Senior Elastic Architect - DoD Splunk-to-Elastic Migration

Piper Companies; Illinois; On-site; USD 190,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Zachary Piper Solutions is seeking an experienced Senior Elastic Engineer to support a DoD modernization at Scott Air Force Base in Illinois, migrating enterprise security logging from Splunk to Elastic. You will lead Elastic architecture, Kubernetes deployments (ECK) and custom data ingestion solutions within a secure DoD environment.

This role requires active Secret clearance and hands-on expertise with Elastic Stack, ILM, and enterprise observability.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in Elastic engineering, platform engineering, SRE, or infrastructure engineering.
• Hands-on experience designing and administering enterprise Elastic Stack environments.
• Experience building custom data ingestion pipelines and managing large-scale logging platforms.
• Advanced Kubernetes experience with Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes (ECK) deployments preferred.
• Experience troubleshooting complex Elastic architectures and distributed environments.
• Ability to work onsite at Scott Air Force Base, IL.
• Active Secret Clearance required (Interim Secret or Interim Top Secret may be considered).

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and maintain enterprise Elastic Stack environments supporting security logging, search, and observability.
• Lead migration efforts from Splunk to Elastic while ensuring minimal operational disruption.
• Build and implement custom data ingestion pipelines for enterprise security and operational data.
• Configure and manage Index Lifecycle Management (ILM) policies and data retention strategies.
• Deploy and administer Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes (ECK) environments using Kubernetes operators.
• Optimize Elastic cluster performance, scalability, reliability, and availability across production environments.
• Troubleshoot complex Elastic infrastructure, Kubernetes, and distributed system issues.
• Support security-focused logging, SIEM integrations, and enterprise observability initiatives.
• Develop automation and operational best practices for Elastic platform administration.
• Maintain technical documentation, deployment standards, and operational procedures.

Skills

Elastic Stack

Kubernetes/ECK

Data ingestion pipelines

SRE / platform engineering

Distributed systems

DoD/government environment

SIEM/logging

Tools

ECK

ILM

Job description

Zachary Piper Solutions is seeking an experienced Senior Elastic Engineer to support a DoD modernization at Scott Air Force Base in Illinois, migrating enterprise security logging from Splunk to Elastic. You will lead Elastic architecture, Kubernetes deployments (ECK) and custom data ingestion solutions within a secure DoD environment.

This role requires active Secret clearance and hands-on expertise with Elastic Stack, ILM, and enterprise observability.