Senior Elastic Stack Architect & Platform Reliability Lead

ecsfederal; Virginia (MN); On-site; USD 108,000 - 163,000; Full time

Job summary

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 keeping the platform secure, highly available, and optimized for analytics, search, observability, and security workloads across the organization.

The ideal candidate will lead the Elastic Stack, mentor team members, and collaborate with SRE, DevOps, and Security while engaging with the Elastic vendor on support and roadmap

Qualifications

• 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 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 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

Responsibilities

• Lead guidance and mentorship within the Elastic Stack engineering team
• Collaborate with SRE, DevOps, and Security to ensure secure, resilient platform operations
• Engage with the Elastic vendor for support escalations, roadmap discussions, and product innovation
• Drive solution execution to simplify operations and improve reliability
• Partner with stakeholders to transform platform data into meaningful insights

Skills

Elastic Stack

Elasticsearch

Kibana

Elastic Agent

Data ingestion

Monitoring

APIs

Communication

Delivery planning

Tools

Dev Tools

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 keeping the platform secure, highly available, and optimized for analytics, search, observability, and security workloads across the organization.

The ideal candidate will lead the Elastic Stack, mentor team members, and collaborate with SRE, DevOps, and Security while engaging with the Elastic vendor on support and roadmap