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Elastic Engineer

Overview

EverWatch is a government solutions company providing advanced defense, intelligence, and deployed support to our country's most critical missions. We are a full-service government solutions company. Harnessing the most advanced technology and solutions, we strengthen defenses and control environments to preserve continuity and ensure mission success.

EverWatch employees are focused on tackling the most difficult challenges of the US Government. We offer the best salaries and benefits packages in our industry - to identify and retain the top talent in support of our critical mission objectives.

Commitment to Non-Discrimination:

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.

Responsibilities

Work with clients and peers to build a high performing system using Elastic to aggregate logs from many systems into a single common schema. Use Elastic Common Schema (ECS) formatted fields, create quality visualizations and alerts that analyst can use for threat hunting, maintain infrastructure, and identify problems or anomalous behavior before they become a larger issue and can be actioned on. Work with the vendor to determine best practices for deployment and maintenance of system architecture and deploy within designated security requirements.

Join us. The world can't wait.

Qualifications

You Have:

  • 2+ years of experience with Elastic Stack (e.g., Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana) tools including installing, configuring, maintaining, upgrading, and troubleshooting these products
  • 2+ years of experience building high-quality Kibana visualizations and dashboards
  • Experience with log pipelines and interpreting logs to determine information, including converting raw logs into ECS formatted documents
  • Experience with Logstash plugins, filters, regular expressions, and grok patterns
  • Knowledge of cryptography protocols and standards, including TLS, mTLS, hashing algorithms, and Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)
  • Knowledge of federal compliance standards, including NIST 800-53, FIPS, STIG, and FedRAMP
  • Secret clearance
  • HS Diploma of GED
  • DoD8570 IAT II compliant Certification (e.g., Security+, CCNA Security, GSEC)

Nice If You Have:

  • Experience working with Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud containerization solutions, such as Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes (ECK)
  • Experience with Cribl, NiFi, and Kafka
  • Experience with Office 365 applications and Teams collaboration
  • Experience interacting with tools through RDP, web-based UI, SSH, and CLI
  • Experience in DoW, Intelligence Community, or other regulated environments
  • Knowledge of Elastic Index Lifecycle Management (ILM)
  • Knowledge of Linux or UNIX environments, including navigating and troubleshooting basic OS issues
  • Knowledge of networking protocols
  • Knowledge of how various systems interact with each other
  • Knowledge of Zero Trust Architecture (ZTA) principles

Clearance:

Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; Secret clearance is required.

Compensation at EverWatch is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual's particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $72.12 to $91.35 per hour. The estimate displayed represents the typical compensation range for this position and is just one component of EverWatch's total compensation package for employees.

Clearance Level

Secret

Job Locations

US-MD-Annapolis Junction
US-FL-Pensacola
US

Skills

Elastic, Elastic Stack, Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana
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