Elastic Engineer Springfield, VA

Elastic Engineer job at ALTA IT Services. Springfield, VA.

Elastic Engineer 100% Remote Secret clearance is required to start. We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Elastic Engineer to join our team supporting mission-critical systems for U.S. government clients. The ideal candidate will be responsible for architecting, deploying, configuring, and maintaining Elasticsearch and the Elastic Stack (ELK Stack), enabling real-time analytics, data aggregation, and visualization solutions. This role requires hands‑on experience working in secure, regulated environments and collaborating closely with security, infrastructure, and development teams.

• Design, implement, and maintain scalable and secure Elastic Stack deployments.
• Develop ingest pipelines for structured and unstructured data using Beats, Logstash, and Elasticsearch APIs.
• Create and manage Kibana dashboards to provide actionable insights to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Tune and optimize Elasticsearch clusters for performance and availability.
• Support SIEM and threat-hunting capabilities using Elastic Security features.
• Work with Dev Ops teams to automate deployment and monitoring of Elastic solutions using tools such as Ansible, Terraform, or Kubernetes.
• Ensure compliance with government security standards including FISMA, FedRAMP, and DISA STIGs.
• Provide Tier 3 support and participate in on-call rotations as required.
• Collaborate with data owners, analysts, and security teams to define and meet data analytics requirements.

• Active Secret clearance.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field; or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience with the Elastic Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana, Beats).
• Proficiency in Linux systems administration and scripting (Bash, Python, etc.).
• Experience with secure data ingestion and log management in enterprise or federal environments.
• Understanding of network protocols, firewalls, and data security principles.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS Gov Cloud or Azure Government.

• Elastic Certified Engineer or Elastic Certified Analyst.
• Experience with Elasticsearch Service (Elastic Cloud).
• Familiarity with other observability tools (e.g., Grafana, Splunk, Prometheus).
• Experience with NIST RMF, DoD 8570 compliance, or CDM initiatives.
• Prior experience supporting DoD, IC, or civilian agencies.