InfoSec -Principal Information Security Architect

Elastic, the Search AI Company, enables everyone to find the answers they need in real time, using all their data, at scale — unleashing the potential of businesses and people. The Elastic Search AI Platform, used by more than 50% of the Fortune 500, brings together the precision of search and the intelligence of AI to enable everyone to accelerate the results that matter. By taking advantage of all structured and unstructured data — securing and protecting private information more effectively — Elastic’s complete, cloud-based solutions for search, security, and observability help organizations deliver on the promise of AI.

What is The Role

We’re always on the search for amazing people. People who have a real passion for what they do and are masters at their craft. We are looking for a Principal Information Security Architect to join our Information Security (InfoSec) team. The InfoSec team leads the strategy, policy, and programs for information security company-wide. Our responsibilities include risk management, customer trust, recommending, developing and implementing security controls, preventing and detecting security threats, and handling incident response. We do all of this in a globally distributed company, fully remote, highly async and thinking differently about how we best achieve critical information security objectives.

• Do you have experience defining and delivering cybersecurity strategies and solutions in a cloud native company?
• Do you thrive in an environment that encourages innovation, automation, and data driven decisions?

This could be your dream job, and we'd love to meet you!

What You Will Be Doing

• Evolving and maturing Elastic’s Information Security programs, by defining, developing and implementing modern security solutions.
• Delivering security services built on a modern InfoSec Architecture, powered by data, automation and metrics.
• Owning and driving projects and maturity initiatives end-to-end to continuously improve and mature the Elastic control environment.
• Extensively using Elastic products in support of the InfoSec mission, providing valuable "Customer Zero" feedback and improvement requests to Elastic product teams.

What You Bring 

• Proven experience as a Senior Security Architect or Engineer in a global, multi-cloud environment.
• Broad knowledge of cybersecurity and networking fundamentals
• Strong understanding of modern cloud security principles and security tooling, including (as examples) SIEM, Cloud Security Posture Management, SaaS Data Loss Prevention, and Cloud Identity & Access Management.
• Ability and keenness to drive projects from ideation to implementation, while leading vendor relationship and influencing internal teams for adoption.
• Experience planning, building and operating security solutions as part of a highly integrated and automated security architecture, possibly with AI.
• A passion for engineering security solutions using cloud native technologies and modern engineering practices like Infrastructure-as-Code and Compliance-as-Code.
• Bonus points if your experience includes production usage of Elastic products at scale.
• Double Bonus if you have the experience above in a growing SaaS company!

Compensation for this role is in the form of base salary.  This role does not have a variable compensation component.  

The typical starting salary range for new hires in this role is listed below.  In select locations (including Seattle WA, Los Angeles CA, the San Francisco Bay Area CA, and the New York City Metro Area), an alternate range may apply as specified below. 

These ranges represent the lowest to highest salary we reasonably and in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting.  We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range, and the ranges may be modified in the future.  

An employee's position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs.

Elastic believes that employees should have the opportunity to share in the value that we create together for our shareholders. Therefore, in addition to cash compensation, this role is currently eligible to participate in Elastic's stock program.  Our total rewards package also includes a company-matched 401k with dollar-for-dollar matching up to 6% of eligible earnings, along with a range of other benefits offered with a holistic emphasis on employee well-being.

The typical starting salary range for this role is:$159,800