Cloud Architect, Product Management

Rubrik is hiring a Cloud Architect in Product Management to bridge Engineering, Product Management, and Field teams. The role guides product strategy and architecture, validates features hands-on, and enables successful customer implementations in complex cloud environments.

Responsibilities:

• Product Strategy & Design: Serve as the technical SME to help PMs translate complex cloud requirements into actionable product requirements and PRDs
• Architecture Validation: Work closely with PM and Engineering to design and validate architectures and workflows that meet enterprise-grade performance and security standards
• Implementation Excellence: Lead the "last mile" of product success by ensuring field teams have the right documentation, technical enablement, and architectural guides to make post-sale implementations successful
• Hands-on Validation: Conduct hands-on validation of new features in lab and customer environments to ensure they solve real-world challenges before full-scale rollout
• Field Readiness: Support the Sales Engineering and Professional Services organizations by validating field-facing content, including solution briefs, demos, and technical enablement materials
• Trusted Advisor: Act as a technical consultant to key customers and partners, helping them navigate cloud architecture and integration questions

Requirements:

• 10+ years of experience in Cloud Architecture, Sales Engineering, or Technical Product roles within a cybersecurity or enterprise software company
• Strong expertise in major cloud service providers (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and a deep understanding of cloud infrastructure, APIs, and identity services
• Proven ability to go "hands-on"—you can perform deep-dive demos, validate complex integrations, and troubleshoot implementation hurdles in real-time
• Excellent skills in translating technical nuances into business value for both executive stakeholders and technical practitioners
• Comfortable working cross-functionally with engineering, product, and go-to-market teams in a fast-paced environment
• Prior experience in cloud security, data resilience, or hybrid cloud infrastructure
• Experience working directly with Cloud Architects, or Security Engineering teams to solve architectural bottlenecks