Senior Lead Network Cloud Architect (RapidScale)

Company: Cox Communications, Inc. Job Title Sr Lead Cloud Architect – Management Level: Sr Manager (Non-People Leader) Work Environment Hybrid – remote work possible part time; Travel: 15% of the time; Work Shift: Day. Compensation Base salary: $163,400 - $272,300 annually; additional incentive program possible. Job Description As part of RapidScale, deliver secure, reliable managed and advisory services across private, public, and hybrid clouds, helping organizations innovate, adapt, and grow. Design, implement, and maintain network and cloud infrastructure across multi-tenant environments, including compute, storage, networking, hypervisors, backups, disaster recovery, and monitoring. Lead and support critical incident response (P1) and provide escalation support for complex technical issues. Drive initiatives to improve performance, scalability, and reliability across cloud and network environments. Perform network configuration and optimization across multiple data centers and customer environments, ensuring secure and highly available connectivity. Troubleshoot and resolve network and infrastructure issues for both internal teams and external customers. Collaborate with Cloud and Network Architects, Engineering, and Operations teams to deliver projects and platform enhancements. Support Sales and Solution Engineering teams with technical input for customer opportunities and product development. Develop and maintain technical documentation, including architecture diagrams, procedures, and operational runbooks. Manage monitoring, backup configurations, and network device health across environments. Coordinate with external carriers and vendors for provisioning, maintenance, and troubleshooting of network connectivity. Minimum Qualifications Bachelor’s degree and 8 years’ experience in a related field (or alternative combinations such as Master’s and 6 years, Ph.D. and 3 years, 12 years, etc.). Strong expertise in network infrastructure design, implementation, and operations across firewalls, switches, routers, and load balancers. Proven ability to manage and execute complex technical projects in a cloud or data center environment. Deep understanding of networking protocols including OSPF, BGP, and HSRP. Strong troubleshooting and problem‑solving skills with the ability to proactively identify and resolve issues. Comfortable working in a fast‑paced, high‑demand environment with a 24x7 on‑call rotation. Preferred Qualifications Experience with VMware technologies (vSphere, NSX, vCD, ESXi). Experience with modern network architectures (e.g., Spine and Leaf). Hands‑on experience with FortiGate firewalls and Cisco/Arista networking equipment. Experience with monitoring and logging tools (SolarWinds, PRTG, SNMP, Syslog). Experience with backup and DR tools (VEEAM, Zerto). Experience with VPN configuration and optical transport. Familiarity with VDI solutions (Citrix, AVD, HDaaS). Scripting experience (PowerShell, PowerCLI, Perl, or similar). Benefits Flexible vacation with pay, up to 160 hours of paid wellness annually, 7 paid holidays, and additional paid time off for bereavement, voting, jury duty, volunteer, military, and parental leave. Health care insurance (medical, dental, vision), retirement planning (401(k)), paid sick leave, parental leave, flexible vacation/wellness days, and/or PTO. Equal Employment Opportunity Cox is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, or creed, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, veteran status, genetic information, ethnicity, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law. Cox provides reasonable accommodations when requested by a qualified applicant or employee with disability, unless such accommodations would cause an undue hardship. EOE, including disability/vets. Applicants must currently be authorized to work in the United States for any employer without current or future sponsorship. No OPT, CPT, STEM/OPT, or visa sponsorship now or in future. #J-18808-Ljbffr CRS RapidScale, Inc.