North Point Technology · 10 hours ago
Elastic Stack DevOps Engineer (TS/SCI CI Poly Clearance Required)
Chantilly, VA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
6+ years expNorth Point Technology is seeking an experienced TS/SCI Cleared Elastic Stack DevOps Engineer to provide support to an Elastic Stack Application involving a mission critical enterprise identity and access management system. The role involves full lifecycle support including design, development, monitoring, and troubleshooting of an enterprise application that visualizes IDAM data related to authentication services across NGA and other DoD systems.
AnalyticsCyber SecurityGeospatialSoftware
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Design, develop and deploy a log analytics and infrastructure monitoring solution using the Elastic stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Beats, and Kibana). This solution will act in support of an existing identity, credential, and access management (ICAM) system
Deploy, configure, test, troubleshoot, maintain, upgrade Elastic clusters and environment
Provide operational support for the deployed application, ensuring system availability and performance
Configure Kibana for end-user access using role-based filtering and/or multi-tenancy features Interface with other developers to integrate Elastic stack with existing ICAM baseline
Plan resources and continuously optimize the infrastructure and configuration of Elasticsearch to maintain cluster health and search performance
Validate and analyze complex data to ensure accuracy, completeness, and relevance
Interface with other developers to integrate Elastic stack with existing ICAM baseline
Collaborate with security and infrastructure teams to ensure seamless authentication to NGA and other DoD platforms
Resolve installation, infrastructure, data flow, and log ingest issues in both development and production environments
Responsible for gathering monthly and quarterly metrics for customer review
Perform daily administration tasks for Elasticsearch clusters and environments
Work in an Agile environment: estimate features and user stories, participate in developing sprint roadmaps, analyze user stories, develop design and architecture elements to support user story and / or feature development
Automate ingestion and enrichment processes, and implement alerting and reporting features
Document system behavior, data flows, and operational procedures
Work in DevSecOps environment with automated CI/CD pipelines
Participate in design reviews
Develop mockups and wireframes
Conduct peer reviews and code reviews
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in related discipline plus 8-12 years of prior relevant experience or master's with 6-10 years of prior relevant experience
Experience as a software developer, integrator, administrator, or similar technical role
Experience in scripting and automation (e.g., Python, Bash)
5 or more years of demonstrable experience designing, developing, and deploying solutions using the Elastic stack, including: Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana, and Beats
Experience with Grok patterns within Logstash and the usage of pattern file
Experience with Elastic stack security features, such as client authentication, SSL/TLS configuration, and role-based document filtering
Must be DoD-8570/8140 Level 2 compliant
Strong documentation skills with a proven ability to develop troubleshooting guides, standard operating procedures, architecture diagrams, etc
Highly autonomous, self-directed, and proactive when it comes to maintaining system infrastructure and log data integrity
Experience working with Agile tools such as Jira / Confluence etc
Experience with large systems, index lifecycle management, elastic snapshots to s3
Experience with Ansible
Familiarity with DoD environments and secure system practices
Preferred
Elastic Certified Engineer
Experience with container orchestration technologies like Docker and Kubernetes
Experience working in a production environment with strict availability/uptime requirements
Experience with authentication protocols (SAML, OIDC)
Understanding of IDAM concepts, including user authentication and authorization workflows
Ability to analyze and verify large datasets for integrity and insight
Knowledge of NGA systems or IC/DoD mission context
Working knowledge of containerized environments (Docker/Kubernetes)
Knowledge of common DevOps tools such as: Ansible, Gitlab
Kafka setup and tuning for elastic usage
Searchguard authentication experience
Experience working in a production environment with strict availability/uptime requirements
Experience or familiarity with identity, credential, and access management (ICAM) technologies and concepts
Benefits
Excellent compensation
Benefits
Flexible work-life balance
Company
North Point Technology
North Point Technology, a Woman Owned Small-Business based in Reston, VA, was formed in 2005 with the belief that small business plays an integral role in our government's defense mission.
11-50 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageCompany data provided by crunchbase