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 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.
What You Will Be Doing:
- 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.
What You Will Bring:
- 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.
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 minimum of 16 weeks of parental leave
Different people approach problems differently. We need that. Elastic is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. 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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