ECS Federal is looking for a Senior Elastic Engineer to implement, optimize, and maintain Elastic Stack environments at scale. You'll contribute to architecture, automation, and integrations to improve reliability, performance, and operational efficiency.
What You'll Do
- Design, deploy, and maintain Elastic Stack environments, including Elasticsearch, Kibana, Logstash, Beats, and Fleet.
- Build and optimize ingestion pipelines, index strategies, search queries, dashboards, and automation workflows.
- Write scripts, automation, and integrations (using Python, PowerShell, Bash, etc.) to streamline operations, data processing, and monitoring.
- Deploy Elastic across platforms, including on-premises, public cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP), GovCloud, and containerized environments (Kubernetes, Docker, OpenShift).
- Leverage automation and orchestration tools such as Terraform, Ansible, CI/CD pipelines, and Docker to manage deployments and operational tasks.
- Integrate Elastic with enterprise tools such as SIEMs, Splunk, CrowdStrike, and other telemetry sources.
- Monitor system health, troubleshoot performance issues, and optimize for reliability and scalability.
- Lead design reviews, provide guidance on Elastic best practices, and support knowledge sharing across teams.
- Maintain documentation for architectures, deployment patterns, runbooks, and operational best practices.
- Stay current with Elastic features, certifications, and emerging platform capabilities.
What We're Looking For
- Hands-on experience with Elastic Stack.
- Experience designing, coding, and deploying complex systems.
Technical Stack
- Elastic Stack: Elasticsearch, Kibana, Logstash, Beats, Fleet
- Scripting & Automation: Python, PowerShell, Bash
- Platforms & Cloud: AWS, Azure, GCP, GovCloud
- Containers & Orchestration: Kubernetes, Docker, OpenShift
- Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, Ansible
- Process & Integration: CI/CD pipelines, SIEMs, Splunk, CrowdStrike
Team & Environment
You'll join our Managed Security Services (MSSP) team, working collaboratively to deliver and maintain secure, scalable monitoring solutions.
Work Mode
This role is onsite in Springfield, VA.
