ECS

Senior Elastic Engineer

ECS • $108K — $163K *
US-AnywhereRemote in Arlington, VA
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 4+ years of experience with architecting, deploying, and maintaining the Elastic Stack, including Elasticsearch and Kibana.
  • 2+ years of experience with Elastic Agent, including deployment and troubleshooting.
  • Proven experience managing data ingestion for Elasticsearch use cases.
  • Experience in monitoring the Elastic Stack and resolving common issues.
  • Strong communication skills to translate technical discussions into business language.
  • Ability to design clear technical delivery plans for high-quality outcomes.

Responsibilities

  • Influence the design and evolution of the enterprise Elastic SIEM solution.
  • Proactively detect problems and implement preventative measures for stability.
  • Drive solution execution to simplify operations and improve reliability.
  • Participate in change control processes and maintain configuration management practices.
  • Support adjacent teams like SRE, DevOps, and Security with best practices.
  • Engage with the Elastic vendor for support escalations and product innovation discussions.
  • Contribute to a culture of continuous improvement in Elastic capabilities.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work in a collaborative engineering team environment.
  • Engagement with leading-edge Elastic technologies and vendor partnerships.
  • Potential for professional growth through mentorship and technical leadership.
  • Involvement in mission-critical analytics and security workloads.
  • Contribution to a culture of continuous improvement and innovation.
Full Job Description
Everforth ECS is seeking a skilled Senior Elastic Engineer to influence the design, operation, and evolution of our enterprise Elastic SIEM solution. This role is central to ensuring the platform remains secure, highly available, and optimized to support mission-critical analytics, search, observability, and security workloads across the organization.

The Senior Elastic Engineer will work collaboratively as part of a dedicated engineering team, serving as a technical leader in guidance, mentorship, and influence within the Elastic Stack. They will proactively detect problems, identify emerging risks, and implement preventative measures to maintain a stable and resilient environment.

A core responsibility of this role is to drive thoughtful solution execution that simplifies operations and improves reliability. The Elastic Engineer will participate in change control processes, maintain rigorous configuration management practices, and ensure the platform adheres to security and compliance standards. They will also support adjacent teams including SRE, DevOps, and Security while providing guidance on best practices for data ingestion, dashboards, and alerts.

This role will also partner closely with the Elastic vendor, engaging in support escalations, roadmap discussions, and collaborative planning around product innovation and new use cases. The Elastic Engineer will help ensure ECS leverages emerging platform capabilities, stays aligned with best practices to continuously improve the platform maturity through a strong vendor relationship.

The ideal candidate will bring strong experience in creative thinking and client facing solution execution using the Elastic Stack to enable stakeholders to transform platform data into meaningful insights. Ultimately, the Elastic Engineer will contribute to a culture of continuous improvement, advancing ECS's Elastic capabilities to deliver a robust, scalable, and high-performing platform.

Salary: $108,000 - $163,000

General Description of Benefits

  • US citizenship with ability to obtain and maintain Public Trust Suitability
  • 4+ years general experience architecting, deploying, and maintaining core facets of the Elastic Stack which include Elasticsearch and Kibana
  • 2+ years' experience with Elastic Agent to include deployment, configuration of agent policies, and troubleshooting common problems
  • Experience managing data ingestion for Elasticsearch use cases
  • Experience with monitoring the Elastic Stack and resolving common issues
  • Experience with process control improvement
  • Comfortable leveraging Elastic APIs through Dev Tools and/or ad-hoc Scripting
  • Strong communication skills with ability to translate difficult technical discussion into business language
  • Skilled at designing clear, efficient technical delivery plans that drive high-quality outcomes and predictable execution

About ECS

ECS is a leading provider of digital solutions and services to the federal government. The company was founded in 2001 by Roy Kapani and has since grown to become a trusted partner to a wide range of government agencies. ECS offers a broad range of services, including cloud computing, cybersecurity, and artificial intelligence. The company has been recognized for its innovative solutions and has won numerous awards, including the AWS Public Sector Partner of the Year award.
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