ELK/Kafka Backend Engineer - Onsite at Scott AFB

TEKsystems; Scott Air Force Base (IL); On-site; USD 83,000 - 103,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental & vision

401(k) Retirement Plan

Life Insurance

Job summary

TEKsystems is seeking a Backend Developer/Data Software Engineer for an onsite role at Scott AFB, IL. You will design, develop, and maintain data pipelines using ELK/Kafka while enabling real-time analytics, dashboards, and secure data integration across enterprise systems.

The position requires experience with Elasticsearch, Kafka, Python, Java, SQL, and cloud/Kubernetes deployments. Active Secret clearance and Security+ certification within 14 days of start are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline; 2+ years of relevant experience.
• Experience developing APIs and backend services.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable data pipelines and backend services for processing large and complex datasets.
• Build and support data integration solutions using Confluent Kafka, Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana.
• Develop ETL/ELT pipelines to ingest, transform, and integrate data from multiple enterprise systems.
• Create and optimize data lake and data warehouse solutions that support analytics, reporting, and operational dashboards.
• Develop APIs and backend services using Python, Java, SQL, JavaScript, and related technologies.
• Support visualization platforms and dashboards utilizing Kibana, HTML, JavaScript, and React-based technologies.
• Manage deployments within AWS cloud environments and OpenShift/Kubernetes platforms.
• Automate data ingestion, cleansing, validation, monitoring, and deployment processes through CI/CD pipelines.
• Optimize platform performance, including data ingestion throughput, indexing strategies, query performance, storage utilization, and cluster stability.
• Troubleshoot issues related to data processing, infrastructure, performance, and system integrations.
• Collaborate closely with engineers, analysts, architects, and stakeholders to deliver secure and reliable data solutions.
• Produce technical documentation, integration designs, interface documentation, test plans, and operational procedures.
• Utilize Agile methodologies and tools such as Jira and Confluence throughout the software development lifecycle.

Skills

Elasticsearch / ELK Stack

Kafka / Confluent Kafka

API Development

Python

SQL

JavaScript

Java

ETL Development

CI/CD Pipelines

AWS

Kubernetes / OpenShift

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline

Tools

Confluent Kafka

Elasticsearch

Logstash

Kibana

AWS

OpenShift

Kubernetes

Job description

TEKsystems is seeking a Backend Developer/Data Software Engineer for an onsite role at Scott AFB, IL. You will design, develop, and maintain data pipelines using ELK/Kafka while enabling real-time analytics, dashboards, and secure data integration across enterprise systems.

The position requires experience with Elasticsearch, Kafka, Python, Java, SQL, and cloud/Kubernetes deployments. Active Secret clearance and Security+ certification within 14 days of start are required.