Elastic Software Engineer Sr II

Vervic Inc.; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 94,000 - 112,000; Full time

Job summary

Vervic Inc. is seeking an experienced Elastic Software Engineer - Sr. II to join their team in Huntsville, Alabama. The role involves enhancing and maintaining an Elastic (ELK) instance, building data pipelines, and requires significant experience with Kubernetes and Elastic stack technologies. Candidates must possess strong software development background, Secret clearance, and a Bachelor's Degree in a related field. This position offers the opportunity to work on exciting projects in cybersecurity and data operations.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of relevant software development experience required.
• Must have an active Secret clearance and eligibility for TS/SCI.
• Experience as an Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes (ECK) admin or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Build data pipelines to ingest external datasets into Elastic products.
• Design and maintain the Elastic Logstash Kibana (ELK) platform.
• Integrate ELK with enterprise tools and APIs.

Skills

Elasticsearch Domain Specific Language (DSL)

Kubernetes architecture

scripting languages (JavaScript, Python, Bash)

Education

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

Tools

Elastic Stack (ELK)

Kibana

Logstash

Job description

Elastic Software Engineer -Sr. II

Location: Dulles, VA, United States

Range - $94k - $112K

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

They are seeking an Elastic Software Engineer - Senior II with prior Elastic engineering and administration experience, that meets the necessary certification prerequisites and works well in a distributed team environment. 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.

Eligibility

• Must be a US Citizen
• Must have an active Secret clearance with ability to obtain TS/SCI eligibility
• Must be able to obtain DHS Suitability prior to starting employment
• 6+ years of directly relevant software development experience

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 language, such as Python, Groovy, and Bash.
• Using Elastic Search Cluster Monitoring Tools.

Required Skills

• 5+ years of experience with Kubernetes architecture
• 2+ years of experience with Elasticsearch Domain Specific Language (DSL)
• 2+ years of experience as an Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes (ECK) admin or equivalent role
• Strong knowledge of ELK stack.
• Knowledge of scripting languages, such as JavaScript, Python, Bash, etc.

Desired Skills

• Experience working in an agile environment.
• Experience supporting federal customers.

Desired Certifications

• DoD 8570.1-M Compliance at IAT Level I (e.g., Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)) certification highly desired
• Agile software development methodology certification (e.g. SCRUM Master) highly desired.
• Elastic certification, such as: Elastic Certified Engineer, Elastic Certified Analyst, or Elastic Certified Observable Engineer
• Kubernetes certification, such as: Kubernetes and Cloud Native Associate (KCNA), Kubernetes and Cloud Native Security Associate (KCSA), Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD), Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), or Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS)

Required Education: Bachelor's Degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or a related discipline is required.

EOE