Elasticsearch & Observability Engineer — On‑Site Colorado

ZP Group; Colorado Springs (CO); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

401K

PTO

Sick Leave

Holidays

Job summary

Zachary Piper Solutions is seeking an Elasticsearch & Observability Engineer to support a high-visibility federal cybersecurity program within an MSSP. This on-site role is based in Colorado Springs, CO and focuses on designing, implementing, and managing Elasticsearch environments while building robust observability across mission-critical systems.

The ideal candidate has deep expertise in search technologies, logging pipelines, metrics, tracing, and real-time monitoring in secure,

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in Elasticsearch engineering and observability tooling.
• Proficiency with SIEM concepts and platforms (Elastic, Splunk, QRadar, LogRhythm).
• Experience designing and optimizing complex logging and monitoring solutions.
• Strong Linux/Unix skills, networking basics, and cloud services.
• Scripting in Python, PowerShell, or Bash.
• Cybersecurity fundamentals and threat landscapes.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and manage Elasticsearch clusters across distributed environments.
• Optimize search performance, indexing, mappings, and queries.
• Ensure data integrity, availability, and security within Elastic deployments.
• Monitor cluster health and performance, proactively resolving issues.
• Develop observability frameworks using Kibana and Grafana.
• Implement logging, metrics, and tracing for real-time monitoring.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define requirements.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to team members.
• Document architectures, procedures, and operational processes.
• Prepare reports on system performance, incidents, and resolutions.

Skills

Elasticsearch

Observability tooling

SIEM concepts

Scripting languages

Linux/Unix

Tools

Kibana

Grafana

Elastic Stack

Splunk

QRadar

Job description

Zachary Piper Solutions is seeking an Elasticsearch & Observability Engineer to support a high-visibility federal cybersecurity program within an MSSP. This on-site role is based in Colorado Springs, CO and focuses on designing, implementing, and managing Elasticsearch environments while building robust observability across mission-critical systems.

The ideal candidate has deep expertise in search technologies, logging pipelines, metrics, tracing, and real-time monitoring in secure,