Elastic Data Engineer – Top Secret C5ISR Ingest Specialist

VAE, Inc.; Springfield (VA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

VAE, Inc. seeks an experienced Elastic Data Engineer to design, configure, and administer Elastic-based data pipelines for the C5ISR program, focusing on ingest architecture, schema standardization, and stream buffering in a mission-critical environment.

You will work across Linux/Windows systems, implement ECS standards, manage Kafka buffering, monitor throughput, and document architectures and procedures to support secure, high-throughput data flow. Top Secret clearance is required.

Qualifications

• Active Top Secret clearance.
• Hands-on experience with ECS and Elastic Stack components.
• Strong ETL domain knowledge and experience building Logstash pipelines.
• Experience using Kafka as a data buffering layer.

Responsibilities

• Administer and maintain Elastic Stack systems for data ingestion, storage, and search.
• Design and maintain Logstash configurations and Elastic ingest pipelines for ETL workflows.
• Enforce data normalization standards using ECS.
• Configure and manage Kafka as a data buffer between sources and ingestion.
• Monitor pipeline health, troubleshoot dataflow issues, and optimize throughput.
• Collaborate with systems engineers and data stakeholders to translate requirements into scalable ingest solutions.
• Perform system hardening, patching, and Linux/Windows admin tasks related to Elastic.
• Document pipeline architecture, mappings, and procedures.

Skills

ETL domain knowledge

System administration

Data ingestion

Elastic ECS

Logstash configurations

Tools

Logstash

Kafka

Elasticsearch

Kibana

Beats

Job description

VAE, Inc. seeks an experienced Elastic Data Engineer to design, configure, and administer Elastic-based data pipelines for the C5ISR program, focusing on ingest architecture, schema standardization, and stream buffering in a mission-critical environment.

You will work across Linux/Windows systems, implement ECS standards, manage Kafka buffering, monitor throughput, and document architectures and procedures to support secure, high-throughput data flow. Top Secret clearance is required.