Senior Elastic Engineer

EverforthECS Federal isseeking aSenior Elastic Engineer to support enterprise observability modernization and migration initiatives within afederal healthcare environment supporting the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

The Senior Elastic Engineer serves as a subject matter expert for the design, implementation, and optimization of the Elastic Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana, Beats) in support of Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) enterprise networks and cybersecurity operations. This role is critical forestablishingrobust log aggregation, data analytics, and real-time dashboarding to enhance situational awareness, threat hunting capabilities, and overall cybersecurity posture across VA information systems.

RequiredSkills:

Must be a US citizen with ability toobtain andmaintainaTier 5 (T5) background investigation (Public Trust Level 5)Minimum7 years of experience supporting enterprise logging, SIEM, observability, or cybersecurity engineering platformsMinimum 5years of hands-on Elastic Stack engineering experienceDevelop and maintain Logstash pipelines and Beats configurations to efficiently route and process high-volumenetwork, security, and application dataMonitor cluster health andoptimizeindices, shards, and queries for maximum performance and cost-effectivenessImplement andmaintainElastic Security features (e.g., Role-Based Access Control, TLS encryption) ensuring compliance with VA Handbook 6500 and federal security standardsAnalyze operational impacts associated with cybersecurity events, system changes, and platform performance issues with the abilityto apply cybersecurity and privacy principles to organizational requirementsDevelop andoptimizeingestion pipelines, parsers, enrichment workflows, and telemetry normalization strategiesArchitect, engineer, and deployhighly availableand scalable Elasticsearch clusters across VA enclaves and cloud environments.

Troubleshoot ingestion failures, performance bottlenecks, and observability platform issuesSupportAuthority to Operate (ATO),Risk Management Framework (RMF), compliance validation, and continuous monitoring activitiesDevelop technical documentation, operational procedures, and knowledge transfer materialsProvide Tier 3 troubleshooting and act as a technical mentor for junior engineers

Salary Range:

$120,000-160,000General Description of Benefits7+ years of experience with aBachelor'sdegree inCybersecurity,Engineering orComputer Science,and/or10+years ofequivalent experienceOne or morerelatedcertificationspreferred:

Elastic Certified Engineeror Elastic Certified Observability EngineerAWSCertified Security or Microsoft Azure Security EngineerSecurity+ or CSSIPEquivalent cybersecurity or cloud certificates