Elasticsearch Engineer | TS/SCI | Kubernetes Expert

Society of Defense Financial Management; Bethesda, Northern (MD, KY); Hybrid; USD 108,000 - 195,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos is seeking an Elastic Search Engineer to join a platform engineering team at the Bethesda, MD location. You will build, deploy, and maintain NoSQL databases within a microservice ecosystem using Kubernetes, while advancing GitOps practices across cross-functional teams.

The role requires an active TS/SCI clearance, DoD 8570.01M Level II certification, and hands-on experience with Elasticsearch, Redis, and container orchestration.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field with 8+ years of experience.
• Active TS/SCI clearance with ability to obtain and maintain a Polygraph.
• DoD 8570.01M IAT Level II certification (Security+, CySA+, SSCP, CCNA Security, or CISSP).
• Ability to obtain and maintain Privileged User Account (PUA) certification.

Responsibilities

• Deploy, triage, debug, and maintain production class databases like Elasticsearch and Redis.
• Design and support database configuration management strategies across air-gapped networks.
• Partner with Systems Engineers to architect solutions for new capabilities.
• Contribute to monitoring capabilities to provide proactive system notifications.
• Contribute technical input to engineering documentation, diagrams, and models.
• Participate in Agile release planning, scrums, design sessions, bug triage, and related team activities.

Skills

Kubernetes

Elasticsearch

Redis

Linux administration

TS/SCI clearance

ArgoCD

Helm

REST APIs

CI/CD automation

Open source software

Keycloak

Strimzi

EKS/Rancher/RKE2

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Equivalent experience in lieu of degree

Tools

EKS

Rancher

RKE2

Keycloak

Strimzi

Job description

Leidos is seeking an Elastic Search Engineer to join a platform engineering team at the Bethesda, MD location. You will build, deploy, and maintain NoSQL databases within a microservice ecosystem using Kubernetes, while advancing GitOps practices across cross-functional teams.

The role requires an active TS/SCI clearance, DoD 8570.01M Level II certification, and hands-on experience with Elasticsearch, Redis, and container orchestration.