Senior Platform Engineer, Security

Elastic is hiring a Senior Platform Engineer, Security to join our fully remote team in the United States. As a Senior Platform Engineer, Security, you'll keep our infrastructure reliable, scalable, and secure. This is a freelance, work-from-home role open to candidates across the US (Remote — US (EST)). About the role You'll keep our infrastructure reliable, scalable, and secure, partnering with a friendly, distributed team across US time zones. We care about outcomes over hours and give you the autonomy, tools, and support to do your best work from home. What you'll do: • Improve observability, alerting, and reliability • Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure as code • Automate deployments and reduce operational toil • Partner with engineering on scalability and security • Monitor systems and respond to incidents What we offer: • Home office and wellness stipends • Flexible working hours across US time zones • Paid parental leave • Generous paid time off and company holidays • 100% remote, work-from-anywhere-in-the-US culture How we work We're remote-first and async-friendly. Expect clear documentation, regular feedback, supportive teammates, and real opportunities to grow your career. Elastic is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for everyone.

Minimum qualifications: • 5+ years of relevant experience • On-call and incident response experience • Scripting skills (Bash, Python, or Go) • Strong troubleshooting skills • Hands-on with Kubernetes, Terraform, or similar Nice to have: • Experience working in a fully remote or distributed team • Familiarity with modern collaboration tools (Slack, Notion, Linear)