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System One · 5 days ago

Elastic Engineer

Herndon, VA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$140K/yr - $140K/yr

8+ years exp

System One is staffing a direct-hire opening for an Elastic Engineer to support a federal end customer. The role involves enhancing, maintaining, and sustaining an Elastic, Logstash, and Kibana (ELK) instance, focusing on data onboarding, content development, configuration, troubleshooting, reporting, and visualizations.

Staffing Agency

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Building data pipelines to ingest external datasets into Elastic products

Designing, building, deploying, maintaining, and enhancing the Elastic Logstash Kibana (ELK) platform

Installing and configuring ELK

Using Elasticsearch Indices, Elasticsearch APIs, Kibana Dashboards, Log Stash, and Beats

Using or creating plug-ins for ELK, like authentication and authorization plug-ins

Integrating ELK with enterprise tools and APIs, such as for authentication and authorization

Designing and implementing complex development use cases and scenarios using programming languages such as Python, Groovy, and Bash

Using Elasticsearch Cluster Monitoring Tools

Qualification

Elastic engineeringKubernetes architectureELK stack knowledgeElasticsearch DSLScripting languagesAgile environment experienceFederal customer supportBachelor's degreeCISSP certificationAgile certificationElastic certificationKubernetes certification

Required

Active Secret (S) clearance and must be able to obtain a TS/SCI clearance

Must be able to obtain DHS Suitability

8+ years of directly relevant software development experience required

At least 2 years of experience as an Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes (ECK) admin or equivalent role

At least 2 years of experience with Elasticsearch Domain Specific Language (DSL)

At least 5 years of experience with Kubernetes architecture

Strong knowledge of the ELK stack

Knowledge of scripting languages, such as JavaScript, Python, Bash, etc

A bachelor's degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or a related discipline is required

Preferred

Experience working in an agile environment

Experience supporting federal customers

DoD 8570.1-M Compliance at IAT Level I (e.g., Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)) certification is highly desired

Agile software development methodology certification (e.g., SCRUM Master) is highly desired

Elastic certification, such as: Elastic Certified Engineer, Elastic Certified Analyst, or Elastic Certified Observability Engineer

Kubernetes certification, such as: Kubernetes and Cloud Native Associate (KCNA), Kubernetes and Cloud Native Security Associate (KCSA), Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD), Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), or Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS)

Benefits

Health and welfare benefits coverage options including medical, dental, vision, spending accounts, life insurance, voluntary plans, as well as participation in a 401(k) plan.