase windows. Equity participation post‑IPO is positioned as a meaningful component of total rewards.
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What We Do
Rubrik (NYSE: RBRK), the Security and AI Operations Company, leads at the intersection of data protection, cyber resilience, and enterprise AI acceleration. Rubrik Security Cloud delivers complete cyber resilience by securing, monitoring, and recovering data, identities, and workloads across clouds. Rubrik Agent Cloud accelerates trusted AI agent deployments at scale by monitoring and auditing agentic actions, enforcing real-time guardrails, fine-tuning for accuracy and undoing agentic mistakes.
Why Work With Us
At Rubrik, we believe in the Power of You. You have limitless potential to grow, innovate, and create meaningful impact. United by our purposeful mission, we empower you to boldly pursue your ambitions, shape the future of cybersecurity, and make your unique mark on what we're building. Join us, and unlock your infinite potential.
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