Job Title:



Elastic Engineer



Location:


Ashburn, VA



Minimum Requirements:



• Bachelors' degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Cyber Security, or related field and 4 to 8 years of related experience. Additional years of experience and cyber certifications may be considered in lieu of degree.


• Minimum of 3+ years of Elasticsearch stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Beats, Kibana) experience in active production environment.


• Experience with data ingest, Extract, Transform, and Load (ETL) techniques.


• Experience with multi-node clustering, architecture, development, implementation, and health monitoring of the indexes.


• Advanced understanding of Elasticsearch Management, reindexing and data mappings, JSON and KQL searching syntax, and Kibana dashboard options.


• Experience working with various versions of JAVA.


• Experienced Linux administrator with strong bash scripting ability.


• Proficient with managing AWS Elastic Kubernetes Service.


• Experience troubleshooting, tuning, and configuring Elasticsearch clusters, nodes, shards, and analyzers from the "ground up."


• Experience configuring and managing Elastic CDM Dashboard / XML.


• Proficient with Ansible Ad-hoc commands and creating / editing playbooks for automation.


• Experience designing, documenting, implementing, securing, and maintaining Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana (ELK Stack) Enterprise solutions.


• Excellent problem-solving skills with the ability to troubleshoot and resolve complex issues in a timely manner.


• Familiar with the management, operational, and technical aspects of IT Security in a complex enterprise environment.


• Favorably pass a 5-year (BI) Background Investigation. To receive EOD



Duties & Responsibilities:



• Working with Elastic Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana, and Beats) to develop, manage, and support scalable search and analytics solutions.


• Part of the Enterprise Logging Solution Team, responsible for maintaining the Elastic instances with a heavy emphasis on data on-boarding, content development, configuration, troubleshooting, reporting, and visualizations.


• Prior experience with Splunk is a strong plus.


• Design, develop, and maintain custom dashboards using Elastic stack for monitoring and visualization of system metrics, logs, and traces.


• Monitor and optimize the performance of Elastic Stack clusters to ensure high availability, reliability, and performance.


• Work with data sources and ETL processes to integrate and normalize data into Elasticsearch, ensuring data quality and consistency.


• Implement and maintain security best practices for Elastic Stack, including access controls, encryption, and compliance with regulatory standards.


• Create and maintain comprehensive documentation for Elastic Stack configurations, processes, and procedures.


• Maintain Elasticsearch clusters in a cloud based environment across multiple availability zones.



Other:



Preferred Qualifications


• Elastic Engineer, Elastic Analyst, and/or Elastic Observability Engineer Certifications Preferred.


• Experience with deploying and using Elasticsearch in Commercial Cloud Platform (ex, AWS, Google Cloud, Azure).


• Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python or PowerShell for automation and integration tasks.


• Knowledge of PKI (ability to create and validate certificates).


• Prior experience with CBP.


• Preferred certification (One of the following) - Elastic Certified Analyst Elastic Certified Engineer Elastic Certified Observability Engineer



Summary:



Allyon is a certified woman-owned small business dedicated to empowering cleared IT professionals to reach their career goals and building high-performance teams for our federal government clients nationwide. With over 15 years of experience supporting the federal government, we've proudly helped professionals like you achieve their career goals across all areas of IT. Apply today and become part of our mission to support the nation's most critical technology, infrastructure, and cybersecurity initiatives. Together, we can drive innovation and make a difference where it matters most!



What we offer:



• Competitive pay and benefits


• 401k eligibility after 6 months including company match


Allyon, Inc. is an equal employment opportunities (EEO) employer and terms of employment are without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. Allyon, Inc. complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment.