Elastic Data Engineer - Cybersecurity Telemetry

JCS Solutions LLC; Capitol Heights (MD); On-site; USD 135,000 - 162,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental & vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

PTO

Job summary

JCS Solutions LLC is seeking an Elastic Data Engineer to support DoD cybersecurity operations in a cloud-oriented Elastic Stack environment in Maryland. You will design, maintain, and optimize data-ingestion, analytics, and monitoring capabilities to drive threat detection and compliance reporting.

You will work with cybersecurity telemetry from multiple sources, ensuring data quality and actionable insights for security analysts and stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Strong experience with Elastic Stack components: Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana, Elastic Agent, Fleet, Beats.
• Experience designing and supporting high-volume logging and data-ingestion pipelines.
• Familiarity with DoD environment and TS/SCI clearance requirements.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain data pipelines for cybersecurity and telemetry.
• Ingest, transform, and route structured and unstructured data from enterprise sources.
• Parse complex logs (JSON, XML, CSV, syslog, Windows Event Logs) and ensure data quality.
• Collaborate with analysts and engineering teams to onboard data sources and support threat detection.
• Document data sources, schemas, and onboarding procedures.

Skills

Elastic Stack

Data pipelines

Cybersecurity telemetry

JSON/XML/CSV/log formats

Python

PowerShell

SQL

Git

REST APIs

Education

BS degree with 4-8 years of relevant experience

MS degree with 2-6 years of relevant experience

Tools

Elasticsearch

Logstash

Kibana

Elastic Agent

Fleet

Beats

Job description

JCS Solutions LLC is seeking an Elastic Data Engineer to support DoD cybersecurity operations in a cloud-oriented Elastic Stack environment in Maryland. You will design, maintain, and optimize data-ingestion, analytics, and monitoring capabilities to drive threat detection and compliance reporting.

You will work with cybersecurity telemetry from multiple sources, ensuring data quality and actionable insights for security analysts and stakeholders.