Elastic Engineer - 160044

Responsibilities: of the Elastic Engineer include: Design and deploy ingestion pipelines for: Endpoint security telemetry Network devices and firewalls Cloud security platforms Linux audit logs Windows Event Logs Kubernetes/OpenShift logs Custom application logs Normalize incoming data into Elastic Common Schema (ECS) compliant formats Implement parsing using Grok , Dissect , KV , JSON decoding , and Translate filters Design and manage multi‑pipeline Logstash architectures , including pipeline‑to‑pipeline routing and output isolator patterns Tune Logstash JVM performance and troubleshoot ingestion bottlenecks Deploy and manage Elastic Agents using Fleet Server and centralized policy management Support air‑gapped artifact and package repositories Implement ingestion resiliency, redundancy, and failover strategies Validate ingestion correctness, ECS alignment, and lifecycle management compliance Support high‑availability production environments, including restricted and disconnected networks Qualifications: for the Elastic Engineer include: 3+ years of hands‑on Elastic Stack experience Advanced Logstash pipeline engineering expertise Strong knowledge of Elastic Common Schema (ECS) Linux administration experience Proven experience troubleshooting high‑volume ingestion and pipeline performance issues Preferred Qualifications: Experience with air‑gapped Elastic deployments Kubernetes/OpenShift logging ingestion experience Elastic Defend and SIEM ingestion experience Automation experience with Ansible , Python, Bash, or similar scripting tools Success Metrics: Improved ingestion reliability and resiliency Reduced dropped or malformed events Increased pipeline throughput and stability Consistent, standardized ECS mapping implementation Position Details: Location: Schriever Space Force Base (SFB) Environment: On‑site, secure facility Collaboration with cybersecurity, platform engineering, and mission operations teams Compensation: for the Elastic Engineer includes: Salary Range: (depends on experience) Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K, PTO, Sick Leave (as required), Holidays