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Senior Solutions Architect - Ottawa

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As a Senior Solutions Architect, you will provide technical expertise to sales teams and customers, design implementations, and advise on best practices to ensure successful adoption of Elastic solutions.
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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:

Are you looking to make a real impact and play a meaningful role in the growth of our company?

As a Senior Solutions Architect at Elastic you will serve as a technical authority and trusted advisor to our sales team, customers, partners and community. You will understand and solve our customer’s business issues with the Elastic Stack, engage the regional Elastic community through events and programs, and enable sales through our Partners. A successful SA at Elastic will be focused on excellence; taking the initiative to improve both themselves and the team through continuous learning and questioning the status quo.

What You Will Be Doing:

  • Serve as the go-to technical expert for customers and account teams, guiding them in designing and implementing Elastic solutions.
  • Develop a deep understanding of customers’ goals and challenges, aligning Elastic’s capabilities to deliver maximum value.
  • Advise customers on best practices, solution architectures, and adoption strategies to ensure long-term success.
  • Support sales teams with deep technical expertise, product demonstrations, and proof-of-value engagements.
  • Represent Elastic at conferences, meetups, and technical workshops, building relationships and driving product adoption.
  • Enable and support channel partners in sales cycles, ensuring they’re equipped to position and implement Elastic’s solutions.
  • Stay ahead of industry trends, contribute to internal knowledge-sharing, and help evolve best practices.
  • Act as the voice of customers and partners, providing feedback to Elastic’s product and engineering teams to enhance offerings.

What You Bring:

  • A strong track record in a technical pre-sales, solutions engineering, or consulting role, successfully guiding customers from problem discovery to solution adoption.
  • Hands-on experience with modern software platforms, cloud architectures, and distributed systems. Knowledge of Elasticsearch, observability, security, or search solutions is a plus.
  • Strong communication skills with the ability to engage both technical and business stakeholders, articulate complex concepts clearly, and inspire confidence.
  • A passion for understanding customer challenges and crafting solutions that drive business impact.
  • A continuous learning mindset, with curiosity and drive to stay up-to-date with emerging technologies and industry trends.
  • Comfort with public speaking and the ability to present to audiences of all sizes, from small teams to large conference settings.
  • Willingness to travel up to 30% within the region, with occasional international travel.

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Compensation for this role is in the form of base salary plus a variable component, that together comprise the On-Target Earnings (OTE).  The OTE is based on a 70/30 pay mix (base salary / target variable).  

The typical starting base salary, variable and OTE range for new hires in this role is listed below.  The OTE range represents the lowest to highest OTE 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 range may be modified in the future.  

An employee's position within the OTE 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 Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) 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:

$134,700$213,100 CAD

The typical starting Target Variable range for this role is:

$57,700$91,300 CAD

The typical starting On-Target Earnings (OTE) range for this role is:

$192,400$304,400 CAD

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/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.

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)

Elasticsearch develops and distributes encryption software and technology that is subject to U.S. export controls and licensing requirements for individuals who are located in or are nationals of the following sanctioned countries and regions: Belarus, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Russia, Syria, the Crimea Region of Ukraine, the Donetsk People’s Republic (“DNR”), and the Luhansk People’s Republic (“LNR”). If you are located in or are a national of one of the listed countries or regions, an export license may be required as a condition of your employment in this role. Please note that national origin and/or nationality do not affect eligibility for employment with Elastic.

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