Senior Elastic Cloud Engineer

1 week ago

Fairfax, United States ECS Full time

ECS is seeking a Senior Elastic Cloud Engineer to work in our Fairfax, VA office.

Job Description:

ECS is currently seeking a detail oriented, diligent, and energetic Sr Elastic Cloud Engineer in support of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM) Dashboard Ecosystem Program. The CDM Dashboard Program provides cybersecurity tools, integration services, and dashboards to participating agencies to support them in improving their respective security posture. CDM is a large, DHS-managed program which is comprised of several large contracts and various services. ECS is delivering the next generation CDM Dashboard. The CDM Dashboard increases visibility and insight in federal Agencies' cybersecurity posture by aggregating, displaying, and reporting data collected from tools and sensors deployed on agencies' networks which then report to a DHS-managed Federal Dashboard. The CDM Dashboard is comprised of multiple Commercial Off the Shelf (COTS) and open source products, software configuration packages and custom code which work together to operate as a single dashboard solution, tailored to meet DHS requirements. Core technologies include Elasticsearch and Kibana.

The ideal Sr. Elastic Cloud Engineer candidate must be able to proactively work independently as well as part of a team to achieve program objectives. This person primarily performs duties of:

  • Implementation and management of Elastic Cloud Enterprise (ECE) and ability to optimize for storage, compute, and reliability objectives of Elasticsearch clusters operating within ECE
  • Configuring and monitoring Elastic Cross Cluster Search (CCS) including connection management and troubleshooting
  • Follow life cycle processes to move solutions from Dev to Test to Pre-Staging to Production; including defining, designing and implementing automated processes
  • Configuring and maintaining Linux based Operating system files in support of the Elasticsearch products (yum updates and product version upgrades)
  • Installing and configuring an Elastic Cloud Enterprise (ECE) solution in non-production and production environments
  • Securing the solution with TLS, certificates, SSO/PIV authentication, and encryption technologies
  • Defining and implementing logging and monitoring strategies to ensure optimal system performance
  • Testing data flows, troubleshooting issues, and monitoring the health of the solution and servers to maximize performance and minimize downtime
  • Defining and implementing data lifecycle management
  • Provide technical guidance and mentoring to more Junior resources
Required Skills:
  • 4 years of hands-on experience installing, configuring, and administering the Elastic stack including Elasticsearch clusters with at least 3 years of this experience in a production environment. This experience must include defining and implementing logging strategies for purposes of system health monitoring and troubleshooting.
  • 3 years of hands-on experience installing, configuring, and administering Elastic Cloud Enterprise (ECE) in a production environment. At least 2 years of this experience must be in a production environment.
  • 3 years of hands on experience managing cloud infrastructure, preferably within AWS. This experience must include scaling and capacity management for ECE.
  • 1 year of experience defining and implementing Index Lifecycle Management policies including using of Frozen tier and searchable snapshots.
  • Experience working with automated configuration management tools and playbooks (e.g., Ansible, Chef, Puppet, SaltStack), Docker containers, and GitHub.
  • Candidate is required to be a US citizen with the ability to obtain DHS Suitability/Entry on Duty (EOD).
Desired Skills:
  • Advanced knowledge of Linux, CentOS and/or Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) skills
  • Advanced knowledge of Elasticsearch's cross-cluster search (CCS) feature - including optimizing performance, troubleshooting, security, and managing connections
  • Intermediate level knowledge of data ingest using the Elastic stack using Logstash and Beats
  • Experience working in DevSecOps environments within Agile organizations
  • Experience with Kubernetes
  • Experience with CDM tools and agencies, including CDM tools and the role they play in government environments
  • Experience with leading the execution of FISMA related programs across large and complex multi-agency environments
  • Experience supporting large Federal programs ($200M )
  • Excellent communication, and relationship skills to articulate advanced technical topics and build consensus among stakeholders
  • Active DHS Suitability/Entry on Duty (EOD)


ECS is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, status as a crime victim, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. ECS promotes affirmative action for minorities, women, disabled persons, and veterans.

ECS is a leading mid-sized provider of technology services to the United States Federal Government. We are focused on people, values and purpose. Every day, our 3800 employees focus on providing their technical talent to support the Federal Agencies and Departments of the US Government to serve, protect and defend the American People.

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