This role pays more than
99%
of similar roles. Most pay
$147,500–$204,979
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$388k
versus about
$176k
for comparable roles.
Based on 239 similar postings.
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About Elastic
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.
Elastic currently has
240 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$133,100–$210,600
across 91 roles with salary data.
VP, Threat Research - Security Intelligence serves as a senior individual contributor leader within the Elastic Security team, responsible for owning the research agenda and acting as the public voice for the organization's findings. The role involves defining detection agendas across SIEM, endpoint security, threat research, and security ML while determining investment priorities for malware detection, ransomware protections, and AI-driven capabilities. This individual will shape the publishing strategy for Elastic Security Labs and represent the company at conferences and with analysts to advance perspectives on open, transparent security. The position requires deep technical expertise in detection engineering and security ML, alongside skills in public communication and community engagement. The work focuses on solving complex problems regarding modern threat detection, prevention, and the evolving impact of AI on both security research and attacker behaviors.
Threat Intelligence
AI
Large Language Models
MITRE ATT&CK
Cyber Kill Chain
Diamond Model
Python
PowerShell
C#
C++
Reverse-engineering
Anomaly Detection
Vulnerability Research
Network Protocols
Incident Response