Senior Solutions Architect, Elastic
SLED Chicago / Indianapolis
$153.5-242.9k
OTE
$107.5-170.1k
BASE
+ Stock program
Open source platform powering search, observability, security, and more
Posted today
Open source platform powering search, observability, security, and more
1001+ employees
Posted today
$153.5-242.9k
OTE
$107.5-170.1k
BASE
+ Stock program
1001+ employees
Company mission
To help turn endless data possibilities into real results with the power of Search AI.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field AND 3+ years of proven experience in technology solutions, practice development, architecture, consulting, and/or cloud/infrastructure technologies
- Professional experience in architecting/operating solutions built on one or more cloud service providers like AWS, Azure, or GCP
- Experience with cloud solutions, virtual platforms, software development, and operational management practices
- 6+ years of experience in specific technology domain areas (e.g., software development, cloud computing, systems engineering, infrastructure, security, networking, data & analytics)
- Implementation experience with SaaS platforms using web technologies (TCP/IP, HTTP, HTML, JavaScript, RESTful APIs), particularly cloud-based, high-performance solutions
- A track record of success in a technical presales role—enough experience selling and implementing technology to earn your customer’s trust
- A demonstrable ability to articulate and sell the benefits of modern platforms, software and technologies
- 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
- A history 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 groups, both large and small
- A willingness to travel 40% within region, as well as occasionally internationally
What the job involves
- As a SLED Sr Solutions Architect at Elastic you will serve as a technical authority and trusted advisor to our sales team, customers, partners and community
- You will understand and solve our customer’s business issues with the Elastic Stack, engage the regional Elastic community through events and programs, and enable sales through our Partners
- A successful SA at Elastic will be focused on excellence; taking the initiative to improve both themselves and the team through continuous learning and questioning the status quo
- Serving as the technical point of contact for your accounts and account managers in your assigned territory
- Building a comprehensive understanding of customers’ goals and objectives, and articulating how our offerings address their needs
- Creating and owning value-based relationships at all levels in customer organizations
- Actively participating in all phases of planning and execution for your territory, from initial discovery to the technical win
- Developing and maintaining a deep understanding of the Elastic products and solutions to demonstrate the value of our offerings in sales meetings, and at events such as meetups and conferences
- Advising the sales team on effective ways of positioning Elastic products, solutions and services
- Onboarding, educating and enabling our partners, and supporting them in sales cycles
- Crafting collateral, contributing to programs and collaborating with other Elasticians to meet individual client needs
- Being the voice of the customer and community to communicate needs, gaps, and improvements to our engineering and leadership teams
- Deepening both your sales and technical skills through education while taking advantage of all the professional development opportunities provided by Elastic
Our take
Organizations are dealing with exploding data volumes increasingly sophisticated cyber threats, and the growing expectation tha ttechnology should help act on problems, not just report them. Ai is moving from experimentation into real operations, especially in security and observability where speed and context are critical. So now, both enterprises and governments are looking for simpler, shared platforms that sale easily and reduce complexity rather than add to it.
And Elastic sits at the intersection of these needs with its Search AI Platform that helps organizations turn large amounts of structured and unstructured data into clear insights and actiontions across search, security, and observability. Elastic's strength lies in its open, flexible approach, which breaks down data silos and provides a context people and AI systems need to make daster, better decisions. The goal is straightforward: help teams see what's happening, understand it quickly, and respond confidently.
Recently, the company worked with CISA to deliver a unified, cloud-based SIEM for US federal agencies, this highlights strong trust in Elastic's security and scalability. Alongside this, its AWS Agentic AI Specialization also reflects leadership in making autonomous AI system practical and reliable. Together, these milestones position Elastic well for the future, as organizations increasingly rely on shared platforms and intelligent systems to manage ris, complexity, and growth.
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Insights
8% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Jul 2016
$58m
SERIES D
Jun 2014
$70m
SERIES C
Total funding: $162m
Company benefits
- Toast to your health: Fully paid health coverage for you and your family, in many locations.
- Craft your calendar: Flexible location and schedule for most roles.
- Create space for you: Distributed by design workforce, plus generous number of vacation days each year.
- Embrace parenthood: Minimum of 16 weeks of parental leave, plus generous family formation benefits.
- Give back your time: 40 hours each year to use toward volunteering with organizations and causes you’re passionate about.
- Amplify your impact: Double your charitable giving — we match donations up to $1500 USD (or local currency equivalent).
Company HQ
Union Square, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Ashutosh Kulkarni
(CEO)Ashutosh joined Elastic in 2021 as CPO, becoming CEO in 2022. Prior to this, he was an EVP and CPO of Enterprise at McAfee, a Senior VP and GM of Web Performance and Web Security at Akamai Technologies, and a Senior VP and GM of Informatica Cloud at Informatica.
Shay Banon
(Co-Founder & CTO)Shay co-founded Elastic in 2012 and has served as the CTO since.
Navam Welihinda
(CFO)Prior to joining Elastic in 2025, Navam was the CFO at Grammarly. He also spent nearly 8 years at HashiCorp as VP of Finance and CFO and was the Head of Finance, Compose at IBM for 1 year.
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