Software Engineer

BCMC

Dulles Town Center (VA)

On-site

USD 150,000 - 175,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Extremely competitive salary

95% employer paid medical, dental, and vision

401k with company match

11 holidays and 3 weeks of annual leave

Job summary

A specialized IT consulting firm is seeking an experienced Elastic Engineer to manage and develop using an ELK stack. The role requires over 6 years of software development experience, with a minimum of 2 years specifically in Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes administration. Successful candidates will have a strong understanding of Kubernetes architecture and must possess a Secret clearance. This position is based in Chantilly, VA, with competitive benefits and salary.

Qualifications

6+ years of experience in software development.
2+ years as Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes (ECK) administrator.
5+ years of experience with Kubernetes architecture.

Responsibilities

Build data pipelines to ingest datasets into ELK.
Design and maintain ELK platform.
Integrate ELK with enterprise tools and APIs.

Skills

Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes

Elasticsearch DSL

Kubernetes architecture

Scripting languages (JavaScript, Python, Bash)

Education

Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science or a related discipline

Tools

ELK stack

Elastic Search indices

Kibana dashboards

Job description

Overview

BCMC provides technically advanced full-spectrum cyber, data operations, systems integration and intelligence mission support services to meet our customers’ most demanding challenges. Our capabilities include cyber space operations, cyber defense and resiliency, vulnerability research, ubiquitous technical surveillance, data intelligence, lifecycle mission enablement, and software modernization. BCMC brings disruptive technologies, agility, and competitive offerings to customers in the intelligence community, defense, civil, and commercial markets.

The Elastic Engineer will be a part of a team of Data Analytic Engineers enhancing, maintaining, and sustaining an Elastic, Logstash, and Kibana (ELK) instance with a heavy emphasis on data on-boarding, content development, configuration, troubleshooting, reporting, and visualizations. The candidate must possess prior Elastic engineering and administration experience, meet the necessary certification prerequisites, and work well in a distributed team environment.

Responsibilities

Building data pipelines to ingest external datasets into Elastic products.
Designing, building, deploying, maintaining, and enhancing the Elastic Logstash Kibana (ELK) platform.
Installing and configuring ELK.
Using Elastic Search indices, Elastic search APIs, Kibana dashboards, Log Stash and Beats.
Using or creating plug-ins for ELK like authentication and authorization plug-ins.
Integrating ELK with enterprise tools and APIs, such as for authentication and authorization.
Designing and implementing complex development use cases and scenarios using programming languages such as Python, Groovy, and Bash.
Using Elastic Search cluster monitoring tools.

Required Skills and Qualifications

U.S. Citizenship
Active Secret clearance; must be able to obtain TS/SCI clearance
Must be able to obtain DHS Suitability
6+ years of directly relevant software development experience
At least 2 years of experience as an Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes (ECK) admin or equivalent
At least 2 years of experience with Elasticsearch DSL
At least 5 years of experience with Kubernetes architecture
Strong knowledge of the ELK stack
Knowledge of scripting languages such as JavaScript, Python, Bash, etc.

Desired Skills

Experience working in an agile environment
Experience supporting federal customers

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science or a related discipline

Certifications (desirable)

DoD 8570.1-M Compliance at IAT Level I (e.g., CISSP) highly desired
Agile software development methodology certification (e.g. SCRUM Master) highly desired
Elastic certifications (e.g., Elastic Certified Engineer/Analyst/Observable Engineer)
Kubernetes certifications (KCNA, KCSA, CKAD, CKA, CKS) are desirable

Company

Business Computers Management Consulting Group, LLC (BCMC) is a small business specializing in IT, Cybersecurity, IA, SOA, Big Data Management, Program Management, and more for Federal, State, and Local agencies. We are ISO certified and registered, delivering high quality and services to our clients.

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