Consulting Architect, Security

Elastic

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Canberra, Australia
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18 days ago
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Elastic is the company behind Elasticsearch and the Elastic Stack (Elasticsearch, Kibana, Beats, and Logstash). It sells search, observability, and security products built on that search engine, primarily through its Elastic Cloud managed service.

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TL;DR · Consulting Architect, Security

As a Consulting Architect - Security, you will join the Services, Engineering, and Sales teams to deliver high-impact solutions for customers. You will analyze complex business pain points, design architectural roadmaps, and lead technical workshops to implement Elastic products into intricate platform architectures. Your daily responsibilities include data onboarding, configuration, query optimization, cluster tuning, and performing technical audits or migrations to solve critical cyber security problems. The role requires expertise in the MITRE ATT&CK framework and experience with tools like Splunk or QRadar. You will utilize technologies including Linux, Python, JavaScript, Go, Chef, Puppet, and infrastructure automation across AWS, Azure, GCP, or OpenStack environments. You will also manage data modeling, networking, containerization, and serverless systems to provide outcome-based security solutions while collaborating with internal teams to drive product enhancements and feature improvements.

What you'll do

  • Analyze customer business pain points and technical challenges to design tailored Elastic solution architectures.
  • Create and manage project roadmaps for enterprise customers across complex environments.
  • Lead technical workshops including whiteboarding, hands-on mentoring, and solution development.
  • Perform hands-on deployment of Elastic products, including data onboarding, configuration, and API integration.
  • Optimize data modeling, query performance, and cluster scaling for high-volume search and analytics.
  • Conduct technical audits, platform migrations, and capacity planning in mission-critical environments.
  • Resolve complex customer issues related to platform configuration, data management, and cybersecurity.
  • Collaborate with internal engineering and product teams to identify feature enhancements and resolve defects.

What we're looking for

  • Minimum of 5 years as a Consulting Architect or senior IT functional leadership experience.
  • History of working as a Consultant delivering professional services engagements.
  • Solid experience deploying Elastic Security solutions or at least 2 years as a Security Analyst using SIEM or endpoint security applications.
  • Hands-on experience in Linux and on-prem/cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, GCP, or Openstack.
  • Experience with programming or scripting languages such as Python, Javascript, Go, or Chef/Puppet.
  • Knowledge of the MITRE ATT&CK framework and fundamental understanding of security tool capabilities.
  • Strong communication skills to articulate business value to C-level stakeholders and lead technical workshops.
  • BS in Computer Science or related field; certifications in Information Security and Elastic Certified Engineer certification (preferred).

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