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Principal Elasticsearch Systems Engineer

Leidos Bethesda, MD senior full-time

Salary

$131,300 - $237,350 per year

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Description

We are seeking a Principal Elasticsearch Systems Engineer to join our Intel Security Sector's Analysis Solutions Business Area. As a member of our team, you will provide support across an Agile team in a DevSecOps environment, focusing on a large enterprise Elasticsearch deployment.

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

  • Maintaining Elasticsearch clusters in a cloud-based environment across multiple availability zones
  • Ensuring Elasticsearch clusters run under optimal conditions
  • Evaluating and optimizing Elasticsearch clusters, including configuration parameters, indexing, search, query performance tuning, security, and administration
  • Maintaining infrastructure to ensure performance and data integrity
  • Keeping Elasticsearch clusters upgraded, as permitted by the applications reliant on them

To qualify for this role, you will need:

  • 3+ years of experience with Elasticsearch Administration
  • Direct experience maintaining and integrating Elasticsearch within an operational enterprise information system
  • Experience working in an Agile development environment and tempo
  • Experience with deploying and using Elasticsearch in Commercial Cloud Platforms (e.g., AWS, Google Cloud, Azure)
  • Bachelor’s with 12 or more years of relevant experience or a Master’s with 10 or more years of relevant experience
  • TS/SCI with Poly clearance

We offer a competitive salary range of $131,300.00 - $237,350.00 and a comprehensive benefits package, including Paid Time Off, 11 paid Holidays, 401K with a 6% company match and immediate vesting, Flexible Schedules, Discounted Stock Purchase Plans, Technical Upskilling, Education and Training Support, Parental Paid Leave, and more.

Skills

Required

Nice to have

  • Experience working on the customer’s systems
  • Understanding of the customer’s system development policies
  • Additional certifications related to Elasticsearch

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You apply with the employer directly. Their original posting is here: https://leidos.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/External/job/Bethesda-MD/Principal-Elasticsearch-Systems-Engineer_R-00174039

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