Argo Cyber Systems delivers advanced cybersecurity and threat-hunting capabilities to safeguard federal and critical infrastructure environments. Our teams provide rapid incident response, digital forensics, proactive hunt operations, and continuous cyber defense across host-based, network-based, and cloud-based systems. We combine mission experience with innovation-empowering our customers to detect, disrupt, and defeat adversaries in real time.
Argo Cyber provides technically advanced full-spectrum cyber, data operations, systems integration and intelligence mission support services to meet our customers' most demanding challenges. Our capabilities include cyber space operations, cyber defense and resiliency, vulnerability research, ubiquitous technical surveillance, data intelligence, lifecycle mission enablement, and software modernization. Argo Cyber brings disruptive technologies, agility, and competitive offerings to customers in the intelligence community, defense, civil, and commercial markets.
The Elastic Engineer will be a part of a team of Data Analytic Engineers enhancing, maintaining, and sustaining an Elastic, Logstash, and Kibana (ELK) instance with a heavy emphasis on data on-boarding, content development, configuration, troubleshooting, reporting, and visualizations. The candidate must possess prior Elastic engineering and administration experience, meet the necessary certification prerequisites, and work well in a distributed team environment.
The Duties and Responsibilities of this role include:
• Building data pipelines to ingest external datasets into Elastic products.
• Designing, building, deploying, maintaining, and enhancing the Elastic Logstash Kibana (ELK) platform.
• Installing and configuring ELK.
• Using Elastic search Indices, Elastic search APIs, Kibana Dashboards, Log Stash and Beats.
• Using or creating plug-ins for ELK like authentication and authorization plug-ins.
• Integrating ELK with enterprise tools and APIs, such as for authentication and authorization.
• Designing and implementing complex development use cases and scenarios using programming language, such as Python, Groovy, and Bash.
• Using Elastic Search Cluster Monitoring Tools.
Required skills:
• U.S. Citizenship
• Active Secret (S) clearance. Must be able to obtain a TS/SCI clearance
• Must be able to obtain DHS Suitability
• 8+ years of directly relevant software development experience required.
• At least 2 years of experience as an Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes (ECK) admin or equivalent role.
• At least 2 years of experience with Elasticsearch Domain Specific Language (DSL).
• At least 5 years of experience with Kubernetes architecture.
• Strong knowledge of ELK stack.
• Knowledge of scripting languages, such as JavaScript, Python, Bash, etc.
Desired Skills:
• Experience working in an agile environment.
• Experience supporting federal customers.
Required Education:
• Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science or a related discipline is required.
Desired Certifications:
• DoD 8570.1-M Compliance at IAT Level I (e.g., Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)) certification highly desired
• Agile software development methodology certification (e.g. SCRUM Master) highly desired.
• Has achieved an Elastic certification, such as: Elastic Certified Engineer, Elastic Certified Analyst, or Elastic Certified Observable Engineer
• Has achieved a Kubernetes certification, such as: Kubernetes and Cloud Native Associate (KCNA), Kubernetes and Cloud Native Security Associate (KCSA), Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD), Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), or Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS)
At Argo, you'll be part of a mission-driven, veteran-founded cybersecurity team protecting America's most critical systems. We combine hands-on technical excellence with operational precision to outpace the threat. Join us to defend, detect, and innovate at the cyber edge.
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Argo Cyber Systems, LLC is committed to maintaining a safe, secure, and trusted workplace for all employees and our federal clients. Employment with Argo Cyber Systems is contingent upon successful completion of all required background investigations and pre-employment screenings, which may include, but are not limited to:
Criminal background checks (federal, state, and local)
Employment and education verification
Reference checks
Drug screening (in compliance with federal and state law)
Security clearance verification (as applicable for classified positions)
Candidates selected for employment in positions requiring access to sensitive or classified information may also be subject to additional U.S. Government background investigations and security adjudication processes, including DHS Entry on Duty (EOD) suitability or equivalent federal clearance requirements.
Argo Cyber Systems reserves the right to disqualify or rescind an offer of employment based on the results of any background or screening process that, in the company's judgment, may impact an individual's ability to perform essential job functions or meet contractual obligations.
All background investigations and screenings are conducted in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws, including the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) Candidates will be notified of their rights and provided an opportunity to review and dispute any adverse findings before final employment determinations are made.
Argo Cyber Systems is a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB). Located in Historic Downtown Pensacola, Argo Cyber Systems is a pure-play cyber security firm. We are cyber security and intelligence experts offering dedicated threat and security monitoring of critical infrastructure assets, businesses, and other environments.
Cyber Services
Managed Detection and Response (MDR) and Cyber Threat Monitoring
Argo Cyber Systems provides managed cyber monitoring services through a dedicated SIEM and Cyber Threat Monitoring platform with an advanced threat correlation engine at affordable prices.
Continuous Asset Discovery
By utilizing technology which can automatically discover new devices on your network, we always know what’s connected in your digital environment.
Continuous Real-time Threat Monitoring, Correlation & Alerting
It does not matter if you are in AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform, or on premise, we are able to gain visibility of devices, systems, applications, and user activities in your environment. We support Office 365, G Suite, network devices, operating systems, and over 400 devices and applications that are important to your businesses' day-to-day activities.
Global Threat Analysis and Supply Chain Cyber Risk Management
Due Diligence X© (DDX) was created with this in mind – to provide a dynamic platform for testing devices for assurance that the equipment will be free from a variety of security threats.
Assessment Support Services and Penetration Testing
ARGO Cyber Systems Principals have gained decades of experience conducting various types of assessments including Cyber Risk Assessments, Threat Assessments, Risk Management and Threat intelligence from our work with the DOD and Federal.
Breach Clean up, Mitigation and Remediation
Argo Cyber is capable of mitigation and remediation of your assets and environment in the event you are breached.
