Elasticsearch Engineer – Security Analytics (Onsite Lincoln)

TEKsystems; Lincoln (MA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full benefits

401K

Vacation

Job summary

TEKsystems is seeking an expert-level cybersecurity data engineer to design, implement, and maintain systems for automating complex cyber defense activities in Lincoln, MA. You will work with Elastic Stack components, build dashboards, and optimize log pipelines for security operations in government environments.

Qualifications include 5+ years with Elastic Stack, ECS mapping, and experience with SOC/SIEM workflows. On-site role with full benefits and potential for AWS and DoD-related projects.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience administering Elastic Stack, including Elasticsearch, Kibana, Logstash, Beats, or Fleet.
• Experience managing Elasticsearch index lifecycle policies, index templates, and data streams at scale, and building Kibana dashboards, visualizations, and lens-based analytics for security operations.
• Experience with Elastic Security detection rules, alerts, and case management workflows.
• Experience with log ingestion pipeline design, including parsing, enrichment, and normalization across heterogeneous log sources such as network, endpoint, identity, and cloud.
• Experience with Elastic Common Schema (ECS) and mapping non-standard log sources into ECS-compliant fields.
• Experience working in government cybersecurity environments such as SOC, SIEM operations, or defensive cyber.
• Experience optimizing log collections from AWS platform, endpoints, and network devices.
• Knowledge of AI/ML concepts as applied to security analytics such as anomaly detection, behavioral baselining, or threat scoring.
• Ability to obtain a Secret clearance
• Bachelors degree

Skills

Elastic Stack

Elasticsearch

Kibana

Logstash

Beats

Fleet

Security operations

Log ingestion pipelines

Elastic Common Schema (ECS)

DoD experience

Clearance

Bachelor's degree

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Kubernetes

Elastic AI/ML

Job description

TEKsystems is seeking an expert-level cybersecurity data engineer to design, implement, and maintain systems for automating complex cyber defense activities in Lincoln, MA. You will work with Elastic Stack components, build dashboards, and optimize log pipelines for security operations in government environments.

Qualifications include 5+ years with Elastic Stack, ECS mapping, and experience with SOC/SIEM workflows. On-site role with full benefits and potential for AWS and DoD-related projects.