ECS

Senior Elastic Developer

ECS  •  Arlington, VA (Onsite)  •  3 hours ago
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Job Description

Everforth ECS is seeking a Senior Elastic Developerto work in our Arlington, VA office.

Role & Responsibilities:

Everforth ECS is seeking a skilled Senior Elastic Developer to influence the design, operation, and evolution of our enterprise Elastic solution. This role is central to ensuring the platform remains secure, highly available, and optimized to support mission-critical analytics, search, observability, and security workloads across the organization.

The Senior Elastic Developer will work collaboratively as part of a dedicated engineering team, serving as a technical leader in troubleshooting, diagnosing, and resolving complex issues within the Elastic Stack. They will proactively detect problems, identify emerging risks, and implement preventative measures to maintain a stable and resilient environment.

A core responsibility of this role is to drive thoughtful automation that simplifies operations and improves reliability. The Elastic Developer will participate in change control processes, maintain rigorous configuration management practices, and ensure the platform adheres to security and compliance standards. They will also support adjacent teams including SRE, DevOps, and Security while providing guidance on best practices for data ingestion, dashboards, and alerts.

This role will also partner closely with the Elastic vendor, engaging in support escalations, roadmap discussions, and collaborative planning around product innovation and new use cases. The Elastic Developerwill help ensure ECS leverages emerging platform capabilities, stays aligned with best practices to continuously improve the platform maturity through a strong vendor relationship.

The ideal candidate will bring strong experience in data analysis and visualization using the Elastic Stack to enable stakeholders to transform platform data into meaningful insights. Ultimately, theElastic Developerwill contribute to a culture of continuous improvement, advancing ECS’s Elastic capabilities to deliver a robust, scalable, and high-performing platform.

Qualifications

  • US citizenship with ability to obtain and maintain Public Trust Suitability
  • 4+ years general experiencewith Elasticsearch or equivalent products in the Elastic Stack
  • Proficiency in developing automated test suites that validate end-to-end data pipelines, API functionality, and system integrations
  • Strong Python and Bash scripting skills for automating Elasticsearch operations, building data pipelines, and managing cluster configurations
  • Experience with monitoring the Elastic Stack and resolving common issues
  • Experiencewith process control improvement
  • Comfortable leveraging Elastic APIs through Dev Tools and/or ad-hoc Scripting
  • Strong communication skills with ability to translate difficult technical discussion into business language
  • Skilled at designing clear, efficient technical delivery plans that drive high-quality outcomes and predictable execution
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About ECS

ECS is a fast-growing 4,000-person, $1.2B provider of advanced technology solutions for federal civilian, defense, intelligence, and commercial customers. We tackle complex client challenges with smart, scalable solutions in data and AI, cybersecurity, and digital transformation. Our collective work empowers customers’ missions, strengthens our partners, inspires our employees, and grows our company.

To achieve our purpose — to tackle the missions that matter most and create a lasting impact on our customers, employees, and community — we are committed to excellence in growth, customer delivery, technology innovation, and employee engagement.  

We believe in:

• Attracting, developing, and retaining top talent

• Building high-performing teams

• Creating an engaging employee environment

• Acting with social responsibility

• Having a positive impact on our community

Our core values: Excellence, Drive, Grit, and Community. We keep these values at the heart of all we do. We’re looking for driven individuals who want to solve meaningful challenges and help shape the future of national security and public service. If you’re ready to make a difference, you’ll find your team here.

Industry
IT & Software
Company Size
1,001-5,000 employees
Headquarters
Fairfax, VA
Year Founded
1993
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