Description
Leidos is seeking an Elastic Search Engineer to join a high-energy team building and deploying a cutting-edge technology stack to support the client's mission to centralize and standardize Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) across the DoD and IC enterprise.
As an Elastic Search Engineer, you'll be a member of the platform engineering team and help develop, deploy, and maintain NoSQL databases as foundational elements of the microservice ecosystem using Kubernetes as the foundational platform.
Key Responsibilities Include:
- Deploy, triage, debug, and maintain production-class databases like Elasticsearch and Redis
- Design and support database configuration management strategies across air-gapped network fabrics
- Partner with Systems Engineers to architect solutions for new capabilities
- Contribute to operational monitoring capabilities to provide proactive system notifications
- Contribute technical input to engineering documentation, diagrams, and models
- Participate in Agile release planning, scrums, design sessions, bug triage, and related team activities
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field (or equivalent experience) with 8+ years of relevant experience; Master's degree with 6+ years of experience
- Active TS/SCI security clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain a Polygraph
- Current DoD 8570.01M IAT Level II (or higher) certification
- Ability to obtain and maintain Privileged User Account (PUA) certification
- Experience with Kubernetes and container platforms such as EKS, Rancher, or RKE2
- Experience with designing, maintaining, and tuning Elasticsearch databases
- Experience with one or more of the following: Keycloak, Redis, Strimzi
- Experience working with open-source technologies and modern infrastructure platforms
- Experience hardening databases to comply with NIST 800-53 security controls
- Strong knowledge of Linux system administration
- Experience deploying, managing, and troubleshooting containerized applications
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to collaborate effectively with customers, engineers, architects, and cross-functional teams
Nice to Have:
- Experience with microservices architecture
- Proficiency in scripting for automation and operational tooling (UNIX shell, Perl, or similar)
- Experience with Helm Chart templating
- Experience with ArgoCD
- Knowledge of REST APIs, web services, networking, and internet protocols
- Experience and domain knowledge related to data processing
- Experience with big data applications
- Experience supporting DIA, NDOC, and/or D3P
- OSINT familiarity