Senior Cloud SME Wanted- Build What's Next in Cloud Innovation

You have mastered the cloud now its time to shape it.

At RightSkale, were on a mission to redefine whats possible with next-generation Cloud Solutions, and were looking for a Senior Cloud Solutions SME to lead the charge.

Company Website URL : www.rightskale.com

LinkedIn Profile : https://www.linkedin.com/company/rightskale/

Role Overview

Senior Cloud Solutions SME

This is a customer-facing technical role that combines architecture design, delivery oversight, and pre-sales contribution. The SME will collaborate closely with Data & AI specialists and pre-sales consultants to deliver secure, scalable, and cost-effective cloud solutions.

Key Responsibilities

Solution Design & Architecture

• Design cloud architectures supporting data platforms, analytics, and AI workloads.
• Define scalable infrastructure blueprints including networking, security, compute, and storage design.
• Develop migration strategies for on-premise to cloud or cross-cloud transitions.
• Implement cloud-native services for automation, monitoring, and optimization.
• Drive cloud cost management and governance best practices.

Customer Engagement

• Lead technical discussions with customers to assess requirements, challenges, and constraints.
• Present cloud solution architectures and recommendations that align with customer business goals.
• Conduct architecture workshops and proof-of-concept implementations.
• Provide technical assurance during customer evaluations and pilot stages.

Pre-Sales & Proposal Support

• Collaborate with pre-sales consultants to create proposals, solution documents, and cost estimates.
• Contribute technical content and architecture diagrams for RFPs and solution responses.
• Develop reusable cloud architecture templates and design standards.
• Support customer demos and presentations for cloud modernization initiatives.

Delivery Oversight

• Support delivery teams during implementation to ensure adherence to proposed architectures.
• Participate in design and code reviews for infrastructure and automation components.
• Establish best practices for security, compliance, and performance monitoring.
• Provide guidance on continuous improvement, scalability, and reliability.

Required Skills and Experience

Core Technical Expertise

• Deep hands-on experience in

  AWS, Azure, or GCP

  architecture, provisioning, and operations.
• Strong understanding of

  infrastructure as code (Terraform, CloudFormation, Bicep)

  and CI/CD automation.
• Experience designing for

  scalability, security, and cost optimization

  .
• Knowledge of

  containerization and orchestration

  (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Familiarity with

  data platform integration

  , APIs, and hybrid architectures.

Solutioning & Consulting

• Proven ability to translate customer requirements into secure and scalable cloud solutions.
• Strong knowledge of

  identity management, VPC design, and cloud security frameworks

  .
• Experience in creating technical documentation and customer-facing architecture materials.

Soft Skills

• Excellent presentation and communication skills.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and troubleshooting ability.
• Collaborative working style across sales, delivery, and architecture teams.

Preferred Background

• Experience working in

  consulting or managed services environments

  with enterprise clients.
• Exposure to

  cloud-native AI/ML infrastructure, data lakehouse integration, or hybrid deployments

  .
• Cloud certifications such as

  AWS Solutions Architect Professional, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, or GCP Professional Cloud Architect

  preferred.