Consulting Architect - Security (EMEA / Public Sector eligible )
Referral Board · Germany
Posted 14 days ago
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 14 days Referral Board's roles stay open a median of 45 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 0% of Referral Board's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Referral Board
- high 57 stale, 2 reposted of 109 open
- Hiring momentum
- 138 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-09-17
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Referral Board's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Referral Board.
About this role
In this role, you will lead the hands-on delivery of Elastic Security projects, including new implementations and migrations, while developing relationships with senior stakeholders. Your responsibilities will include analyzing customer needs, designing security architectures, and implementing solutions, as well as mentoring colleagues and collaborating with sales teams. The position may require up to 60% travel and eligibility for national security clearance is advantageous.
- benefits
- 4/5
- freshness
- 4/5
- career value
- 5/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Referral Board as an employer.
What you need
- Minimum of 5 years' experience as a Consulting Architect, Senior Consultant, or in a senior IT technical leadership role
- Solid experience deploying Elastic Security or comparable SIEM platforms
- An architect's view of the security ecosystem across varied customer environments
- Scripting skills, ideally in Python
- Hands-on experience with Linux and Windows operating systems, and on-prem and/or public cloud platforms
- Strong customer advocacy, relationship-building, and communication skills
Nice to have
- Experience with advanced Elasticsearch operations
- Experience with detection-as-code
- Experience automating deployments and lifecycle management with Python, Terraform, and CI/CD tooling
- Experience deploying and operating containerised workloads on Kubernetes
- Experience with Agentic AI and LLM-based security workflows
What you get
- Competitive pay based on the work you do
- Health coverage for you and your family in many locations
- Ability to craft your calendar with flexible locations and schedules
- Generous number of vacation days each year
- Financial donation matching up to $2000
- Up to 40 hours each year for volunteer projects
Worth weighing
- Role involves significant travel (up to 60%) which may not suit everyone.
- Eligibility for national security clearance is required for some engagements, which may be a hurdle for some candidates.
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Listed by Referral Board on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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