RapidScale
Lead Healthcare Solutions Architect (RapidScale)
RapidScale, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, 84193
Lead Healthcare Solutions Architect (RapidScale)
At RapidScale, exceptional technology is powered by exceptional people. We deliver secure, reliable managed and advisory services across private, public, and hybrid clouds, helping organizations innovate, adapt, and grow. As an Elite Broadcom VMware VCSP Partner and top partner with AWS, Azure, and Google, our solutions focus on business outcomes with embedded cyber resiliency and AI to protect today and enable tomorrow backed by the strength of the Cox family of companies.
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.
Key Responsibilities Client Discovery and 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 hybrid cloud environments aligned with application availability, performance requirements and regulatory standards in mind.
Collaboration and 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 and 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 and 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 6 years' experience; a Ph.D. and 3 years' experience in a related field; or 12 years' experience in a related field.
5 years focused on the healthcare domain, with a deep understanding of healthcare IT systems (applications including EHR, HIE, Telehealth, Imaging, LIS, practice management, etc.) and familiarity with healthcare-specific compliance and interoperability challenges.
Proven track record of influencing C-level stakeholders and delivering enterprise‑scale cloud, infrastructure, and security solutions.
Seniority level Mid‑Senior level
Employment type Full‑time
Job function Engineering and Information Technology
Industries IT Services and IT Consulting
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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.
Key Responsibilities Client Discovery and 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 hybrid cloud environments aligned with application availability, performance requirements and regulatory standards in mind.
Collaboration and 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 and 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 and 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 6 years' experience; a Ph.D. and 3 years' experience in a related field; or 12 years' experience in a related field.
5 years focused on the healthcare domain, with a deep understanding of healthcare IT systems (applications including EHR, HIE, Telehealth, Imaging, LIS, practice management, etc.) and familiarity with healthcare-specific compliance and interoperability challenges.
Proven track record of influencing C-level stakeholders and delivering enterprise‑scale cloud, infrastructure, and security solutions.
Seniority level Mid‑Senior level
Employment type Full‑time
Job function Engineering and Information Technology
Industries IT Services and IT Consulting
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