Elastic Stack Engineer — Scalable Ingestion & Observability

Internetwork Expert; Landover (MD); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health plan

401k/IRA

Life insurance

PTO

Family leave

Disability

Training

Job summary

LiquidKinetics is seeking a talented Elastic Stack Engineer to design, implement, and maintain our Elastic Stack infrastructure, including Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana, and Beats. This role focuses on building scalable data ingestion pipelines, optimizing search and analytics capabilities, and ensuring the reliability and performance of Elastic Stack deployments across enterprise environments.

The Elastic Stack Engineer will work closely with security, operations, and development teams to

Qualifications

• Experience with Elastic Stack deployment and administration.
• Strong knowledge of Elasticsearch indexing and search performance.
• Experience designing and tuning Logstash pipelines and Beats collectors.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and manage Elasticsearch clusters for high availability and performance.
• Develop and optimize Logstash pipelines and Beats configurations for efficient data ingestion.
• Create and maintain Kibana dashboards, visualizations, and alerts to support operational and security monitoring.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define data requirements and observability strategies.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to Elastic Stack components.
• Implement best practices for scaling, securing, and optimizing the Elastic Stack environment.
• Document system architecture, processes, and configurations to ensure knowledge sharing and continuity.

Skills

Elastic Stack

Elasticsearch

Logstash

Kibana

Beats

Data ingestion

Monitoring

Security

Dashboards

Pipelines

Job description

LiquidKinetics is seeking a talented Elastic Stack Engineer to design, implement, and maintain our Elastic Stack infrastructure, including Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana, and Beats. This role focuses on building scalable data ingestion pipelines, optimizing search and analytics capabilities, and ensuring the reliability and performance of Elastic Stack deployments across enterprise environments.

The Elastic Stack Engineer will work closely with security, operations, and development teams to