Elastic Software Engineer -Sr. II

Location: Dulles, VA, United States
 
Range - $94k - $112K

Description: 
Our client provides technically advanced full-spectrum cyber, data operations, systems integration and intelligence mission support services to meet our customers' most demanding challenges. Their capabilities include cyber space operations, cyber defense and resiliency, vulnerability research, ubiquitous technical surveillance, data intelligence, lifecycle mission enablement, and software modernization. They brings disruptive technologies, agility, and competitive offerings to customers in the intelligence community, defense, civil, and commercial markets.

They are seeking an Elastic Software Engineer - Senior II with prior Elastic engineering and administration experience, that meets the necessary certification prerequisites and works well in a distributed team environment. The Elastic Engineer will be a part of a team of Data Analytic Engineers enhancing, maintaining, and sustaining an Elastic, Logstash, and Kibana (ELK) instance with a heavy emphasis on data on-boarding, content development, configuration, troubleshooting, reporting, and visualizations.
Eligibility:

• Must be a US Citizen
  
  
• Must have an activeSecret clearance with ability to obtain TS/SCI eligibility
  
  
• Must be able to obtain DHS Suitability prior tostarting employment 
  
  
• 6+ years of directly relevant software development experience
  
  

Responsibilities Include:

• Building data pipelines to ingest external datasets into Elastic products.
  
  
• Designing, building, deploying, maintaining, and enhancing the Elastic Logstash Kibana (ELK) platform.
  
  
• Installing and configuring ELK.
  
  
• Using Elastic search Indices, Elastic search APIs, Kibana Dashboards, Log Stash and Beats.
  
  
• Using or creating plug-ins for ELK like authentication and authorization plug-ins.
  
  
• Integrating ELK with enterprise tools and APIs, such as for authentication and authorization.
  
  
• Designing and implementing complex development use cases and scenarios using programming language, such as Python, Groovy, and Bash.
  
  
• Using Elastic Search Cluster Monitoring Tools.
  
  

Required Skills:

• 5+ years of experience with Kubernetes architecture
  
  
• 2+ years of experience with Elasticsearch Domain Specific Language (DSL)
  
  
• 2+ years of experience as an Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes (ECK) admin or equivalent role
  
  
• Strong knowledge of ELK stack.
  
  
• Knowledge of scripting languages, such as JavaScript, Python, Bash, etc.
  
  

Desired Skills:

• Experience working in an agile environment.
  
  
• Experience supporting federal customers.
  
  

Desired Certifications:

• DoD 8570.1-M Compliance at IAT Level I (e.g., Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)) certification highly desired
  
  
• Agile software development methodology certification (e.g. SCRUM Master) highly desired.
  
  
• Elastic certification, such as: Elastic Certified Engineer, Elastic Certified Analyst, or Elastic Certified Observable Engineer
  
  
• Kubernetes certification, such as: Kubernetes and Cloud Native Associate (KCNA), Kubernetes and Cloud Native Security Associate (KCSA), Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD), Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), or Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS)
  
  

Required Education:Bachelor's Degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or a related discipline is required.


EOE