# Services Architect 3 - Denver

**Company:** [Datadog](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/datadog)
**Location:** Denver, CO
**Role:** Solutions Architecture
**Salary:** $120k – $180k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** AWS, Azure, GCP, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins, Python, Java
**Posted:** 2026-04-13

> Designs and leads Datadog platform implementations for customers, developing technical roadmaps, guiding onboarding, writing automation, and collaborating across teams. Requires 5+ years as Architect/Consultant with hands-on cloud, IaC, CI/CD, and programming experience.

## Job Description

## What You’ll Do

- Design and guide execution of Datadog implementations, including gathering requirements, building technical architecture, and supporting deployment and launch
- Guide customer onboarding through co-development working sessions and assist when they run into roadblocks
- Write automation and design architecture for deployment templates
- Manage the operation of implementation projects
- Collaborate with other teams, including Customer Success, Technical Account Management, and Sales to deliver an exceptional onboarding experience

## Who You Are

- Experience designing and delivering technical solutions for DevOps Monitoring or architecture systems
- Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (**AWS**, **Azure**, **GCP**) and compute technologies (**EC2**, serverless, **VMware**, VMs, **Docker**, **Kubernetes**)
- Experience with Config Management, IaC and CI/CD tools, including **Ansible**, **Puppet**, **Terraform**, **Chef**, **Jenkins**, **CircleCI**, **GitHub Actions**, **Azure Pipelines**
- Experience programming/scripting with any of the following: **Java**, **Python**, **Ruby**, **Go**, **Node.js**, **PHP**, **.NET**
- Successful track record with **5+ years** experience as an Architect or Consultant in a professional services team

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