Solutions Architect

Elastic is a search company that powers enterprise search, observability, and security solutions built on one technology stack that can be deployed anywhere. From finding documents to monitoring infrastructure to hunting for threats, Elastic makes data usable in real time and at scale. Thousands of organizations worldwide, including Barclays, Cisco, eBay, Fairfax, ING, Goldman Sachs, Microsoft, The Mayo Clinic, NASA, The New York Times, Wikipedia, and Verizon, use Elastic to power critically important systems. Founded in 2012, Elastic is a distributed company with Elasticians around the globe. Learn more at elastic.co

Do you desire making a real impact, mentoring colleagues and being the "go to" person because of your product knowledge and industry skills?

As a Security Specialist Solutions Architect at Elastic you will serve as a technical authority for our security solutions and trusted advisor to our sales team, fellow SAs, customers, partners and community. With expansive knowledge of security operations gained either from working within this field or from working in pre-sales roles selling to security operations. A successful Security Specialist at Elastic is passionate about continuous improvement, taking the initiative to advance themselves and the team through learning, sharing and challenging the status quo!

What You Will Be Doing

• Serving as the security solution product specialist for other Solution Architects and account managers in your assigned territory.
• Developing and maintaining a deep understanding of the Elastic Security products and solutions to demonstrate the value of our offerings in sales meetings, and at events such as meetups and conferences.
• Growing the security skills and expanding the knowledge of colleagues.
• Demonstrating thought leadership by blogging, crafting collateral and speaking at events in collaboration with other Elasticians.
• Becoming trusted advisor of the customer and community to communicate needs, gaps, and improvements to our engineering and leadership teams.

What You Bring 

• Hands-on experience of success in security operations either as a seller in technical presales role, or as a practitioner working within a SOC or security operations team. Possess an adversary mindset.
• A real passion for being curious and a continuous learner. You are someone that invests in yourself as much as you invest in your professional relationships.
• Track record of successful customer relations where you developed an understanding of what made a difference, and devised architectures that helped meet a goal, tackle a problem, or outpace competitors.
• An ability to influence. Have you more than once convinced a team you worked for, of an idea, technology, or architectural pattern?
• The ability to inspire and encourage groups, both large and small!
• A willingness to travel 30% within region, as well as occasionally internationally

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

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