Elastic Platform Architect: Splunk-to-Elastic Migration Lead

Zachary Piper Solutions

Illinois

On-site

USD 190,000 - 230,000

Full time

36 hours ago

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Job summary

Zachary Piper Solutions seeks an experienced Senior Elastic Engineer to lead Elastic architecture and Kubernetes deployments for a high-visibility DoD modernization effort at Scott Air Force Base, IL. You will design scalable Elastic logging and observability platforms, migrate from Splunk, and implement secure data ingestion pipelines.

The role requires 7+ years in Elastic/SRE/infra with DoD experience and an active secret clearance.

Qualifications

7+ years in Elastic engineering, platform engineering, SRE, or infra engineering.
Hands-on with enterprise Elastic Stack environments.
Experience building data ingestion pipelines for large-scale logging.
Advanced Kubernetes experience with Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes (ECK) deployments.
Experience troubleshooting complex Elastic architectures and distributed systems.
Experience in DoD/federal environments and security clearance.

Responsibilities

Design, deploy, and maintain enterprise Elastic Stack environments for security logging and observability.
Lead migration efforts from Splunk to Elastic with minimal disruption.
Build custom data ingestion pipelines for enterprise security data.
Configure and manage ILM policies and data retention strategies.
Deploy Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes (ECK) environments using Kubernetes operators.
Optimize Elastic clusters for performance, scalability, and reliability.
Troubleshoot Elastic, Kubernetes, and distributed system issues.
Support SIEM integrations and enterprise observability initiatives.
Develop automation and best practices for Elastic administration.
Maintain deployment standards and operational docs.