Consolidated Data Analytics Platform Elastic Engineer

Booz Allen Hamilton•Honolulu, HI

3d•Remote

About The Position

Work with clients and peers to build a high performing system using Elastic to aggregate logs from many systems into a single common schema. Use Elastic Common Schema (ECS) formatted fields, create quality visualizations and alerts that analyst can use for threat hunting, maintain infrastructure, and identify problems or anomalous behavior before they become a larger issue and can be actioned on. Work with the vendor to determine best practices for deployment and maintenance of system architecture and deploy within designated security requirements. Join us. The world can’t wait.

Requirements

2+ years of experience with Elastic Stack, such as Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana tools, including installing, configuring, maintaining, upgrading, and troubleshooting these products
2+ years of experience building high-quality Kibana visualizations and dashboards
Experience with log pipelines and interpreting logs to determine information, including converting raw logs into ECS formatted documents
Experience with Logstash plugins, filters, regular expressions, and grok patterns
Knowledge of cryptography protocols and standards, including TLS, mTLS, hashing algorithms, and Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)
Knowledge of federal compliance standards, including NIST 800-53, FIPS, STIG, and FedRAMP
Secret clearance
HS diploma or GED

Nice To Haves

Experience working with Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud containerization solutions, such as Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes (ECK)
Experience with NiFi, Kafka, and Confluent
Experience with Office 365 applications and Teams collaboration
Experience interacting with tools through RDP, web-based UI, SSH, and CLI
Experience in DoW, Intelligence Community, or other regulated environments
Knowledge of Elastic Index Lifecycle Management (ILM)
Knowledge of Linux or UNIX environments, including navigating and troubleshooting basic OS issues
Knowledge of networking protocols
Knowledge of how various systems interact with each other
Knowledge of Zero Trust Architecture (ZTA) principles

Responsibilities

Aggregate logs from many systems into a single common schema using Elastic.
Use Elastic Common Schema (ECS) formatted fields.
Create quality visualizations and alerts for threat hunting.
Maintain infrastructure.
Identify problems or anomalous behavior before they become a larger issue.
Work with the vendor to determine best practices for deployment and maintenance of system architecture.
Deploy within designated security requirements.