Elasticsearch Engineer - TS/SCI Poly
Annapolis Junction, MD · Computer/SoftwarePosition Title: Elasticsearch Engineer
Location: Annapolis Junction, MD
Clearance Requirement: TS/SCI POLY
Position Type: Full-Time, Fully-Funded
Benefits
- Competitive Compensation
- Medical, Dental & Vision insurance
- 15% 401k Contribution
- 30 PTO days with carryover available
- Company Apparel Credit annually
Position Overview
We are seeking a skilled Elasticsearch Engineer to design, deploy, and maintain Elasticsearch clusters supporting high-performance search and analytics across large-scale systems. The ideal candidate will have deep hands-on experience with the Elastic Stack and the ability to collaborate across DevOps, engineering, and data teams to ensure scalable, secure, and optimized search infrastructure.
Key Responsibilities
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Design, deploy, and manage production-grade Elasticsearch clusters.
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Develop and maintain indexing strategies and data ingestion pipelines tailored to application-specific needs.
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Optimize query performance and ensure continuous monitoring of cluster health and search efficiency.
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Collaborate with developers, data engineers, and DevOps teams to integrate Elasticsearch into various services and applications.
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Implement and maintain dashboards and visualizations using Kibana or similar tools.
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Manage cluster upgrades, backups, and snapshots, ensuring data integrity and high availability.
Required Qualifications
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Strong, hands-on experience with Elasticsearch (7.x or 8.x preferred).
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Proficiency in writing complex search queries and tuning for performance and relevance.
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Deep understanding of Elasticsearch indexing strategies, mappings, analyzers, and tokenizers.
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Proven experience managing Elasticsearch in production environments (self-managed or Elastic Cloud).
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Familiarity with related Elastic Stack components, including Logstash, Beats, and Kibana.
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Proficiency in at least one scripting or programming language (e.g., Python, Java, Bash).
Preferred Qualifications
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Experience collaborating directly with Elastic support or engineers.
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Background in scaling Elasticsearch for high-throughput or multi-tenant environments.
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Knowledge of Elasticsearch security configurations (TLS, RBAC, API key management).
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Exposure to observability use cases or SIEM pipelines.
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Elasticsearch certifications are a plus.
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Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools like Elastic APM, Prometheus, or Grafana.
Preferred/Desired Skills:
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DevOps practices and toolchains
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Kibana and Logstash for logging and analysis
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MongoDB or other NoSQL databases
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Docker, Docker Compose, or Docker Swarm for containerization
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RESTful web services
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Angular (for front-end development)
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Drools (business rules management)
Why Join Us?
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Work on a mission-critical program delivering real-time intelligence to global partners
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Collaborate with top engineers and analysts on high-priority national security needs
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Flexible hybrid work schedule (up to 2 telework days/week)
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Additional compensated hours for on-call support
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Opportunities to grow in a fast-paced, impactful environment
- Competitive Compensation
- Medical, Dental & Vision insurance
- 15% 401k Contribution
- 30 PTO days with carryover available
- Company Apparel Credit annually