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Sr. Solutions Architect, Enterprise East (Presales)
Elasticsearch INC · 🇺🇸 United States
Sponsorship verdict
Sponsorship possible
One solid signal, not two — worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.
- Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 20 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 8 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
- No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- What Elasticsearch INC paid sponsored hires in similar roles2 certified filings for “Principal Consulting Architect” (Software Developers) in CA: $224k–$224k, median $224k. Most were filed at wage level IV (100%) — 4 lottery entries, ≈61% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
- Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).
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The US Department of Labor certified 20 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 8 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
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 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 tackle 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 passionate about perfection; taking the initiative to improve both themselves and the team through continuous learning and questioning the status quo. What You Will Be Doing • Serving as the technical point of contact for your accounts and account managers in your assigned territory. • Developing a deep understanding of customers’ goals and objectives, and articulating how our offerings address their needs. • Crafting and owning value based relationships at all levels in customer organizations. • Actively participating in all phases of planning and execution for your territory, from initial discovery to the technical win. • Developing and maintaining a deep understanding of the Elastic products and solutions to demonstrate the value of our offerings in sales meetings, and at events such as meetups and conferences. • Advising the sales team on effective ways of positioning Elastic products, solutions and services. • Onboarding, educating and enabling our partners, and supporting them in sales cycles. • Crafting collateral, contributing to programs and collaborating with other Elasticians to meet individual client needs. • Being the voice of the customer and community to communicate needs, gaps, and improvements to our engineering and leadership teams. • Deepening both your sales and technical skills through self driven education while taking advantage of all the professional development opportunities provided by Elastic. What You Bring • A track record of success in a technical presales role-- enough experience selling and implementing technology to earn your customer’s trust. • A proven track record to articulate and sell the benefits of modern platforms, software and technologies. • A real passion for being curious and a continuous learner. You are someone that invests in yourself as much as you invest in your professional relationships. • A history of successful customer relations where you developed an understanding of what made a difference, and devised architectures that helped meet a goal, tackle a problem, or outpace competitors. • An ability to influence. Have you more than once convinced a team you worked for, of an idea, technology, or architectural pattern? • The ability to inspire groups, both large and small. • A willingness to travel 30% within region, as well as occasionally internationally. Why Elastic? “Once I started, I was blown away to realize, what was always so obvious, everything is search. Anything you do with data involves search, every app needs search, even analytics are about search. Daily I am blown away with the types of things our users and customers are doing with search.” Dir