Senior Business Analyst, Elastic
IT Transformation
$94.3-179.2k
+ Elastic's stock program. Salary varies depending on location
Open source platform powering search, observability, security, and more
Job no longer available
Open source platform powering search, observability, security, and more
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$94.3-179.2k
+ Elastic's stock program. Salary varies depending on location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To help turn endless data possibilities into real results with the power of Search AI.
Role
Who you are
- This role is for you if you enjoy having a high degree of responsibility for turning ambiguous problems into actionable requirements
- You are inquisitive, build strong relationships with team members, and proactively tackle problems
- You have superb communication and project-management skills, and are able to clearly explain complex concepts through speech, writing, and visuals
- 3-5 years of proven experience in a business analyst or similar role
- Solid understanding of business process analysis, requirements gathering, and system documentation
- Adept at identifying technical faults and capable of drawing on past experiences to drive improvements
- BS or BA, or equivalent working experience
- Project Management experience
- Experience with agile software delivery methodologies such as Scrum
- Strong problem solving and analytical/critical thinking skills needed, as well as exceptional written and verbal communication skills
- Versatility, flexibility, and a willingness to work within constantly evolving priorities in a fast growing company
- Successful in dealing with company personnel at all levels
- Ability to work independently
Desirable
- Experience with business transformation or organizational change initiatives
- Familiarity with automation or workflow tools (e.g. Zapier, Keep, Tines)
- Strong data analysis and visualization skills (e.g. Tableau or Kibana)
- Experience collaborating with multi-functional teams like IT, HR, Legal, and Finance
- Experience supporting change adoption or training initiatives
- Awareness of industry trends in IT and corporate functions to provide forward-looking recommendations
- Agile Certifications
- PMP
What the job involves
- As a Business Analyst, IT Transformation, you will play a key role in defining, driving, and collaborating on Corporate Functions projects across various business units, particularly IT, Legal, HR, and InfoSec
- This role will partner and collaborate with business leaders and employees to make decisions using data, document business processes and requirements, and recommend features that improve an Elastician's experience, drive automation, scale processes, and encourage innovation
- Work with internal customers to analyze sophisticated business processes, capture current and future state, and build business requirements documents. Use data to make decisions as well as to define and measure project success post launch
- Identify bottlenecks and inefficiencies, and recommend changes that improve responsiveness, introduce automation, or enhance end user experience
- Plan and lead workshops that drive team member alignment and drive gap analysis conversations
- Communicate regularly with partners to ensure that all parties have a shared understanding of project goals, requirements, and success metrics
- Develop and maintain detailed documentation, including use cases, process flowcharts, and requirements, ensuring consistency and transparency across system implementations
- Provide domain expertise on current state processes and problems to help identify gaps and opportunities; stay up-to-date about industry news to make informed recommendations
- Interpret data from a variety of sources, and identify patterns and trends
- Validate that proposed solutions meet the business requirements
- Define test scripts for your defined workflows impacted within UAT
- Support the Corporate Function program and broader IT roadmap and high-level strategy
- Be involved in multiple projects within the program
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.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
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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