Observability Engineer

ECS; Fairfax (VA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Everforth ECS in Fairfax, VA is seeking an Observability Engineer in a hybrid capacity to design and scale observability, telemetry visualization, and monitoring across a federal healthcare environment supporting the DOW. You will deploy Elastic APM agents, develop Kibana dashboards, configure alerts, and collaborate with security teams to improve coverage.

This role requires U.S. citizenship and active DoD security clearance.

Qualifications

• U.S. Citizen.
• Active DoD Secret security clearance.
• DoD 8140 IAT Level II Security+ (or higher) or CISSP.
• AWS Certified CloudOps Engineer - Associate
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate
• Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Engineering or Computer Science, 7+ years of experience
• Experience with Elastic observability, telemetry analytics and operational monitoring implementations.
• Developing executive dashboards and reporting strategies.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop Kibana dashboards, visualizations, analytics workflows, and operational reporting capabilities.
• Architect, engineer, and scale Elastic environments for time-series metrics, tracing, and high-volume logs.
• Deploy and instrument Elastic APM agents across Java, .NET, Node.js, Python.
• Configure advanced alerting rules and use ML for anomaly detection.
• Collaborate with engineering and security teams to normalize telemetry and improve observability coverage.
• Build dashboards and Canvas workpads for rapid root-cause analysis by IT operations.
• Support monitoring of SLIs/SLOs and provide stakeholder reporting.

Skills

Kibana dashboards

Elastic observability

APM tracing

Alerting

Telemetry analytics

OpenTelemetry

Security collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Cyber security/IT/Engineering/CS

Tools

Elastic Stack

Kibana

OpenTelemetry

Terraform/Infrastructure-as-Code

AWS GovCloud or regulated cloud

Job description

Job Description

Everforth ECS is seeking an Observability Engineer in our Fairfax, VA office in a hybrid capacity.

Everforth ECS Federal is seeking an Observability Engineer to support development and operationalization of enterprise observability, telemetry visualization, operational analytics, and monitoring capabilities within a federal healthcare environment supporting the DOW.

• Initiatives with hands‑on Kibana dashboard and visualization development experience
• Design and develop native and complex Kibana dashboards, visualizations, analytics workflows, and operational reporting capabilities
• Architect, engineer, and scale Elastic environments specifically tuned for time‑series metrics, distributed tracing, and high‑volume application logs
• Deploy and instrument Elastic APM agents across diverse application stacks (Java, .NET, Node.js, Python) to trace transactions and isolate performance bottlenecks
• Configure advanced alerting rules and leverage Elastic Machine Learning (anomaly detection) to identify system degradation before it impacts end‑users
• Collaborate with engineering and security teams to normalize telemetry and improve observability coverage
• Build intuitive, role‑specific Kibana dashboards and Canvas workpads that unify logs, metrics, and traces for rapid root‑cause analysis by IT operations
• Monitor system activity and identify anomalous or suspicious operational trends
• Support:
  • Operational awareness, incident monitoring, and continuous monitoring activities
  • Implementation and monitoring of Service Level Indicators (SLIs) and Service Level Objectives (SLOs)
  • Training and knowledge transfer for operational stakeholders
• Develop reporting and visualization strategies supporting executive and operational stakeholders

Note: Salary is commensurate with skillset, qualifications, experience, and educational background.

Salary Range: $140,000-165,000

General Description Of Benefits

Required Skills

• U.S. Citizen.
• Active DoD Secret security clearance.
• Required active certifications:
  • DoD 8140 IAT Level II Security+ (or higher) or CISSP.
  • AWS Certified CloudOps Engineer - Associate
  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate
• Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Engineering or Computer Science, 7+ years of experience experience.
• Experience with the following:
  • Supporting Elastic observability, telemetry analytics (e.g., OpenTelemetry, SIEM/log architectures) and operational monitoring implementations.
  • Developing executive dashboards, operational reporting, and visualization strategies.
  • Cloud architecture, system administration, and infrastructure-as-code principles.
• Familiarity with SIEM, telemetry analytics, metrics, distributed tracing, and observability concepts.
• Knowledge in software engineering and development methodologies (essential for deep APM and code-level tracing).
• Ability to apply analytical reasoning to comprehend complex distributed systems, microservices architectures, and telemetry data.
• Understanding of Federal cybersecurity and compliance environments preferred.
• Excellent written, presentation, and stakeholder engagement skills
• Ability to support 10-15% travel
• Strong problem‑solving and decision‑making capabilities, with a proven ability to weigh the relative costs and benefits of potential actions and identify the most appropriate solution.
• Highly developed interpersonal and oral/written communication skills, with the ability to effectively and professionally interact with a diverse set of stakeholders (from peers to end‑users to executive management).

Note: Salary is commensurate with skillset, qualifications, experience, and educational background.

Desired Skills

• One or more related certifications preferred:
  • AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
  • Elastic Certified Engineer or Elastic Certified Observability Engineer
  • AWS Certified Security or Microsoft Azure Security Engineer
  • Equivalent cybersecurity or cloud certificates
  • AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional or equivalent certification.
• Hands‑on experience supporting observability platforms within AWS GovCloud or other regulated cloud environments.
• Experience with:
  • Elastic Stack, Amazon CloudWatch, AWS X-Ray and OpenTelemetry.
  • Monitoring Kubernetes, Amazon EKS, containers and distributed microservices.
• Proficiency with Terraform, CloudFormation or comparable infrastructure‑as‑code tools.
• Familiarity with SRE practices, including SLIs, SLOs, error budgets, incident response and root‑cause analysis.
• Scripting or development experience with Python, Java, PowerShell or similar languages.
• Knowledge of NIST 800-53, FedRAMP, FISMA, RMF and DISA STIG requirements.

ECS Federal LLC is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis any characteristic protected by law. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local jurisdiction law.

Everforth ECS is the federal segment of Everforth, a $4B global organization with over 10,000 employees. Our nearly 3,500 professionals deliver advanced technology solutions in data and AI, cybersecurity, and enterprise transformation, serving defense, intelligence, and federal civilian agencies.

Our work powers mission‑critical outcomes, strengthens technology partnerships, and creates meaningful opportunities for our people. We are defined by a commitment to excellence in delivery, a culture of innovation, and an environment where talent can thrive and grow.

We Value

• Attracting and developing top talent and high‑performing teams
• Fostering a culture that is engaging, accountable, and mission‑driven

Meet the challenge. Make a difference with Everforth ECS!