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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? The role will be tasked with developing and maintaining our Application Hosting Infrastructure on Kubernetes in GCP. As a Platform Engineer, you will play a critical role in developing and maintaining our core application infrastructure that supports our business operations. You’ll be part of a small, focused team that prioritizes automation and security while engineering a robust platform for hosting internal applications. This position offers the chance to work with the latest technologies in an AI-forward environment, allowing you to contribute to impactful projects that drive our growth. What You Will Be Doing Design scalable infrastructure solutions that meet the demands of our core applications. Implement infrastructure as code practices to automate and streamline processes. Monitor system performance, optimize resources, and integrate cloud services while troubleshooting and resolving any infrastructure issues that arise. Implement CI/CD pipelines to streamline the software development lifecycle. Design and develop scalable build systems to ensure applications are delivered quickly and proficiently, matching the pace of business needs. Ensure compliance with security regulations and best practices to protect application infrastructure. Collaborate with Infosec and other engineering teams to implement effective incident response and CVE remediation processes. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather requirements for platform improvements. Provide technical support and guidance to internal users of the platform. Facilitate knowledge sharing sessions to educate team members on platform features and best practices. Analyze cloud spending patterns to ensure cost optimization and implement financial governance policies for cloud resources. Identify opportunities for cost savings while enhancing operational efficiency. Regularly assess application usage to eliminate unused resources and maintain a proficient environment. What You Bring Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience 5+ years with infrastructure as code tools like Terraform or Crossplane 5+ years with cloud service providers like AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Kubernetes and Cloud Native Associate or equivalent certification Knowledge of service mesh architectures such as Istio or Linkerd Hands-on experience with cloud security practices and tools Experience with cost management tools for cloud infrastructure Led cross-functional initiatives that improved platform usability and performance based on user feedback Experience with Elasticsearch is a plus 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 ul