Cloudflare
Data Center Strategy - Edge
$158K–$271K
Hybrid +3 · Full-time · Posted Oct 15, 2026
- Location
- Hybrid
Austin, TX, United States
New York, New York, United States
San Francisco, CA, United States - Experience
- 10+ years; no stated alternative.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required.
- Visa sponsorship
- Any offer may be conditioned on authorization to receive software or technology controlled under U.S. export laws without sponsorship for an export license.
About the job
Develop regional data center vendor strategy and negotiate and manage colocation deals and sites to expand and optimize Cloudflare’s global infrastructure footprint.
What you'll do
- Own data center vendor and site deals end to end, from planning and RFP through commercial negotiation and execution.
- Coordinate with legal, operations, capacity planning, network strategy, and security teams; manage vendor relationships and scheduled QBRs.
- Support data center budgeting, cost tracking and benchmarking, and review colocation invoices for approval.
What they ask for
- 10+ years planning and managing data center footprints within a fast-moving enterprise technology, cloud services, software, or colocation organization.
- Ability to manage complex projects across teams and geographies to deadlines, solve problems with minimal supervision, and manage relationships and communicate effectively.
- Demonstrated commercial negotiation experience.
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
Nice to have
- Experience with rack, site power, and white space planning; network concepts; budget planning or financial analysis; Jira; or international business experience and multilingual skills.
- Sale-leaseback, JV, PPA/power procurement, industry relationships, high-density/liquid-cooling constraints, network topics, or government incentives/economic-development agreements.
Pay
USD 166,000 - USD 271,000 annual salary (base salary; Bay Area); USD 158,000 - USD 257,000 annual salary (base salary; New York); USD 158,000 - USD 257,000 annual salary (base salary; Seattle)
Tools
Jira
AI focus
No specific AI work stated.
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