Platform - Senior Cloud Security Engineer

Elasticsearch B.V.; United (PA); Remote; USD 154,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading cloud solutions provider is looking for a Senior Cloud Security Engineer to work collaboratively in a fast-paced environment. Responsibilities include managing vulnerabilities, access automation, and designing security controls across various cloud platforms. The ideal candidate has strong critical thinking and interpersonal skills, with experience in AWS, Azure, and GCP. This position offers competitive compensation and a comprehensive benefits package.

Benefits

Health coverage

Flexible work schedules

Generous vacation days

Parental leave

Volunteer time off

401k matching

Qualifications

• Experience operating in a multi-cloud environment.
• Familiarity with automation tools in cloud environments.
• Excellent communication skills for team collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Work in a collaborative team environment.
• Manage vulnerabilities and access automation.
• Design and maintain security controls across multi-cloud platforms.

Skills

Critical thinking

Interpersonal skills

Problem solving

Cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP)

Automation familiarity

Tools

Hashicorp Vault

Terraform

Ansible

GitHub

Job description

Overview

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

We are looking for a Senior Cloud Security Engineer that has experience operating in a multi-cloud environment along with a fast paced engineering and development team.

What You Will Be Doing

• Working as part of an open, fast paced and highly collaborative team environment with software like Hashicorp Vault, Terraform, and Ansible.
• Responsible for efforts involving vulnerability management, access automation, and continuous control monitoring.
• Collaboration with talented engineers and developers to deploy into new environments with security in mind.
• Designing, implementing, and maintaining controls for a large-multi cloud environment leveraging AWS, Azure, GCP, and IBM.

What You Bring

• You are a critical thinker and are passionate about learning and growing your skillset and love to openly share your experiences with the team
• You've had exposure to Cloud environments like AWS, Azure, and GCP and are familiar with automation in these environment
• You can operate within a GitHub driven organization and are comfortable communicating to large audiences over email and in real time with chat programs such as Slack or video "face-to-face" in Zoom.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, an outstanding team member mentality, with strong analytical, problem solving, debugging and troubleshooting skills

Bonus Points

• Your approach to security is pragmatic - you think of the right solutions that meet security standards but are creative as to not hinder development and engineering progress
• You love to learn new things and strive to continuously learn and challenge yourself and others
• You feel comfortable working in a remote environment and can communicate both synchronously and asynchronously with a team that's distributed across multiple time zones
• Background in coding with languages such as GoLang, Python, and familiarity with Java and Scala

Compensation and Benefits

Compensation for this role is in the form of base salary. This role does not have a variable compensation component.

The typical starting salary range for new hires in this role is listed below. In select locations (including Seattle WA, Los Angeles CA, the San Francisco Bay Area CA, and the New York City Metro Area), an alternate range may apply as specified below.

These ranges represent the lowest to highest salary we reasonably and in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range, and the ranges may be modified in the future.

An employee's position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs.

Elastic believes that employees should have the opportunity to share in the value that we create together for our shareholders. Therefore, in addition to cash compensation, this role is currently eligible to participate in Elastic's stock program. Our total rewards package also includes a company-matched 401k with dollar-for-dollar matching up to 6% of eligible earnings, along with a range of other benefits offered with a holistic emphasis on employee well-being.

The typical starting salary range for this role is:

$154,800—$190,000 USD

The typical starting salary range for this role in the select locations listed above is:

$154,800—$190,000 USD

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 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 [e-mail]. We will reply to your request within 24 business hours of submission.

Applicants have rights under Federal Employment Laws, view posters linked below: Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) Poster; Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision Poster; Employee Polygraph Protection Act (EPPA) Poster and Know Your Rights (Poster)