Elastic Platform Engineer - Government Observability (Resident)

Showtime Consulting; Australian Capital Territory; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Showtime Consulting is seeking an Elastic Platform Engineer to support a secure government program. You will manage the Elastic Stack observability platform, ensure health and security, and drive continuous improvement across ITIL-driven processes with cross-functional teams.

This hands-on role requires expertise in Elasticsearch, Kibana, Logstash, and ECE, plus strong Linux automation and data integration capabilities.

Qualifications

• Experience in platform, systems, or observability engineering in complex environments.
• Hands-on Elastic Stack experience; ECE knowledge is a plus.
• Strong Linux administration and automation using Ansible.
• ITIL service management experience.
• Experience with data integration and pipeline development.
• Excellent communication with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability to operate under strict government SOPs.

Responsibilities

• Manage the customer-directed backlog across ITIL incident, problem, request, and change management.
• Perform Elastic Stack platform lifecycle activities: upgrades, patching, health checks, remediation (ECE).
• Build and maintain Logstash pipelines and onboard new data sources.
• Design, build, and maintain Kibana dashboards, visualisations, and alerting.
• Automate tasks using Ansible and scripting.
• Produce operational reporting from high-volume logs for executives.
• Integrate data across enterprise sources (e.g. JDBC/SAP HANA, SAML, SNMP, Nginx, Dynatrace).
• Contribute to security, risk, and governance documentation.

Skills

Elastic Stack

Linux admin

ITIL practices

Data integration

Communication

Analytical thinking

Backlog management

Tools

Ansible

Scripting (Shell)

Job description

Showtime Consulting is seeking an Elastic Platform Engineer to support a secure government program. You will manage the Elastic Stack observability platform, ensure health and security, and drive continuous improvement across ITIL-driven processes with cross-functional teams.

This hands-on role requires expertise in Elasticsearch, Kibana, Logstash, and ECE, plus strong Linux automation and data integration capabilities.