Solution Architect (Pre-sales)

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:

As a Solution Architect (Pre-sales) at Elastic, you help customers and partners design, implement, and optimize solutions using the Elastic Stack. Working closely with our Inside Sales team you act as a technical expert, guiding them through architecture decisions, deployment strategies, and best practices.

What You Will Be Doing:

• Collaborate with account teams to understand customer requirements.
• Conduct technical discovery sessions and solution workshops.
• Design architectures for search, observability, and security use cases.
• Deliver product demonstrations and proof-of-concepts.
• Assist with deployment planning and configuration.
• Provide guidance on scaling, performance tuning, and security.
• Document solutions and share technical knowledge internally and externally.

What You Bring:

• Solid understanding of distributed systems and data indexing/search.
• Experience in a technical customer-facing role.
• Ability to map business needs to technical solutions.
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Fluent in English.

Bonus Points:

• Experience with the Elastic Stack (Elasticsearch, Kibana, Beats, Logstash) or similar technologies.
• Experience in observability, security analytics, or enterprise search.
• Knowledge of scripting or programming (Python, Java, etc.).
• Understanding of DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines.

Additional Information - We Take Care of Our People:

As a distributed company, diversity drives our identity. Whether you’re looking to launch a new career or grow an existing one, Elastic is the type of company where you can balance great work with great life. Your age is only a number. It doesn’t matter if you’re just out of college or your children are; we need you for what you can do.

We strive to have parity of benefits across regions, and while regulations differ from place to place, we believe taking care of our people is the right thing to do.

• Competitive pay based on the work you do here and not your previous salary
• Health coverage for you and your family in many locations
• Ability to craft your calendar with flexible locations and schedules for many roles
• Generous number of vacation days each year
• Increase your impact - We match up to $2000 (or local currency equivalent) for financial donations and service
• Up to 40 hours each year to use toward volunteer projects you love
• Embracing parenthood with a minimum of 16 weeks of parental leave

Different people approach problems differently. We need that. Elastic is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to creating an inclusive culture that celebrates different perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law, ordinance or regulation.

We welcome individuals with disabilities and strive to create an accessible and inclusive experience for all individuals. To request an accommodation during the application or the recruiting process, please email [email protected]. We will reply to your request within 24 business hours of submission.

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