Design, deploy, and optimize production-scale Elastic Stack environments across on-prem, cloud, and container platforms. Build ingestion pipelines, automation, integrations with SIEMs, monitor system health, lead design reviews, and maintain operational runbooks while supporting on-site engagements.
Job Summary & Responsibilities
ECS is seeking a Sr. Elastic Engineer to work in our Colorado Springs, CO office. Please Note: This position is contingent upon additional funding.
Are you passionate about building and scaling Elastic environments and eager to make an immediate technical impact? Join ECS, a leading provider of cloud, AI, data, and enterprise transformation solutions. In this role, you will implement, optimize, and maintain Elastic Stack environments at scale while contributing to architecture, automation, and integrations that improve reliability, performance, and operational efficiency.
We are seeking a Sr. Elastic Engineer to join our Managed Security Services (MSSP) team. The ideal candidate has hands-on experience with Elastic Stack and enjoys designing, coding, and deploying complex systems. You will collaborate with engineering, DevOps, cloud, and client teams to deliver resilient, high-performance Elastic solutions while maintaining visibility into system health and operational workflows.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, deploy, and maintain Elastic Stack environments, including Elasticsearch, Kibana, Logstash, Beats, and Fleet.
- Build and optimize ingestion pipelines, index strategies, search queries, dashboards, and automation workflows.
- Write scripts, automation, and integrations (Python, PowerShell, Bash, etc.) to streamline operations, data processing, and monitoring.
- Deploy Elastic across platforms, including on-premises, public cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP), GovCloud, and containerized environments (Kubernetes, Docker, OpenShift).
- Leverage automation and orchestration tools such as Terraform, Ansible, CI/CD pipelines, and Docker to manage deployments and operational tasks.
- Integrate Elastic with enterprise tools such as SIEMs, Splunk, CrowdStrike, and other telemetry sources.
- Monitor system health, troubleshoot performance issues, and optimize for reliability and scalability.
- Lead design reviews, provide guidance on Elastic best practices, and support knowledge sharing across teams.
- Maintain documentation for architectures, deployment patterns, runbooks, and operational best practices.
- Stay current with Elastic features, certifications, and emerging platform capabilities.
Salary Range: $170,000 - $230,000
General Description of Benefits
Preferred Qualifications- Deep, hands-on expertise with Elastic Stack (Elasticsearch, Kibana, Logstash, Beats, Fleet).
- Strong scripting and automation skills (Python, PowerShell, Bash, etc.).
- Solid understanding of observability, logging, metrics, and distributed systems.
- Experience designing, deploying, and optimizing production-scale Elastic environments.
- Strong Linux/Unix, networking, and cloud platform knowledge (AWS, Azure, GCP).
- Ability to mentor, guide, and influence engineering teams on Elastic best practices.
- Outstanding verbal and written communication skills.
- Willingness and ability to support domestic or international on-site engagements.
- U.S. Passport required.
- Must have a Secret Clearance, at minimum.
- Must be eligible to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance.
ECS Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA Office
2310 Executive Circle, Colorado Springs, CO, United States, 80906
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