About the position

ASRC Federal is seeking a highly skilled Elastic Architect/Engineer to design, implement, maintain, and operationally support Elastic Stack infrastructure, including Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana, and Beats. The role focuses on scalable data ingestion, real-time search and analytics, visualization, and data governance. The successful candidate will build and maintain robust data solutions that provide actionable insights from complex datasets and will collaborate with cybersecurity professionals, engineers, IT staff, developers, and other stakeholders to improve the data platform. This position supports ASRC Federal’s DCSA contract and is based at Quantico, Virginia. It is primarily a telework position, with a requirement to work onsite at Quantico Marine Corps Base up to three days per week. The candidate must have an active Top Secret clearance and be eligible for upgrade to TS/SCI. The position also designs and defines system architectures for integrating platforms, operating systems, cloud environments, and applications. It translates business needs into functional and technical architecture, develops integration frameworks and architecture standards, supports governance, identifies and resolves deficiencies, and provides technical guidance to database administrators, software developers, and other stakeholders. A bachelor’s degree and at least 10 years of relevant experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience, are required. The posting also describes a requirement of 10–12 years in a related or applicable field. ASRC Federal offers competitive pay and benefits. Benefits offered may include health care, dental, vision, life insurance, a 401(k), education assistance, and paid time off, including PTO and holidays. Compensation depends on factors such as relevant experience, skills, education, geographic location, internal equity, and business needs.

Responsibilities

• Design and architect scalable, high-performance Elastic Stack solutions to meet business and technical requirements.
• Develop and maintain data models, index strategies, and shard allocation plans.
• Install, configure, and maintain Elastic Stack components in cloud or on-premises environments.
• Build and manage data ingestion pipelines using Logstash, Beats, and other integration tools such as Kafka.
• Implement data transformation, enrichment, and parsing logic to prepare data for indexing.
• Ensure data quality, integrity, and availability across the platform.
• Develop complex search queries, aggregations, and analytics to extract insights from data.
• Design and create interactive dashboards and visualizations in Kibana.
• Work with stakeholders to understand data needs and build custom analytics solutions.
• Monitor cluster health and performance, identify bottlenecks, and resolve them proactively.
• Optimize index performance, query speed, and resource utilization.
• Perform capacity planning to support future scalability.
• Administer Elastic clusters, including upgrades and patching.
• Implement and manage Elastic Stack security, including role-based access control, encryption, and single sign-on.
• Develop and maintain backup and disaster recovery strategies for the data platform.
• Collaborate with development teams to integrate applications with the Elastic Stack.
• Provide expert-level platform support and guidance to users.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues related to the Elastic ecosystem.
• Stay current with Elastic Stack features, best practices, and industry trends; research and evaluate technologies and plugins to improve platform capabilities.
• Document architectural standards, procedures, and best practices.
• Design and define system architecture and solutions integrating platforms, operating systems, cloud environments, and applications.
• Determine system specifications, input/output processes, and operating parameters for hardware, software, and cloud compatibility and security maintenance.
• Coordinate subsystem design and integration of the overall system.
• Identify, analyze, and resolve program support deficiencies; develop and recommend corrective actions and system solutions.
• Develop and document frameworks for integrating and implementing changes to technical standards and enterprise architecture.
• Assist in developing and managing an architecture governance process.
• Provide technical guidance to database administrators, software developers, and other stakeholders.
• Assess infrastructure, network, and security requirements in third-party cloud offerings.
• Translate business requirements into functional and technical architecture.
• Guide decisions on technologies, operational planning, and useful life of products as needed.
• Communicate complex technical ideas verbally and in writing to a diverse customer base.

Requirements

• At least 10 years of experience in data architecture, search engineering, or big data solutions; the posting also specifies 10–12 years of experience in a related or applicable field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Active Top Secret clearance, with eligibility to be upgraded to TS/SCI.
• Must meet 8570 IASAE III certification requirements at the time of hire, such as CISSP-ISSAP or CISSP-ISSEP.
• Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity and/or Information Systems Management, or equivalent experience; the posting also states a bachelor’s degree is required for the architecture duties.
• Ability to communicate complex technical ideas verbally and in writing to a diverse customer base.
• For an alternate worksite outside DCSA facilities or corporate office space, reliable voice communication (cell phone preferred) and a stable, capable internet connection are required.

Nice-to-haves

• Elastic Certified Engineer (ECE) certification.

Benefits

• Health care
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Life insurance
• 401(k)
• Education assistance
• Paid time off, including PTO and holidays
• Other paid leave required by law