Senior Elastic Architect for DoD Security and Observability

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

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Federal project employment

Job summary

Zachary Piper Solutions is seeking a Senior Elastic Engineer to lead Elastic architecture and Kubernetes deployments for a high-visibility DoD modernization effort at Scott Air Force Base, IL. The role focuses on migrating from Splunk to Elastic, designing scalable logging and observability platforms, and delivering production-grade data ingestion pipelines.

The candidate will implement ILM, manage ECK deployments, and ensure secure DoD operations, with a Secret clearance required and on-site

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience supporting Elastic engineering, platform engineering, SRE, or infrastructure engineering.
• Strong 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 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 expertise

Kubernetes

SRE mindset

Security logging

Cloud infrastructure

Tools

Kubernetes (ECK)

ELK Stack deployments

Data ingestion pipelines

SIEM integrations

Job description

Zachary Piper Solutions is seeking a Senior Elastic Engineer to lead Elastic architecture and Kubernetes deployments for a high-visibility DoD modernization effort at Scott Air Force Base, IL. The role focuses on migrating from Splunk to Elastic, designing scalable logging and observability platforms, and delivering production-grade data ingestion pipelines.

The candidate will implement ILM, manage ECK deployments, and ensure secure DoD operations, with a Secret clearance required and on-site