Senior Elastic Defend Architect - EDR & Elastic Security

Zachary Piper Solutions

Colorado Springs, Northern (CO, KY)

Hybrid

USD 150,000 - 200,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Zachary Piper Solutions is seeking a Sr. Elastic Defend Architect to support a high-visibility federal cybersecurity program in Colorado Springs, CO.

This senior role focuses on architecting and deploying Elastic Defend, Elastic Security, and Elasticsearch across large distributed environments. You will collaborate with SOC, IR, DevOps, and cloud teams to design scalable architectures, optimize data pipelines, and ensure data integrity and compliance.

Qualifications

Active Secret clearance required.
U.S. Passport required.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Willingness to support on-site travel domestically/internationally.
Experience in Elastic Security/Defend architecture and Elasticsearch performance optimization.
Proficiency with Linux/Unix, cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP), and scripting (Python/PowerShell/Bash).
Familiarity with SIEM/EDR concepts and large-scale cybersecurity environments.

Responsibilities

Architect, design, and deploy Elastic Defend across large distributed environments.
Configure Fleet Servers, agent enrollment workflows, endpoint policies, and security integrations.
Design and maintain scalable Elasticsearch clusters for Elastic Security workloads.
Build data ingestion pipelines for endpoint telemetry and logs.
Improve Elastic Security performance via ILM, ECS mapping, and pipeline tuning.
Develop observability using Kibana and related tooling.
Implement logging, metrics, and tracing for real-time monitoring.