Senior Security Compliance Analyst - Public Sector - Information Security

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 seeking an experienced Senior Information Security Compliance Analyst to lead our Department of Defense (DoD) Impact Level 5 (IL5) compliance and security accreditation initiatives. This role will serve as the primary security and compliance lead responsible for implementing, maintaining, and auditing security controls across cloud and hybrid environments supporting sensitive government workloads.

The ideal candidate has deep experience with DoD cloud security requirements, RMF, NIST 800-53, FedRAMP High baselines, and continuous monitoring practices. This individual will partner closely with engineering, infrastructure, DevOps, legal, and executive leadership to ensure our systems meet all regulatory and contractual security obligations.

What You Will Be Doing :

• Leading US public sector audit and certification process (DoD IL 5) and owning continuous monitoring requirements to maintain compliance.
• Acting as a trusted advisor to internal teams, translating complex compliance requirements into clear, actionable guidance.
• Striving for a next-generation audit experience through intelligent data, automation, and continuous metrics.

What You Bring :

• Experience leading public sector compliance audits and certification processes in a cloud native company, working with DoD IL5 and/or FedRAMP High.
• A high degree of autonomy, combining the ability to prioritize and coordinate with a strong attention to detail.
• Creative, relevant, and practical mindset driven by risk-based decision making.
• Bonus points if you have the experience with compliance-as-code or have done all the above at a growing SaaS company!

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 mo