Job Title: Sr. Elastic Engineer
Location: Hampton, VA | Bedford, MA (3 Day Hybrid)
Duration: Fulltime
Exp: 8 – 15 Years

Job Description:

  • Key Responsibilities:
    • 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 (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.
  • Required Skills
    • Deep, hands-on expertise with Elastic Stack (Elasticsearch, Kibana, Logstash, Beats, Fleet).
    • Strong scripting and automation skills (Python, PowerShell, Bash, etc.).
    • Solid understanding of observability, logging, metrics, and distributed systems.
    • Experience designing, deploying, and optimizing production-scale Elastic environments.
    • Strong Linux/Unix, networking, and cloud platform knowledge (AWS, Azure, GCP).
    • Ability to mentor, guide, and influence engineering teams on Elastic best practices.
    • Outstanding verbal and written communication skills.
    • Willingness and ability to support domestic or international on-site engagements.
    • U.S. Passport required.
    • Must have a Secret Clearance, at minimum.
  • Desired Skills
    • Familiarity with SIEM concepts, Elastic Security, or other SIEM/EDR platforms.
    • Experience with containerization and orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker, OpenShift).
    • Experience with automation/orchestration tools (Terraform, Ansible, CI/CD pipelines).
    • Familiarity integrating Elastic with endpoint telemetry or cloud-native tools.
    • Certifications (preferred):
      • Elastic Certified Engineer, Elastic Security Engineer, Elastic Observability Engineer
      • AWS Certified Solutions Architect or equivalent
      • Docker Certified Associate (DCA)
      • Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
      • HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate
      • Red Hat Certified Specialist in Ansible Automation
    • Prior experience in DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, or cloud platform roles is a plus.
    • Experience designing dashboards, observability frameworks, and large-scale workflows.
    • Experience with the below:
      • Platforms: On-premises, Public Cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP), GovCloud, hybrid deployments
      • Containerization: Kubernetes, Docker, OpenShift
      • Automation: Terraform, Ansible, CI/CD pipelines, Docker
      • Integrations: SIEMs (Splunk, Elastic Security), endpoint/security telemetry (CrowdStrike), cloud-native services
      • Competing Technologies:
        • Splunk, OpenSearch, Solr, Lucene, Graylog, Datadog, Elastic Cloud alternatives