Vertical Solution Architect

-100% remote, up to 20% travel-Role is not eligible for sponsorship One of the key focus industries for Rackspace is Industrial Manufacturing and we are looking for experienced manufacturing leaders to help us proactively build out our cloud capabilities to support the manufacturing industry.This leader will be accountable for delivering Manufacturing IBU technology strategy, initiatives, and driving the technical GTM for our Manufacturing vertical. As a Lead Solution Solutions Architect, you will innovate and scale architectural best practices around building and operating Smart Manufacturing workloads by collaborating with customers, developing content and enabling the wider community to adopt Rackspace’s portfolio of services and solutions for Manufacturing customers. In this role, you will have the opportunity to enhance your knowledge around Industrial IoT, Robotics, ML, AI, Analytics and leverage this expertise to guide Manufacturing customers. As a trusted advisor with technical expertise in Industrial Manufacturing (discrete or process), you will share recommendations around security, cost, performance, reliability and operational efficiency to accelerate key projects with our customers. Inside Rackspace, you are an ambassador of our customers. You will articulate customer needs by synthesizing your observations from customer engagements and market trends around smart manufacturing workloads to inform the roadmap of cloud features and solutions. In this role, your creativity will link technology to tangible solutions, with the opportunity to implement or document cloud-native reference architectures for a variety of use cases. The right candidate will have experience and expertise in both Operational Technology and Manufacturing enterprise applications . Candidate will also be deeply familiar with complex legacy OT environments, new native digital environments, and with Manufacturing Industry workloads (including PLM, SCM, MES, and ERP) and commercial ISV solutions that support these workloads. Your knowledge of data and how to leverage advanced AI/ML will solve complex Industry challenges. Requirements: * Domain knowledge of Industry 4.0 and Operational Technology.* Practical experience for system integration delivery and consulting experiences for manufacturing enterprises.* Experience architecting Smart Factory workloads* Technical knowledge of common enterprise application and commercial software used across the Manufacturing industry, including ERP/MRP, Process Control Systems, MES, Industry 4.0 systems and Supply Chain, Sales & Distribution systems.* Practical experience transforming, designing and implementing Manufacturing systems at scale with an understanding of the financial implications.#LI-Remote About Rackspace TechnologyWe are the multicloud solutions experts. We combine our expertise with the world’s leading technologies — across applications, data and security — to deliver end-to-end solutions. We have a proven record of advising customers based on their business challenges, designing solutions that scale, building and managing those solutions, and optimizing returns into the future. Named a best place to work, year after year according to Fortune, Forbes and Glassdoor, we attract and develop world-class talent. Join us on our mission to embrace technology, empower customers and deliver the future.  More on Rackspace TechnologyThough we’re all different, Rackers thrive through our connection to a central goal: to be a valued member of a winning team on an inspiring mission. We bring our whole selves to work every day. And we embrace the notion that unique perspectives fuel innovation and enable us to best serve our customers and communities around the globe. We welcome you to apply today and want you to know that we are committed to offering equal employment opportunity without regard to age, color, disability, gender reassignment or identity or expression, genetic information, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity status, military or veteran status, nationality, ethnic or national origin, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or any legally protected characteristic. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.