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Software Engineer (Elastic) - **Company:** NIGHTWING LLC - **Location:** Sterling, VA, United States - **Experience:** Experienced - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Kubernetes Security, JavaScript (Programming Language), Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Agile Methodology, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, User Authentication, Bash Shell, Cloud Engineering, Elasticsearch, Groovy, Monitoring of Systems, Information Systems Security Architecture Professional, Python (Programming Language), Scrum Methodology, Logstash, Software Engineering, Systems Integration, Scripting, Flexi (Photoshop Plugin), Kubernetes, Information Technology, Data Analytics, Kibana, Data Pipelines, Elk Stack, Programming Languages - **Published:** July 23, 2026 - **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/3764F10BBFA943BF98D9788E94E9AF15/job/ ## About the Role 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., * U.S. Citizenship * Active Secret (S) clearance. Must be able to obtain a TS/SCI clearance * Must be able to obtain DHS Suitability * 6+ 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) ## Description * 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. ## Related Videos - [Debug a Kubernetes Operator](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/487-debug-a-kubernetes-operator) - [How I saved 200K/yr in direct costs writing 0 code lines in K8s](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1055-how-i-saved-200k-yr-in-direct-costs-writing-0-code-lines-in-k8s) - [Give your build some love, it will give it back!](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/514-give-your-build-some-love-it-will-give-it-back) - [Add Location-based Searching to Site with ElasticSearch](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/77-add-location-based-searching-to-site-with-elasticsearch) - [AI-Native Enterprise Platforms: Interpreting Logic, Not Compiling Code](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1975-ai-native-enterprise-platforms-interpreting-logic-not-compiling-code) - [Kubernetes Security Best Practices](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1411-kubernetes-security-best-practices) ## Related Articles - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [Dev Digest 134 - Where pixels sing?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/477-dev-digest-134-where-pixels-sing) - [Learning Kubernetes made easy with KubeCampus](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/348-learning-kubernetes-made-easy-with-kubecampus) - [Dev Digest 121 - AI goes offline](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/456-dev-digest-121-ai-goes-offline) - [Fully Remote Software Engineer Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/447-fully-remote-software-engineer-jobs) - [Data Engineer Salary UK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/253-data-engineer-salary-uk)