Elastic Engineer

Company: Argo Cyber Systems
Location: Sterling
Posted on: February 16, 2026

Job Description:

Job Description Job Description Elastic Engineer Location: Remote / Onsite (as required) Clearance: Active TS/SCI (DHS EOD eligibility required) Company: Argo Cyber Systems, LLC – A Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) About Argo Cyber Systems 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. Position Overview 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) Why Argo Cyber Systems 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. Background & Drug Screening Disclaimer © Argo Cyber Systems, LLC - All Rights Reserved 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. Job Posted by ApplicantPro

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