Elastic Engineer

Elastic Engineer

Location:

Remote / Onsite (as required)

Clearance:
Active TS/SCI (DHS EOD eligibility required)

Company:
Argo Cyber Systems, LLC – A Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB)

Argo Cyber Systems delivers advanced cybersecurity and threat-hunting capabilities to safeguard federal and critical infrastructure environments. Our teams provide rapid incident response, digital forensics, proactive hunt operations, and continuous cyber defense across host-based, network-based, and cloud-based systems. We combine mission experience with innovation—empowering customers to detect, disrupt, and defeat adversaries in real time.

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

• Build data pipelines to ingest external datasets into Elastic products.
• Design, build, deploy, maintain, and enhance the Elastic Logstash Kibana (ELK) platform.
• Install and configure ELK.
• Use Elastic search indices, Elastic search APIs, Kibana dashboards, Log Stash, and Beats.
• Create or use plug-ins for ELK, including authentication and authorization plug-ins.
• Integrate ELK with enterprise tools and APIs for authentication and authorization.
• Design and implement complex development use cases and scenarios using programming languages such as Python, Groovy, and Bash.
• Use Elastic Search cluster monitoring tools.

• U.S. Citizenship.
• Active Secret (S) clearance. Must be able to obtain a TS/SCI clearance.
• Must be able to obtain DHS suitability.
• 8+ years of directly relevant software development experience.
• At least 2 years as an Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes (ECK) admin or equivalent role.
• At least 2 years with Elasticsearch Domain Specific Language (DSL).
• At least 5 years with Kubernetes architecture.
• Strong knowledge of the ELK stack.
• Knowledge of scripting languages such as JavaScript, Python, Bash, etc.

• Experience working in an agile environment.
• Experience supporting federal customers.

• Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or a related discipline.

• DoD 8570.1-M Compliance at IAT Level I (e.g., Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)).
• Agile software development methodology certification (e.g., Scrum Master).
• Elastic certifications such as Elastic Certified Engineer, Elastic Certified Analyst, or Elastic Certified Observable Engineer.
• Kubernetes certifications 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).

At Argo, you'll be part of a mission-driven, veteran-founded cybersecurity team protecting America's most critical systems. We combine hands‑on technical excellence with operational precision to outpace the threat. Join us to defend, detect, and innovate at the cyber edge.

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Argo Cyber Systems is committed to maintaining a safe, secure, and trusted workplace for all employees and federal clients. Employment is contingent upon successful completion of all required background investigations and pre‑employment screenings, which may include, but are not limited to:

• Criminal background checks (federal, state, and local)
• Employment and education verification
• Reference checks
• Drug screening (in compliance with federal and state law)
• Security clearance verification (as applicable for classified positions)

Candidates selected for positions requiring access to sensitive or classified information may also be subject to additional U.S. Government background investigations and security adjudication processes, including DHS Entry on Duty (EOD) suitability or equivalent federal clearance requirements.

Argo Cyber Systems reserves the right to disqualify or rescind an offer of employment based on the results of any background or screening process that, in the company's judgment, could impact an individual's ability to perform essential job functions or meet contractual obligations.

All background investigations and screenings are conducted in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws, including the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). Candidates will be notified of their rights and afforded an opportunity to review and dispute any adverse findings before final employment…