Elastisearch Engineer

POSITION: Elasticsearch Engineer

WORK LOCATION: Chantilly, VA

JOB CATEGORY: Information Technology

JOB TYPE: Full Time

CITIZENSHIP: United States Citizen

CLEARANCE TYPE: Top Secret/SCI W/CI POLY

TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS: Yes, up to 10%

We are currently seeking an Elasticsearch Engineer to join our team in Chantilly, VA in support of NGA. The NGA delivers world-class geospatial intelligence that provides a decisive advantage to policymakers, military service members, intelligence professionals, and first responder.

Job 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.

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in related discipline plus 8-12 years of prior relevant experience or master's with 6-10 years of prior experience as a software developer, integrator, administrator, or similar technical role
• 5 or more years of demonstrable experience designing, developing, and deploying solutions using the Elastic stack, including Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana, and Beats.
• Must be DoD-8570/8140 level 2 compliant
• 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.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen.
• Must have or be capable of obtaining a U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) security clearance at the required level.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 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

To Apply for this Position:

You must have the Minimum Qualifications in your resume to be selected as a candidate.

The salary range provided is a good faith estimate representative of all experience levels.

Hired applicants may be eligible for benefits, including but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, flexible work schedules, parental leave, paid time off, and holidays. Specific benefits are dependent upon the specific business unit as well as whether or not the position is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement.

This role is a U.S.-based role. If the successful candidate resides in a U.S. territory, the appropriate pay structure and benefits will apply.

Veterans in compliance with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act.

As part of the federal government's transition to the Trusted Workforce 2.0 Continuous Vetting framework, the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) is expanding enrollment in the FBI Rap Back program for cleared industry personnel beginning April 1, 2026.

Rap Back (Record of Arrest and Prosecution Back) is a service provided by the FBI that allows authorized agencies to receive notifications if there are updates to an individual's criminal history record while they hold a security clearance. This supports continuous vetting of cleared personnel.

Per DCSA guidance, we are required to provide the following FBI privacy advisements to all cleared employees:

FBI Privacy Act Notice

Noncriminal Justice Applicant's Privacy Rights

Salary DescriptionUp to $170K USD