Elasticsearch Engineer

CANDIDATE IS REQUIRED TO BE A U.S. CITIZEN (NON-DUAL CITIZENSHIP) WITH AN ACTIVE SECRET SECURITY CLEARANCE.

POSITION SUMMARY

Arrowpoint, a MorphWorks company, is looking for a skilled Elasticsearch (Elastic/ELK/ECE) Engineer to support a client project. In this role, you will collaborate with the client’s Program Team and contribute across the organization to ensure high-quality solutions and seamless support.

POSITION REQUIREMENTS

• Responsible for working with the Enterprise Delivery Team to design, document, build, secure, and maintain Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana (and X-Pack) Enterprise solutions deployed in the Cloud or on-premise proofed in a Lab environment to support federal agency production deployments
• Work closely with architects, engineers, and integrators to assess client requirements and to design and support an Elasticsearch Stack solution to ensure compliance with dashboard data requirements
• Follow life cycle processes to move solutions from Dev to Test to Production
• Participate in group sessions as well as attend and share in agile sprint daily meetings to track progress to ensure development of solutions is in support of the project and client requirements
• Serve as a trusted advisor, providing subject matter expertise, guidance, and best practice recommendations
• Configure and maintain Linux based Operating system files in support of the Elasticsearch products (yum updates and product version upgrades)
• Install and configure an Elastic Cloud Enterprise solution in a lab and ensuring communication and integration among the Elasticsearch products and data sources
• Document the installation and configuration for deployment into production
• Secure the solution by being familiarity with TLS, certificates, SSO/PIV authentication, and encryption technologies
• Test data flows, troubleshoot issues, and monitor health of the solution and servers to maximize performance and minimize downtime
• Work with a team and provide analysis of alternatives and progress status in daily sprint meetings
• Meet professional obligations through efficient work habits such as, meeting deadlines, honoring schedules, coordinating resources and meetings in an effective and timely manner
• Develop and manage effective working relationships with other departments, groups and personnel with whom work must be coordinated or interface
• Recommend enhancements and modifications to optimize business intelligence processes

QUALIFICATIONS AND EDUCATION/CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

• BS in Computer Science or related field experience required
• 2+ years of Elasticsearch stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Beats, Kibana, and X-pack) experience in production
• 7+ years of total IT experience

REQUIRED SKILLS

• Experience with data ingest, Extract, Transform, and Load (ETL) techniques preferable Logstash and Beats
• Experience with multi-node clustering, architecture, development, implementation, and health monitoring of the indexes
• Knowledge of hot/warm/cold data/index lifecycle management implementations
• Knowledge of Elasticsearch Management
• Knowledge of reindexing and data mappings
• Knowledge of JSON and KQL searching syntax
• Knowledge of Kibana dashboard options
• Experience with cloud infrastructure preferably AWS and Azure
• Experience working in DevOps structured and Agile organizations
• Excellent communication, and relationship skills to articulate advanced technical topics and build consensus among clients and technical stakeholders
• Strong interpersonal and collaborations skills working in a team-oriented environment
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to adhere to defined processes & procedures, and suggest improvements
• Ability to effectively prioritize and handle multiple tasks simultaneously
• Strong technical documentation skills

PREFERRED SKILLS

• Experience with Elastic Cloud Enterprise (ECE) a plus
• Experience with SAML authentication, familiarity with domain structures, user authentication, and PKI
• Experience with Microsoft SQL
• Experience with programming and working with regular expressions (XML, Java, JSON, Python, PowerShell, painless, grok)
• Relevant security certifications a plus: CISSP, CISM, CISA, Security+, CEH
• Understanding of interrelationships between critical infrastructure protection and cybersecurity

SECURITY CLEARANCE REQUIREMENTS

• U.S. CITIZENSHIP (NON-DUAL CITIZENSHIP) required
• ACTIVE SECRET SECURITY CLEARANCE required

ABOUT US

Arrowpoint is a specialized, professional services firm focused on delivering high-impact services with a bias for execution in the areas of project management, change management, cybersecurity engineering, and enterprise technology adoption. 

Arrowpoint is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin.