Staff Cloud & Infrastructure Architect

Datasite and its associated businesses are the global center for facilitating economic value creation for companies across the globe. From data rooms to AI deal sourcing and more. Here you’ll find the finest technological pioneers: Datasite, Blueflame AI, Grata, and Sherpany. They all, collectively, define the future for business growth. Apply for one position or as many as you like. Talent doesn’t always just go in one direction or fit in a single box. We’re happy to see whatever your superpower is and find the best place for it to flourish. Get started now, we look forward to meeting you.. Job Description We are looking for a Staff Infrastructure Architect in our Minneapolis or NYC office to own multi-cloud infrastructure architecture, Kubernetes platform strategy, and high availability across a product-led engineering organization of roughly 250 engineers. This is a staff level individual-contributor role with broad technical influence and no direct reports. You will partner closely with engineering teams/leaders to anticipate infrastructure needs, shape platform strategy, and ensure the environment is ready for growth before capacity, reliability, or integration challenges become blockers. The role is highly technical, with a focus on multi-cloud architecture, Kubernetes at scale, infrastructure-as-code, and maintaining a 99.95% uptime target. You will also play a key role in acquisition integration, architecture standards, and evaluating AI tooling that improves infrastructure and operational productivity. What You'll Do Multi-Cloud Architecture Own multi-cloud architecture across AWS, GCP, and Azure, including workload placement, network topology, resilience, and platform designDesign connectivity patterns such as VPC/VNet peering, transit, and hybrid networkingBalance portability, resilience, cloud-native capabilities, and costEstablish cloud cost visibility and governance without slowing engineering delivery Kubernetes & Platform Engineering Own Kubernetes architecture at scale, including cluster topology, multi-cluster and multi-cloud strategy, scheduling, autoscaling, and multi-tenancyDefine the platform primitives engineering teams build onOwn the infrastructure-as-code foundation, using Terraform or equivalent technologies High Availability & Reliability Design and validate multi-region, multi-AZ, failover, and disaster recovery patterns that support a 99.95% uptime targetLead capacity and resilience planning by modeling growth and failure scenarios before they become production issuesPartner on incident postmortems and drive architectural remediation where needed Developer Partnership Work directly with engineering teams to understand roadmap needs 2–3+ quarters aheadTranslate upcoming product, traffic, and scaling requirements into infrastructure plansEnsure capacity, networking, and platform capabilities are in place before teams are blocked Acquisition Integration Support technical due diligence for acquisition targets, including architecture, technical debt, and integration riskDevelop integration blueprints and migration plans with a target of onboarding acquired systems within 90 daysHelp determine which acquired systems should be replatformed, integrated, wrapped, or retired Technical Leadership Establish lightweight architecture standards that improve consistency and reliability without creating unnecessary processServe as a technical thought partner to Directors, senior engineers, and platform teamsMentor senior and Staff-level engineers on architecture and system designEvaluate AI tooling for infrastructure automation, code generation, and operational workflows What You'll Bring Must-Have 10+ years of infrastructure or platform engineering experience, including significant architecture ownership at scaleDeep production experience designing and operating across at least two major cloud providers, such as AWS, GCP, or AzureStrong Kubernetes platform experience, including cluster topology, multi-cluster strategy, and platform-level architectureExperience designing highly available systems, including multi-region, multi-AZ, failover, and disaster recoveryStrong infrastructure-as-code experience with Terraform or similar toolsDemonstrated ability to anticipate infrastructure and capacity needs before they become blockersExperience influencing technical direction across teams without formal authorityDirect experience with M&A technical due diligence and post-acquisition system integration Nice-to-Have Experience with enterprise architecture, including data, integration, or security architectureExperience supporting AI/ML infrastructure or AI-enabled engineering workflowsExperience in a PE-backed or acquisition-heavy organizationFamiliarity with enterprise architecture frameworks such as TOGAF Work Location & Flexibility This position will be based in our Minneapolis or New York City locations and follows a hybrid work model. Employees in these locations are expected to work on-site a minimum of two days per week. The base salary range represents the estimated low and high end for this position based on a good faith assessment of the role and market data at the time of posting. Consistent with applicable law, each candidate’s compensation offer may vary and will be determined based on but not limited to, your geographic region, skills, qualifications, and experience along with the requirements of the position. This position may be eligible for bonuses, commissions, or overtime if applicable. Benefits include health insurance (medical, dental, vision), a retirement savings plan, paid time off, and other employee benefits. Specific details will be provided during the interview process. Datasite reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. $141,700.00 - $247,700.00 Our company is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workforce where all individuals are respected and valued. We are an equal opportunity employer and make all employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. We encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds and are dedicated to building teams that reflect the diversity of our communities.