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Elastic Engineer

ALTA IT Services, LLC
Herndon, VA Contractor
POSTED ON 1/7/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 2/5/2026
Elastic Engineer
Direct Hire
On-Site, Dulles, VA (Herndon, VA)
Salary: $140,000 annually, plus benefits
Federal End Customer
Minimum Active Secret clearance with TS eligibility


System One IT is staffing a direct-hire opening for an Elastic Engineer to support a federal end customer. This is an on-site position in Herndon, VA, that requires a minimum active Secret clearance, with eligibility to obtain a Top Secret SCI with DHS eligibility.


Our client provides technically advanced full-spectrum cyber, data operations, systems integration, and intelligence mission support services to meet our customers’ most demanding challenges. Their capabilities include cyber space operations, cyber defense and resiliency, vulnerability research, ubiquitous technical surveillance, data intelligence, lifecycle mission enablement, and software modernization. Our client brings disruptive technologies, agility, and competitive offerings to customers in the intelligence community, defense, civil, and commercial markets.


The Elastic Engineer will be a part of a team of Data Analytics Engineers enhancing, maintaining, and sustaining an Elastic, Logstash, and Kibana (ELK) instance with a heavy emphasis on data onboarding, content development, configuration, troubleshooting, reporting, and visualizations. The candidate must possess prior Elastic engineering and administration experience, meet the necessary certification prerequisites, and work well in a distributed team environment.


DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
  • Building data pipelines to ingest external datasets into Elastic products.
  • Designing, building, deploying, maintaining, and enhancing the Elastic Logstash Kibana (ELK) platform.
  • Installing and configuring ELK.
  • Using Elasticsearch Indices, Elasticsearch APIs, Kibana Dashboards, Log Stash, and Beats.
  • Using or creating plug-ins for ELK, like authentication and authorization plug-ins.
  • Integrating ELK with enterprise tools and APIs, such as for authentication and authorization.
  • Designing and implementing complex development use cases and scenarios using programming languages such as Python, Groovy, and Bash.
  • Using Elasticsearch Cluster Monitoring Tools.

     
REQUIRED SKILLS:
  • Active Secret (S) clearance and must be able to obtain a TS/SCI clearance
  • Must be able to obtain DHS Suitability
  • 8 years of directly relevant software development experience required.
  • At least 2 years of experience as an Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes (ECK) admin or equivalent role.
  • At least 2 years of experience with Elasticsearch Domain Specific Language (DSL).
  • At least 5 years of experience with Kubernetes architecture.
  • Strong knowledge of the ELK stack.
  • Knowledge of scripting languages, such as JavaScript, Python, Bash, etc.
DESIRED SKILLS:
  • Experience working in an agile environment.
  • Experience supporting federal customers.
REQUIRED EDUCATION:
  • A bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or a related discipline is required.
DESIRED CERTIFICATIONS:
  • DoD 8570.1-M Compliance at IAT Level I (e.g., Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)) certification is highly desired
  • Agile software development methodology certification (e.g., SCRUM Master) is highly desired.
  • Elastic certification, such as: Elastic Certified Engineer, Elastic Certified Analyst, or Elastic Certified Observability Engineer
  • Kubernetes certification, such as: Kubernetes and Cloud Native Associate (KCNA), Kubernetes and Cloud Native Security Associate (KCSA), Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD), Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), or Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS)
 



System One, and its subsidiaries including Joulé, ALTA IT Services, and Mountain Ltd., are leaders in delivering outsourced services and workforce solutions across North America. We help clients get work done more efficiently and economically, without compromising quality. System One not only serves as a valued partner for our clients, but we offer eligible employees health and welfare benefits coverage options including medical, dental, vision, spending accounts, life insurance, voluntary plans, as well as participation in a 401(k) plan.


System One is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, family care or medical leave status, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.


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