Data Centre Selection Analyst
About Us
At Cloudflare, we have our eyes set on an ambitious goal: to help build a better Internet. Today the company runs one of the world’s largest networks that powers trillions of requests per month. Cloudflare protects and accelerates any Internet application online without adding hardware, installing software, or changing a line of code. Internet properties powered by Cloudflare have all web traffic routed through its intelligent global network, which gets smarter with every request. As a result, they see significant improvement in performance and a decrease in spam and other attacks. Cloudflare was recognized by the World Economic Forum as a Technology Pioneer and named to Entrepreneur Magazine’s Top Company Cultures list.
We realize people do not fit into neat boxes. We are looking for curious and empathetic individuals who are committed to developing themselves and learning new skills, and we are ready to help you do that. We cannot complete our mission without building a diverse and inclusive team. We hire the best people based on an evaluation of their potential and support them throughout their time at Cloudflare. Come join us!
About the Role
We are seeking a Data Centre Selection Analyst to improve the quality and unit cost and grow the size and number of our colocation sites/PoPs, and help us understand where on the map Cloudflare’s infrastructure needs to go next. You will unlock efficiency within our vendor partner portfolio by understanding how to structure contracts to follow demand, keeping abreast of unique market dynamics and insights that help us negotiate, and managing vendor partner relationships to know where to invest and partner further with existing or new partners. We are looking for someone who excels at progressing many projects in parallel, managing dynamic day to day priorities with many stakeholders, and has experience implementing and refining sourcing best practices in a high growth environment. Getting stuff done is a must!
The Data Centre Site Selection team is part of Cloudflare’s global Infrastructure (INF) team. The INF team grows and manages Cloudflare’s global data centre/PoP footprint, enabling Cloudflare’s tremendous growth with compute, network, and data centre infrastructure, utilizing an extensive range of global partner vendors.
What you get to do in this role:
- Own deals end to end involving new and existing data centre vendors and sites to support Cloudflare’s infrastructure growth including planning, RFP, commercial negotiation and execution
- Work cross-functionally with data centre operations teams, capacity planning, network strategy and security teams to understand requirements and project timelines
- Expert point of contact for internal business customers & external colocation partner vendors as needed
- Contribute information to annual data centre budget for effective tracking and benchmarking of infrastructure costs
- Review colocation spend & invoices for management approval and work with AP team to ensure timely vendor partner payments
- Other duties as assigned
Skills/Experience:
- 3+ years in planning and managing data centre footprints within a fast moving enterprise technology organisation or cloud services, software or colocation company
- Ability to multi-ta