Site Reliability Engineer - Elastic

Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)

We are seeking a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to support mission-critical systems for U.S. Air Force programs. This role focuses on maintaining system reliability, performance, and visibility across Kubernetes-based environments.

Candidates must be eligible to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret Clearance. This position offers the opportunity to work on high-impact systems supporting national defense initiatives.

Title:

Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) – Kubernetes / Elastic (ECK Preferred)

Location Requirement:
Hybrid (3 days' on-site at any of these locations)

• Langley AFB (VA beach) or
• Hanscom AFB (Boston)

Type of Employment:
Direct Hire

• Ensure high availability, performance, and reliability of production systems
• Work hands-on with Kubernetes clusters in a mission-critical environment
• Build and maintain monitoring dashboards and visualizations (system health, performance, network bandwidth)
• Manage and update data collection/observability pipelines across clusters
• Plan and coordinate cluster maintenance, shutdowns, and data retention activities
• Create engineering diagrams and dashboards to improve system visibility and troubleshooting
• Partner with engineering, Dev Ops, and security teams to improve system stability
• Continuously improve monitoring, alerting, and automation

• Strong experience with:
• Kubernetes (required)
• Elastic Stack (Elasticsearch, Kibana, etc.)
• Experience running Elastic in a Kubernetes environment
• ECK (Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes) strongly preferred
• Elastic Cloud + Kubernetes experience is acceptable if ECK is not present
• Background in:
• Monitoring / observability / logging
• Building dashboards and system visualizations
• Experience supporting production systems (uptime, performance, reliability)
• Comfortable working in Linux-based environments

• Exposure to security tooling or SIEM platforms
• Experience with automation/scripting (Python, Bash, etc.)
• Cloud experience (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
• Experience in hybrid or on-prem environments

• Elastic certifications
• Kubernetes certifications (CKA or similar)
• Cloud certifications (AWS, Azure, etc.)

Certifications are a plus but not required.

Additional Details:

• Clearance:
  Active Secret Clearance or ability to obtain and maintain one required
• Location:
  
  Onsite (VA Beach or Boston area)
• Work Environment:
  Enterprise-scale, mission-critical systems

What We're Looking For:

• Someone who can keep systems stable and prevent outages
• Strong Kubernetes + monitoring/observability background
• Ability to build dashboards and clearly visualize system performance
• Hands-on experience with Elastic in real environments
• Bonus if you've worked with ECK specifically

*** No 3rd Party Resumes will be accepted for this job requirement***