Data Engineer (ElasticSearch) (In-person/remote; Reston, VA)
Pioneers. Innovators. Professionals. TechINT Solutions Group (TechINT) is recognized for its knowledge and experience in providing innovative technology exploitation, operational intelligence, counter unmanned aerial systems and cyber security. TechINT Solutions Group has developed a unique analytical methodology to understand current and emerging technology that can be co-opted for nefarious purposes. Our innovative analytical methodology helps identify key variables indicative of illicit use or planned illicit use technologies.
TechINT Solutions Group is looking for an experienced Elasticsearch (Elastic/ELK/ECE) Engineer to join our team working either in-person or fully remote. In-person work would be performed in Reston, VA. Job# TI1021
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Requirements
Preferred Qualifications
Security Clearance Requirements
Benefits
TechINT Solutions Group recognizes the need to support the well-being of our team members which is why we offer 15 personal days plus 10 paid federal holidays per year which will grow over time. We offer above industry standard medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans along with a competitive 401k retirement plan to ensure we help support you, your family's well-being, and your retirement strategy as you grow with TechINT
PAY TRANSPARENCY NONDISCRIMINATION PROVISION
TechINT Solutions Group will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by TechINT Solution Group, or (c) consistent with TechINT Solutions Group’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)
TechINT Solutions Group is looking for an experienced Elasticsearch (Elastic/ELK/ECE) Engineer to join our team working either in-person or fully remote. In-person work would be performed in Reston, VA. Job# TI1021
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- The Elasticsearch Engineer is responsible for working with the Dashboard, Integration, and Architecture teams to design, document, build, secure, and maintain Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana (and X-Pack) Enterprise solutions deployed in the Cloud or on-premise Lab environment to support federal agency production deployments.
- The Elasticsearch Engineer will work closely with architects, engineers, and integrators to assess customer requirements and to design and support an Elasticsearch Stack solution to ensure compliance with dashboard data requirements.
- Follow life cycle processes to move solutions from Dev to Test to Production.
- Participate in group sessions as well as attend and share in agile sprint daily meetings to track progress to ensure development of solutions is in support of the CDM project and customer requirements.
- Serve as a trusted advisor, providing subject matter expertise, guidance, and best practice recommendations.
- Configuring and maintaining Linux based Operating system files in support of the Elasticsearch products (yum updates and product version upgrades)
- Installing and configuring an Elastic Cloud Enterprise solution in a lab and ensuring communication and integration among the Elasticsearch products and data sources
- Documenting the installation and configuration for deployment into production
- Securing the solution by being familiarity with TLS, certificates, SSO/PIV authentication, and encryption technologies
- Working with the data lifecycle management
- Testing data flows, troubleshooting issues, and monitoring the health of the solution and servers to maximize performance and minimize downtime
- Working with a team and providing analysis of alternatives and progress status in daily sprint meetings
- Meet professional obligations through efficient work habits such as, meeting deadlines, honoring schedules, coordinating resources and meetings in an effective and timely manner
- Develop and manage effective working relationships with other departments, groups and personnel with whom work must be coordinated or interface
- Recommend enhancements and modifications to optimize business intelligence processes
Requirements
- BS in Computer Science or related field experience required
- 2+ years of Elasticsearch stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Beats, Kibana, and X-pack) experience in production
- 7+ years of total IT experience
- Linux, CentOS and/or Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) experience
- Experience with data ingest, Extract, Transform, and Load (ETL) techniques preferable Logstash and Beats
- Experience with multi-node clustering, architecture, development, implementation, and health monitoring of the indexes.
- Knowledge of hot/warm/cold data/index lifecycle management implementations
- Knowledge of Elasticsearch Management
- Knowledge of reindexing and data mappings
- Knowledge of JSON and KQL searching syntax
- Knowledge of Kibana dashboard options
- Experience with automated configuration management tool and playbooks (Ansible, Chef, Puppet, SaltStack) and (Docker) containers, and GitHub
- Experience with cloud infrastructure preferably AWS and Azure
- Experience with NoSQL solutions: Lucene or SIEM (e.g. Splunk)
- Experience working in DevOps structured and Agile organizations
- Excellent communication, and relationship skills to articulate advanced technical topics and build consensus among clients and technical stakeholders
- Strong interpersonal and collaborations skills working in a team-oriented environment
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Ability to adhere to defined processes & procedures, and suggest improvements
- Ability to effectively prioritize and handle multiple tasks simultaneously
- Strong technical documenting skills
- Office work, typically sedentary with some movement around the office
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with Elastic Cloud Enterprise (ECE) a plus
- Experience with DHS Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM) a plus
- Experience with SAML authentication, familiarity with domain structures, user authentication, and PKI
- Experience with Messaging Queues (e.g. RabbitMQ)
- Experience with Microsoft SQL
- Experience with programming and working with regular expressions (XML, Java, JSON, Python, PowerShell, painless, grok)
- Relevant security certifications a plus: CISSP, CISM, CISA, Security+, CEH
- Understanding of interrelationships between critical infrastructure protection and cybersecurity
- Knowledge and experience with Assessment & Authorization (A&A) processes in Federal environments, preferably with experience utilizing the NIST Risk Management Framework (RMF)
Security Clearance Requirements
- Must be a US citizen (non-dual citizenship)
- Able to obtain and maintain a DHS Suitability/Entry on Duty (EOD)
Benefits
TechINT Solutions Group recognizes the need to support the well-being of our team members which is why we offer 15 personal days plus 10 paid federal holidays per year which will grow over time. We offer above industry standard medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans along with a competitive 401k retirement plan to ensure we help support you, your family's well-being, and your retirement strategy as you grow with TechINT
PAY TRANSPARENCY NONDISCRIMINATION PROVISION
TechINT Solutions Group will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by TechINT Solution Group, or (c) consistent with TechINT Solutions Group’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)
This is a full time position
Clearance Required: Public Trust
Work Experience: Mid level