Elastic Engineer

Overview

VAE, Inc. is a full service IT Infrastructure Solutions Company focused on building, securing and supporting our clients’ mission critical enterprises. We provide a distinctive array of design, integration and implementation services as well as fully managed service offerings. VAE is at the forefront of leveraging multi-tenant capable technologies and shared IT services to create secure, reliable and cost-effective end-to-end services and solutions.

We deliver exceptional infrastructure solutions with extremely talented employees using a client-focused partnering approach.

Full-time

VA US (Primary)

VAE is seeking a highly skilled and motivated Elastic Engineer to join our team supporting mission-critical systems for U.S. government clients. The ideal candidate will be responsible for architecting, deploying, configuring, and maintaining Elasticsearch and the Elastic Stack (ELK Stack), enabling real-time analytics, data aggregation, and visualization solutions. This role requires hands-on experience working in secure, regulated environments and collaborating closely with security, infrastructure, and development teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain scalable and secure Elastic Stack deployments.
• Develop ingest pipelines for structured and unstructured data using Beats, Logstash, and Elasticsearch APIs.
• Create and manage Kibana dashboards to provide actionable insights to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Tune and optimize Elasticsearch clusters for performance and availability.
• Support SIEM and threat-hunting capabilities using Elastic Security features.
• Work with Dev Ops teams to automate deployment and monitoring of Elastic solutions using tools such as Ansible, Terraform, or Kubernetes.
• Ensure compliance with government security standards including FISMA, FedRAMP, and DISA STIGs.
• Provide Tier 3 support and participate in on-call rotations as required.
• Collaborate with data owners, analysts, and security teams to define and meet data analytics requirements.

Required Qualifications

• U.S. Citizenship (mandatory for government contracting roles).
• Active Secret clearance.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field; or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience with the Elastic Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana, Beats).
• Proficiency in Linux systems administration and scripting (Bash, Python, etc.).
• Experience with secure data ingestion and log management in enterprise or federal environments.
• Understanding of network protocols, firewalls, and data security principles.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS Gov Cloud or Azure Government.

Preferred Qualifications

• Elastic Certified Engineer or Elastic Certified Analyst.
• Experience with Elasticsearch Service (Elastic Cloud).
• Familiarity with other observability tools (e.g., Grafana, Splunk, Prometheus).
• Experience with NIST RMF, DoD 8570 compliance, or CDM initiatives.
• Prior experience supporting DoD, IC, or civilian agencies.

Secret

We are equal opportunity/affirmative action employers, committed to diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under state or local law.

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