Elasticsearch Engineer (TS/SCI CI Poly Clearance Required)

Job Description

Job Description

North Point Technology is seeking an experienced TS Cleared ElasticSearch Engineer to provide support to an Elastic Stack Application involving a mission critical enterprise identity and access management system. This position will support the development and operations of an enterprise application that visualizes identity and access management (IDAM) data related to authentication services across NGA and other DoD systems. The application is built on the ELK stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana), and the role involves supporting the full lifecycle including design, development, monitoring, and troubleshooting.

This program requires employees to have an active TS/SCI clearance with and SCI and must pass a CI Poly every 5 years. If you have a Full Scope Poly, working this program will keep your Full Scope ACTIVE.

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and deploy a log analytics and infrastructure monitoring solution using the Elastic stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Beats, and Kibana). This solution will act in support of an existing identity, credential, and access management (ICAM) system.
• Deploy, configure, test, troubleshoot, maintain, upgrade Elastic clusters and environments
• Plan resources and continuously optimize the infrastructure and configuration of Elasticsearch to maintain cluster health and search performance
• Configure Kibana for end-user access using role-based filtering and/or multi-tenancy features
• Interface with other developers to integrate Elastic stack with existing ICAM baseline
• Responsible for gathering monthly and quarterly metrics for customer review
• Resolve installation, infrastructure, data flow, and log ingest issues in both development and production environments
• Perform daily administration tasks for Elasticsearch clusters and environments
• Work in an Agile environment: estimate features and user stories, participate in developing sprint roadmaps, analyze user stories, develop design and architecture elements to support user story and / or feature development
• Work in DevSecOps environment with automated CI/CD pipelines
• Participate in design reviews
• Develop mockups and wireframes
• Conduct peer reviews and code reviews

Required Skills/Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in related discipline
• Experience as a software developer, integrator, administrator, or similar technical role
• Experience designing, developing, and deploying solutions using the Elastic stack, including Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana, and Beats.
• Active Top Secret clearance
• Must be able to obtain and maintain CI (Counterintelligence) polygraph
• SEC+ certification or DoD 8570 IAT Level II certification, or ability to attain certification within 60 days of start
• Experience with Elastic stack security features, such as client authentication, SSL/TLS configuration, and role-based document filtering
• Strong documentation skills with a proven ability to develop troubleshooting guides, standard operating procedures, architecture diagrams, etc.
• Highly autonomous, self-directed, and proactive when it comes to maintaining system infrastructure and log data integrity
• Experience working with Agile tools such as Jira / Confluence etc.

Preferred Skills/Experience

• Elastic Certified Engineer
• Experience with container orchestration technologies like Docker and Kubernetes
• Experience working in a production environment with strict availability/uptime requirements
• Experience or familiarity with identity, credential, and access management (ICAM) technologies and concepts

North Point Technology is THE BEST place to work for curious-minded engineers motivated to support our country's most crucial missions! We focus on long term projects, leveraging the latest technology in support of innovative solutions to solve our customer's most difficult problems.

At North Point Technology, EMPLOYEES come first! We value our employees by providing excellent compensation, benefits, and a flexible work-life balance. We strive for a close-knit and open atmosphere where the owners are always directly available to our team members.

Come join us! Apply with North Point Technology today!

For positions requiring a federal security clearance, your clearance level must be clearly identified on your resume.