Elasticsearch Engineer
August Schell Enterprises4 months ago
Fort Meade, MD, USAMid Level
Responsibilities
- Design and implement Elastic Stack solutions for aggregating logs from multiple systems.
- Install, configure, upgrade, maintain, and troubleshoot Elastic Stack components and infrastructure.
- Develop Kibana visualizations, dashboards, and alerting for threat hunting, security monitoring, and data analytics.
- Manage log ingestion pipelines, ECS formatting, and Logstash plugins and filters.
- Deploy and manage systems in compliance with federal security requirements and standards.
- Lead engineering initiatives and collaborate with vendors on architecture, deployment, best practices, and maintenance.
- Maintain system integrations and resolve anomalous behavior across complex enterprise environments.
- Use Cribl for log onboarding and normalization.
Requirements
- At least two years of overall experience in a DoD or federal IT environment.
- Active Top Secret DoD 8570 IAM/IA Technical (IAT) Level II certification.
- Expertise with the Elastic Stack, including solution design and implementation.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills for reporting assessment findings.
- Bachelor’s degree in an IT-related field is preferred.
- Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes (ECK), and cloud containerization is preferred.
- Knowledge of Linux/UNIX and networking is preferred.
- Familiarity with NIFI, Kafka, Confluent, McAfee, and Tenable is preferred.
Benefits
- Hybrid work arrangement with onsite work at Fort Meade as requested.
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About August Schell Enterprises
August Schell Enterprises provides cybersecurity consulting and systems integration for enterprises and U.S. government agencies, with offerings spanning identity management, cloud and data center security, endpoint management, and security event monitoring. The privately held firm, founded in 1991 and headquartered in Rockville, Maryland, designs and implements secure on‑premises and cloud environments. Its teams often support cleared federal initiatives in enterprise security architecture, compliance, and secure system implementation.