Director of Infrastructure, Elastic
Software that searches and analyses data in real time
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Software that searches and analyses data in real time
1001+ employees
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1001+ employees
Company mission
To build software to make data usable in real-time and at scale for search, logging, security, and analytics use cases.
Role
Who you are
- Proven experience in a senior infrastructure role, preferably within a Cloud SaaS environment
- Strong leadership skills with a track record of building and managing high-performing teams
- Expertise in cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) and related technologies
- In-depth knowledge of distributed systems, architecture, security, and compliance standards
- Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to think strategically and execute methodically
- Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively across teams
- Passion for innovation and staying up-to-date with the latest industry trends and technologies
What the job involves
- As the Director of Infrastructure and SRE, you will be the cornerstone of our infrastructure strategy, ensuring our cloud-based services are robust, scalable, and efficient
- You will lead a diverse team of infrastructure engineers, collaborate with multi-functional teams, and drive the adoption of best practices to maintain and improve our infrastructure
- Strategic Leadership: Develop and execute a forward-thinking infrastructure strategy that supports our business goals and scales with our growth
- Team Management: Lead, mentor, and inspire a high-performing team of infrastructure engineers, fostering a culture of innovation and excellence
- Cloud Infrastructure: Oversee the design, implementation, and maintenance of our cloud-based infrastructure, ensuring optimal performance, security, and cost-efficiency
- Collaboration: Work closely with product, engineering, and operations teams to align infrastructure initiatives with business objectives and customer needs
- Security and Compliance: Ensure our infrastructure adheres to industry security standards and compliance requirements, implementing best practices and proactive measures
- Performance Optimization: Monitor and analyze infrastructure performance, identifying areas for improvement and implementing solutions to enhance efficiency and reliability
- Disaster Recovery: Develop and maintain comprehensive disaster recovery and business continuity plans to minimize downtime and data loss
- Vendor Management: Manage relationships with cloud service providers and other vendors
Our take
Elastic develops the Elastic Stack, an open-source set of tools that includes Elasticsearch, Kibana, Beats, and Logstash, designed for data search and analysis. It also offers X-Pack, which adds commercial features to the Elastic Stack, and Elastic Cloud, a suite of SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) products.
This technology is widely used by major companies like eBay, Wikipedia, Yelp, Uber, Lyft, Tinder, and Netflix, along with over 17,000 other organizations. It is applied in various use cases, including application and website search, enterprise search, logging, infrastructure monitoring, application performance management (APM), security analytics (enhancing SIEM applications), and business analytics.
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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 values
- Customer, 1st: Our customers, our community, are the heart of everything we do. In our actions. In our products. And in the experiences we create for them. Our passion for our users translates into their passion for Elastic
- Home, Dinner: Elastic empowers you with the flexibility. Be home for dinner, go for a run midday, care for a sick child, or visit a parent. We get it
- Space, Time: It’s easy to get stuck in a day-to-day work pattern. We want you to take the time to dream the un-obvious
- IT, Depends: It can be complicated to make new things possible. When a question is asked, buckle up. Your journey will likely start with "it depends"
- Progress, SIMPLE Perfection: Perfection is not a destination. An Elastic that moves is an Elastic that survives, thrives, and stands the test of time
- 01.02,/FORMAT: Our products are distributed by design. Our company is distributed by intention. Appreciate the view, culture, and language of others
- As YOU, Are: We all come in different shapes with different interests and skills. We all have an accent. Celebrate it. Just come as you are. No need to invest neurons trying to fit an arbitrary mold
- HUMBLE, Ambitious: Challenge yourself and the people around you to do better. Don’t be an asshole. Be humble. Be ambitious. At Elastic, we are both
- Speed, Scale, Relevance: Elastic is a search company. We produce relevant, fast results that operate at scale. This is our DNA. It’s what defines us, binds us, and makes us unique
Company HQ
Union Square, San Francisco, CA
Articles
Leadership
Shay Banon
(Co-Founder & CTO)Previously held the position of Technology Director at GigaSpaces Technologies.
Simon Willnauer
(Co-Founder)Previously spent 13 years at The Apache Software Foundation, holding various positions such as VP Apache Lucene and Lucene Core Commiter and PMC Member.
Uri Boness
(Co-Founder)Previously worked as a Software Architect and Head of Search at Orange11 for 7 years.
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