Senior Elastic Engineer

ECS Corporate Services; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 108,000 - 163,000; Full time

Job summary

Everforth ECS in Arlington, VA seeks a Senior Elastic Engineer to shape the design, deployment, and operation of our enterprise Elastic SIEM platform. Lead, mentor, and collaborate with SRE/DevOps teams while aligning security and compliance as the platform evolves to support analytics and security workloads.

The role emphasizes proactive problem detection, robust configuration management, and vendor collaboration to drive platform maturity and reliable delivery.

Qualifications

• 4+ years general experience architecting, deploying, and maintaining core facets of the Elastic Stack (Elasticsearch, Kibana).
• 2+ years' experience with Elastic Agent (deployment, policy config, troubleshooting).
• Experience managing data ingestion for Elastic search use cases.
• Experience with monitoring the Elastic Stack and resolving common issues.
• Experience with process control improvement.
• Comfortable leveraging Elastic APIs through Dev Tools and/or scripting.
• Strong communication skills translating technical concepts to business terms.
• Designing clear, efficient technical delivery plans for high-quality outcomes.

Job description

Everforth ECS is seeking a skilled Senior Elastic Engineer to influence the design, operation, and evolution of our enterprise Elastic SIEM solution. This role is central to ensuring the platform remains secure, highly available , and optimized to support mission-critical analytics, search, observability, and security workloads across the organization. The Senior Elastic Engineer will work collaboratively as part of a dedicated engineering team, serving as a technical leader in guidance , mentorship , and influence within the Elastic Stack. They will proactively detect problems, identify emerging risks, and implement preventative measures to maintain a stable and resilient environment. A core responsibility of this role is to drive thoughtful solution execution that simplifies operations and improves reliability. The Elastic Engineer will participate in change control processes, maintain rigorous configuration management practices, and ensure the platform adheres to security and compliance standards. They will also support adjacent teams including SRE, DevOps, and Security while providing guidance on best practices for data ingestion, dashboards, and alerts. This role will also partner closely with the Elastic vendor, engaging in support escalations, roadmap discussions, and collaborative planning around product innovation and new use cases. The Elastic Engineer will help ensure ECS leverages emerging platform capabilities, stays aligned with best practices to continuously improve the platform maturity through a strong vendor relationship.

Salary: $108,000 - $163,000

General Description of Benefits US citizenship with ability to obtain and maintain Public Trust Suitability

• 4+ years general experience architecting, deploying, and maintaining core facets of the Elastic Stack which include Elasticsearch and Kibana
• 2+ years' experience with Elastic Agent to include deployment, configuration of agent policies, and troubleshooting common problems
• Experience manag ing d ata inge stion for Elastic s earch use cases
• Experience with monitoring the Elastic Stack and resolving common issues
• Experience with process control improvement
• Comfortable leveraging Elastic APIs through Dev Tools and/or ad-hoc Scripting
• Strong communication skills with ability to translate difficult technical discussion into business language
• Skilled at designing clear, efficient technical delivery plans that drive high-quality outcomes and predictable execution