Company

Cox Communications, Inc.

Job Family Group

Sales

Job Profile

Lead Solutions Engineer - CCI

Management Level

Sr Manager - Non People Leader

Flexible Work Option

Can work remotely but need to live in the specified city, state, or region

Travel %

Yes, 25% of the time

Work Shift

Day

Compensation

Compensation includes a base salary of $138,800.00 - $208,200.00. The salary rate may vary within the anticipated range based on factors such as the ultimate location of the position and the selected candidate's experience. In addition to the salary range identified herein, this role is also eligible for an annual incentive/commission target of $62,000.00.

Job Description

At RapidScale, 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, RapidScale 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.

As a Lead Healthcare Solutions Architect at RapidScale, you will serve as a trusted advisor to some of our most important clients in the healthcare industry. Your mission: shape and deliver innovative cloud, infrastructure, and security solutions that address the unique regulatory, operational, and technological challenges faced by large healthcare organizations.

This role overlays the broader solutions engineering team, focusing primarily on strategic opportunities in the healthcare space. You’ll bring deep industry insight, familiarity with healthcare IT systems (applications including EHR, HIE, Telehealth, Imaging, LIS, practice management, etc.), and an understanding of healthcare-specific compliance and interoperability challenges. You will act as a bridge between business, clinical, and IT priorities, aligning RapidScale’s capabilities to our healthcare customers’ business outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

Client Discovery & Strategic Alignment

Lead tailored discovery engagements with healthcare organizations, focusing on mission critical applications, business and clinical workflows, IT infrastructure, cloud, regulatory pressures (e.g., HIPAA, HITECH), data governance, and interoperability needs.Translate healthcare-specific challenges into actionable, outcome-based technical strategies.Conduct interviews and workshops across both business and IT leadership to surface high-impact initiatives.Influence C-level stakeholders by linking IT transformation to patient care outcomes and financial imperatives.Architect secure, scalable hybrid and multi-cloud environments aligned with application availability, performance requirements and regulatory standards in mind.

Collaboration & Influence

Operate as an overlay specialist across regional teams, supporting large strategic healthcare pursuits in a technical leadership role.Partner with RapidScale’s sales team, cloud solution architects, AI/ML specialists, and Security and Compliance experts to co-develop pursuit strategies and solution roadmaps.Contribute to RFP responses, executive briefings, and solution validations specific to healthcare use cases.Serve as a subject matter expert internally helping evolve our constantly growing healthcare IT practice.

Security & Compliance

Design secure environments aligned with HIPAA, HITRUST, NIST, and evolving CMS cybersecurity expectations.Guide customers through risk assessments, BAA considerations, and audit readiness.

Thought Leadership & Education

Stay current on trends in healthcare IT (e.g., cloud in clinical systems, AI/ML in diagnostics, telehealth infrastructure).Educate clients on how RapidScale’s solutions directly support healthcare-specific goals, including patient experience, clinician productivity, and cost containment.Represent RapidScale at healthcare technology forums, panels, and strategic client briefings.

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline and 8 years’ experience in a related field (i.e. solutions engineering, architecture, or consulting role.)  The right candidate could also have a different combination, such as a master’s degree and 6years’ experience; a Ph.D. and 3 years’ experience in a related field; or 12 years’ experience in a related field5 years focused on the healthcare sector.Familiarity with clinical and administrative systems (Epic, Cerner, PACS, HL7/FHIR, etc.).Strong understanding of healthcare operational priorities, from uptime and failover for critical apps to navigating capital and operational funding constraints.

Preferred Qualifications:

Hosted Cloud / Data Center: Strong knowledge of VMware, storage (SAN/NAS), and VDI/DaaS environments that host healthcare-related applications and workloads.Public Cloud: Familiar with hybrid architectures that span AWS, Azure, and GCP — especially those optimized for healthcare workloads.Security and Compliance: Experience designing secure, compliant solutions for protected health information (PHI), including MDR, IAM, and encrypted backup/DR strategies.LAN/WAN Networking: Ability to design and optimize connectivity strategies between facilities, cloud regions, and co-located environments.Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity: Proven experience with high-availability solutions that support healthcare’s uptime expectations and testing/audit needs.

Benefits

The Company offers eligible employees the flexibility to take as much vacation with pay as they deem consistent with their duties, the company’s needs, and its obligations; seven paid holidays throughout the calendar year; and up to 160 hours of paid wellness annually for their own wellness or that of family members. Employees are also eligible for additional paid time off in the form of bereavement leave, time off to vote, jury duty leave, volunteer time off, military leave, and parental leave.

About Us

Cox Communications is all about creating moments of real human connection; and for employees, that’s true both in the workplace and in the problems we solve for customers. From building advertising solutions to unleashing IoT technologies to creating an exceptional experience for customers in our retail locations and online, we’re creating a world that is smarter and more connected. Benefits of working at Cox may include health care insurance (medical, dental, vision), retirement planning (401(k)), and paid days off (sick leave, parental leave, flexible vacation/wellness days, and/or PTO). For more details on what benefits you may be offered, visit our benefits page. Cox is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer – All qualified applicants/employees will receive consideration for employment without regard to that individual’s age, race, color, religion or creed, national origin or ancestry, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, physical or mental 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.

Applicants must currently be authorized to work in the United States for any employer without current or future sponsorship.

 

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