Elastic Software Engineer
Company: RadiantHire Solutions
Location: Dulles
Posted on: April 1, 2026
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Job Description:
Title: Elastic Software Engineer - Senior II Description: Our
client provides technically advanced full-spectrum cyber, data
operations, systems integration and intelligence mission support
services to meet our customers’ most demanding challenges. Their
capabilities include cyber space operations, cyber defense and
resiliency, vulnerability research, ubiquitous technical
surveillance, data intelligence, lifecycle mission enablement, and
software modernization. They brings disruptive technologies,
agility, and competitive offerings to customers in the intelligence
community, defense, civil, and commercial markets. They are seeking
an Elastic Software Engineer - Senior II with prior Elastic
engineering and administration experience, that meets the necessary
certification prerequisites and works well in a distributed team
environment. 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. Eligibility: Must
be a US Citizen Must have an active Secret clearance with ability
to obtain TS/SCI eligibility Must be able to obtain DHS Suitability
prior to starting employment 6 years of directly relevant software
development experience Responsibilities 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: 5 years of experience with Kubernetes architecture
2 years of experience with Elasticsearch Domain Specific Language
(DSL) 2 years of experience as an Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes (ECK)
admin or equivalent role 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. 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. Elastic certification, such as: Elastic
Certified Engineer, Elastic Certified Analyst, or Elastic Certified
Observable Engineer 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) Required Education:
Bachelor’s Degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or a
related discipline is required.
Keywords: RadiantHire Solutions, Sterling , Elastic Software Engineer, IT / Software / Systems , Dulles, Virginia
