Elastic Engineer

Elastic Engineer 100% Remote Secret clearance is required to start We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Elastic Engineer to join our team supporting mission-critical systems for U.S.

government clients.

The ideal candidate will be responsible for architecting, deploying, configuring, and maintaining Elasticsearch and the Elastic Stack (ELK Stack), enabling real-time analytics, data aggregation, and visualization solutions.

This role requires hands-on experience working in secure, regulated environments and collaborating closely with security, infrastructure, and development teams.

Key Responsibilities: • Design, implement, and maintain scalable and secure Elastic Stack deployments.

• Develop ingest pipelines for structured and unstructured data using Beats, Logstash, and Elasticsearch APIs.

• Create and manage Kibana dashboards to provide actionable insights to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Tune and optimize Elasticsearch clusters for performance and availability.

• Support SIEM and threat-hunting capabilities using Elastic Security features.

• Work with DevOps teams to automate deployment and monitoring of Elastic solutions using tools such as Ansible, Terraform, or Kubernetes.

• Ensure compliance with government security standards including FISMA, FedRAMP, and DISA STIGs.

• Provide Tier 3 support and participate in on-call rotations as required.

• Collaborate with data owners, analysts, and security teams to define and meet data analytics requirements.

Required Qualifications: • Active Secret clearance • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field; or equivalent experience.

• 5+ years of hands-on experience with the Elastic Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana, Beats). • Proficiency in Linux systems administration and scripting (Bash, Python, etc.). • Experience with secure data ingestion and log management in enterprise or federal environments.

• Understanding of network protocols, firewalls, and data security principles.

• Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS GovCloud or Azure Government.

Preferred Qualifications: • Elastic Certified Engineer or Elastic Certified Analyst.

• Experience with Elasticsearch Service (Elastic Cloud). • Familiarity with other observability tools (e.g., Grafana, Splunk, Prometheus). • Experience with NIST RMF, DoD 8570 compliance, or CDM initiatives.

• Prior experience supporting DoD, IC, or civilian agencies.

#M2 Ref: #850-Rockville (ALTA IT)

Full-Time