Elasticsearch Engineer

ShorePoint • Herndon, VA

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

ShorePoint is a fast-growing, industry recognized and award-winning cybersecurity services firm focused on high-profile, high-threat, private and public-sector customers. The company fosters a "work hard, play hard" mentality, celebrating successes and promoting creativity, accountability, diversity, inclusion, and community involvement. ShorePoint is seeking an Elasticsearch Engineer with expertise in designing, deploying, and optimizing Elastic Stack solutions in federal environments. This role involves delivering Elastic-based solutions across cloud, on-prem, and hybrid infrastructures to support security operations and data-driven outcomes. The engineer will lead technical implementations, support migrations, contribute to scalable architectures, and engage directly with client stakeholders. This position offers a unique opportunity to influence the growth, development, and culture of a rapidly expanding cybersecurity company.

Requirements

• Understanding of Elastic Stack capabilities and use cases across deployment, security and operations
• Knowledge of distributed cluster architecture at scale, including multi-tenant and CCS environments
• Proven ability to analyze complex requirements and translate them into clear, actionable tasks and processes through critical thinking
• Strong problem-solving skills and a self-starter mentality
• Solid written and verbal communication skills
• Linux CLI fundamentals and basic networking knowledge
• Familiarity with (or the drive to rapidly learn) the Elastic Stack
• Applicants must be a U.S. citizen and eligible to obtain and maintain a security clearance, in compliance with federal contract requirements
• 2+ years of production Elastic Stack experience (for Journeyman Level and Above)
• Hands-on experience with containerization and IaC tooling
• Proficiency with at least one major cloud provider
• Experience with federal security controls (TLS, SSO/SAML, PIV/CAC, STIG)
• Client-facing communication skills
• 6+ years in systems engineering or infrastructure with deep Elastic expertise (for Senior Level)
• Proven track record leading engagements from scoping through delivery
• Deep knowledge of distributed cluster architecture at scale, including multi-tenant and CCS environments
• Ability to drive client relationships and identify expansion opportunities

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering or a related field
• Elastic certifications (ECE or being on a defined certification track)
• Elastic Security (SIEM, detection engineering, threat hunting and legacy migration)
• Detection translation experience (SPL ES|QL or equivalent)
• Scripting proficiency (Python, Bash or PowerShell)
• Exposure to AI-augmented search, RAG or semantic search use cases
• Prior professional services or consulting experience

Responsibilities

• Architect, deploy and tune Elastic Stack solutions (Elastic Cloud Enterprise (ECE), Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes (ECK), Elastic Cloud) across cloud, on-prem and hybrid environments
• Execute legacy security platform migrations, including detection translation (e.g., Search Processing Language (SPL) (ES|QL) Elasticsearch Query Language) and analyst workflow modernization
• Design and implement data ingestion pipelines using Elastic Agent, Fleet, Logstash and Beats
• Harden deployments for federal compliance, including Transport Layer Security (TLS), Personal Identity Verification/Common Access Card (PIV/CAC), Single Sign-On (SSO) / Security Assertion Markup Language (SSO/SAML), Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG) and audit logging
• Build outcome-driven dashboards and advanced Kibana visualizations
• Develop automation using Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) tools (Ansible, Terraform or equivalent)
• Communicate technical decisions and trade-offs directly to client stakeholders
• Contribute to internal IP, including reusable templates, automation and reference architectures

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package, including major carriers for health care providers
• 144 hours of PTO
• 11 holidays
• 85% of insurance premium covered
• 401k
• Continued education
• Certifications maintenance and reimbursement

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 1-10 employees