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ECS · 9 hours ago

Senior Elastic Engineer

United States

Full-time

Remote

Mid, Senior Level

4+ years exp

ECS is a leading mid-sized provider of technology services to the United States Federal Government. They are seeking a Senior Elastic Engineer to lead the design, operation, and evolution of their enterprise Elastic solution, ensuring it remains secure and optimized for mission-critical analytics and security workloads.

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No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Lead the design, operation, and evolution of the enterprise Elastic solution

Ensure the platform remains secure, highly available, and optimized to support mission-critical analytics, search, observability, and security workloads

Work collaboratively as part of a dedicated engineering team, serving as a technical leader in troubleshooting, diagnosing, and resolving complex issues within the Elastic Stack

Proactively detect problems, identify emerging risks, and implement preventative measures to maintain a stable and resilient environment

Drive thoughtful automation that simplifies operations and improves reliability

Participate in change control processes, maintain rigorous configuration management practices, and ensure the platform adheres to security and compliance standards

Support adjacent teams including SRE, DevOps, and Security while providing guidance on best practices for data ingestion, dashboards, and alerts

Partner closely with the Elastic vendor, engaging in support escalations, roadmap discussions, and collaborative planning around product innovation and new use cases

Help ensure ECS leverages emerging platform capabilities, stays aligned with best practices to continuously improve the platform maturity through a strong vendor relationship

Contribute to a culture of continuous improvement, advancing ECS’s Elastic capabilities to deliver a robust, scalable, and high-performing platform

Qualification

Elastic StackElasticsearchKibanaElastic AgentSSL certificate issuesSingle-Sign OnElasticsearch RolesElastic APIsIndex & Snapshot Lifecycle ManagementKafkaKubernetesReverse ProxyAgile/SAFeCI/CD principlesConfiguration managementInfrastructure as codeLinux administrationDisaster recovery planningTechnical delivery plansFederal program supportCommunication skillsTeam leadership

Required

US citizenship with ability to obtain and maintain Public Trust Suitability

4+ years general experience architecting, deploying, and maintaining core facets of the Elastic Stack which include Elasticsearch and Kibana

2+ years' experience with Elastic Agent to include deployment, configuration of agent policies, and troubleshooting common problems

Familiarity with executing the Elastic Stack upgrade process while leveraging concise and repeatable procedures

Experience with monitoring the Elastic Stack and resolving common issues

Experience with common SSL certificate issues and knowledge of how to resolve them

Experience managing Single-Sign On integration with Elastic Stack and troubleshooting user access issues

Able to define user personas and develop simple, effective Elasticsearch Roles to meet their use-case

Comfortable leveraging Elastic APIs through Dev Tools and/or ad-hoc Scripting

Experience developing strategies for and managing Elasticsearch Index & Snapshot Lifecycle Management (ILM)

Strong communication skills with ability to translate difficult technical discussion into business language

Skilled at designing clear, efficient technical delivery plans that drive high-quality outcomes and predictable execution

Preferred

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or 4 additional years of related experience)

Experience leading a team or serving in a senior level role

Experience leveraging Kafka as a data queue for Elasticsearch ingestion

Experience monitoring Kubernetes using Elastic Observability

Understanding of Reverse Proxy as it pertains to hosting Elastic components

Experience with major version Elastic Stack upgrades to 9.x

Experience migrating and/or deploying to Elastic Cloud Hosted

Experience working in an Agile/SAFe environment using ALM tools (Jira, Confluence, or similar)

Strong understanding of CI/CD principles and platforms (Jenkins, CircleCI, GitLab, GitHub Actions, Argo, Travis CI, etc.)

Expertise in configuration management tools (Ansible, Puppet, Chef)

Experience with infrastructure as code (Terraform, CloudFormation)

In-depth understanding of networking, security, and system administration of Linux operating systems

Knowledge of version control platforms and branching strategies

Knowledge of disaster recovery planning, backup strategies, and data replication

Experience supporting large Federal programs ($200M+)

Company

ECS

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ECS is a fast-growing 4,000-person, $1.2B provider of advanced technology solutions for federal civilian, defense, intelligence, and commercial customers.

Founded in 2001

Fairfax, Virginia, USA

1001-5000 employees