Senior Infrastructure & Platform Engineer - Remote (Elastic)

ECS; Richmond (VA); Remote; USD 130,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

ECS is seeking a Senior Infrastructure & Platform Engineer to design, deploy, and support enterprise platforms across on‑premises, cloud, and hybrid environments. The role is remote with occasional onsite engagements and requires strong Linux/Windows administration, networking, and hands‑on troubleshooting for large distributed systems.

You will lead customer‑facing deployments, optimize Elasticsearch/Kibana stacks, implement automation with PowerShell, Bash, Python, Ansible, Terraform, and

Qualifications

• Top Secret clearance required at minimum.
• U.S. Passport required.
• Strong experience administering Linux operating systems.
• Strong experience administering Windows Server environments.
• Experience deploying, configuring, and supporting enterprise software platforms.
• Strong understanding of TCP/IP networking, routing, switching, DNS, VPNs, firewalls and enterprise network architecture.
• Hands-on experience with Elastic Stack (Elasticsearch, Kibana, Logstash, Beats, Fleet) or comparable enterprise platforms.
• Experience troubleshooting large-scale distributed systems and production enterprise applications.
• Strong customer-facing consulting and Professional Services experience.
• Experience deploying software in on-premises, cloud, GovCloud, hybrid, classified, or disconnected environments.
• Experience with virtualization technologies including VMware, Hyper-V, OpenShift, Kubernetes, Docker, or related platforms.
• Strong scripting and automation skills using PowerShell, Bash, Python, or similar technologies.
• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to administrators, engineers, and executive stakeholders.
• Ability to lead customer workshops, training sessions, and deployment engagements.
• Willingness and ability to travel domestically and internationally.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, configure, and maintain enterprise software platforms within customer environments.
• Implement and optimize Elastic Stack environments including Elasticsearch, Kibana, Logstash, Beats, Fleet, and Elastic Security.
• Deploy and support cybersecurity, compliance automation, observability, search, analytics, and infrastructure platforms across on‑premises, cloud, hybrid, classified, and disconnected environments.
• Lead customer‑facing onsite engagements including platform installations, technical workshops, discovery sessions, deployment planning, assessments, and knowledge transfer activities.
• Configure integrations, ingestion pipelines, dashboards, automation workflows, reporting capabilities, and operational tooling.
• Troubleshoot platform, infrastructure, networking, operating system, and application‑level issues across enterprise environments.
• Support customers implementing security hardening initiatives, configuration baselines, operational policies, and platform best practices.
• Develop automation solutions using PowerShell, Bash, Python, Ansible, Terraform, and related technologies.
• Collaborate with administrators, architects, security teams, engineering teams, and executive stakeholders to successfully operationalize deployed technologies.
• Provide recommendations for scalability, reliability, security, and operational efficiency.
• Lead technical reviews and serve as a trusted advisor throughout deployment and modernization efforts.
• Maintain deployment documentation, architecture diagrams, standard operating procedures, runbooks, and knowledge base content.
• Support domestic and international travel requirements associated with customer deployments and workshops.

Skills

Linux

Windows Server

Networking TCP/IP

Elastic Stack

Scripting: PowerShell/Bash/Python

Customer-facing

Travel readiness

Enterprise deployment

Tools

VMware

Hyper-V

OpenShift

Kubernetes

Docker

Terraform

Ansible

Job description

ECS is seeking a Senior Infrastructure & Platform Engineer to design, deploy, and support enterprise platforms across on‑premises, cloud, and hybrid environments. The role is remote with occasional onsite engagements and requires strong Linux/Windows administration, networking, and hands‑on troubleshooting for large distributed systems.

You will lead customer‑facing deployments, optimize Elasticsearch/Kibana stacks, implement automation with PowerShell, Bash, Python, Ansible, Terraform, and