Elastic Engineer Jobs
Listed on 2026-08-16
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IT/Tech
Data Engineering, Systems Engineer
Elastic Engineer
Zachary Piper Solutions is seeking an Elastic Engineer to support a mission-critical federal program at Schriever Space Force Base (SFB). This on-site role focuses on designing, implementing, and maintaining large-scale log ingestion architectures using the Elastic Stack. The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in Logstash pipeline engineering, ECS normalization, and high-volume ingestion across heterogeneous data sources, including restricted and air-gapped environments.
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/Open Shift 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/Open Shift 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
Compensation for the Elastic Engineer includes:
Salary Range: (depends on experience) Benefits:
Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K, PTO, Sick Leave (as required), Holidays
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