Senior Elastic Engineer - Remote, Scale Elastic Stack

Socket.dev; Virginia (IL); Hybrid; USD 170,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

ECS is seeking a Sr. Elastic Engineer to design, deploy, and optimize Elastic Stack environments across on-prem and cloud platforms. This remote role requires hands-on Elastic capabilities and the ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure reliability and performance.

Ideal candidates will bring strong scripting, Linux/Unix, cloud knowledge (AWS, Azure, GCP), and a track record mentoring teams on Elastic best practices. U.S. passport and at least Secret clearance are required.

Qualifications

• Hands-on Elastic Stack expertise (Elasticsearch, Kibana, Logstash, Beats, Fleet).
• Strong scripting skills (Python, PowerShell, Bash).
• Experience designing, deploying, and optimizing production-scale Elastic environments.
• Linux/Unix, networking, and cloud platform knowledge (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Ability to mentor and influence engineering teams on Elastic best practices.
• Excellent verbal and written communication; US citizen with passport and security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and maintain Elastic Stack environments, including Elasticsearch, Kibana, Logstash, Beats, Fleet.
• Build ingestion pipelines, index strategies, dashboards, and automation workflows.
• Write scripts and integrations to streamline operations.
• Deploy Elastic across on-prem, AWS, Azure, GCP, GovCloud, and containers.

Skills

Elastic Stack

Scripting

Linux/Unix

Cloud platforms

Mentoring

Communication

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Docker

Kubernetes

OpenShift

CI/CD

Splunk

SIEMs

Job description

ECS is seeking a Sr. Elastic Engineer to design, deploy, and optimize Elastic Stack environments across on-prem and cloud platforms. This remote role requires hands-on Elastic capabilities and the ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure reliability and performance.

Ideal candidates will bring strong scripting, Linux/Unix, cloud knowledge (AWS, Azure, GCP), and a track record mentoring teams on Elastic best practices. U.S. passport and at least Secret clearance are required.