Sr. Elastic Engineer

Sr. Elastic Engineer Location: Hampton, VA (Onsite) Salary: $180k-$200k Security Clearance: Secret (minimum) Onsite requirement: 3× a week minimum U.S. Passport required Willingness to support domestic or international on‑site engagements Elastic SRE/Observability Engineer Key Responsibilities Design, deploy, and maintain Elastic Stack environments including Elasticsearch, Kibana, Logstash, Beats, and Fleet. Build and optimize ingestion pipelines, index strategies, search queries, dashboards, and automation workflows. Write scripts, automation, and integrations (Python, PowerShell, Bash, etc.) to streamline operations, data processing, and monitoring. Deploy Elastic across platforms, including on‑premises, public cloud (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform), GovCloud, and containerized environments (Kubernetes, Docker, OpenShift). Leverage automation and orchestration tools such as Terraform, Ansible, CI/CD pipelines, and Docker to manage deployments and operational tasks. Integrate Elastic with enterprise tools such as SIEMs, Splunk, CrowdStrike, and other telemetry sources. Monitor system health, troubleshoot performance issues, and optimize for reliability and scalability. Lead design reviews, provide guidance on Elastic best practices, and support knowledge sharing across teams. Maintain documentation for architectures, deployment patterns, runbooks, and operational best practices. Stay current with Elastic features, certifications, and emerging platform capabilities. Required Skills Deep, hands‑on expertise with Elastic Stack (Elasticsearch, Kibana, Logstash, Beats, Fleet). Strong scripting and automation skills (Python, PowerShell, Bash, etc.). Solid understanding of observability, logging, metrics, and distributed systems. Experience designing, deploying, and optimizing production‑scale Elastic environments. Strong Linux/Unix, networking, and cloud platform knowledge (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform). Ability to mentor, guide, and influence engineering teams on Elastic best practices. Outstanding verbal and written communication skills. Desired Skills Familiarity with SIEM concepts, Elastic Security, or other SIEM/EDR platforms. Experience with containerization and orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker, OpenShift). Experience with automation/orchestration tools (Terraform, Ansible, CI/CD pipelines). Familiarity integrating Elastic with endpoint telemetry or cloud‑native tools. Certifications (preferred): Elastic Certified Engineer, Elastic Security Engineer, Elastic Observability Engineer, AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Docker Certified Associate, Certified Kubernetes Administrator, HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate, Red Hat Certified Specialist in Ansible Automation. Prior experience in DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, or cloud platform roles is a plus. Experience designing dashboards, observability frameworks, and large‑scale workflows. Platforms On‑premises Public Cloud (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform) GovCloud Hybrid deployments Containerization Kubernetes Docker OpenShift Automation Terraform Ansible CI/CD pipelines Docker Integrations SIEMs (Splunk, Elastic Security) Endpoint/security telemetry (CrowdStrike) Cloud-native services Competing Technologies Splunk OpenSearch Solr Lucene Graylog Datadog Elastic Cloud alternatives #J-18808-Ljbffr Jobs via Dice