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This role focuses on deploying, automating, and maintaining the Elastic Observability stack using containerized environments and configuration management tools like Docker and Ansible. You will work with cross-functional teams to ensure reliable data ingestion, performant dashboards, and high-quality monitoring coverage across distributed systems. Experience with Kubernetes is preferred as we continue modernizing and scaling our observability platform.\nResponsibilities\nDeploy, configure, and maintain Elastic Observability components (Elastic Agent, Beats, Logstash, Kibana, APM).\nBuild and manage containerized Elastic environments using Docker (including Compose and containerized pipelines).\nAutomate provisioning, updates, and configuration using Ansible.\nPreferred: Deploy and operate Elastic components in Kubernetes (ECK, Helm, operators, or custom manifests).\nMaintain and optimize pipelines for logs, metrics, and traces across distributed systems.\nDevelop dashboards, alerting rules, and visualizations in Kibana or other observability tools.\nTroubleshoot ingestion issues, mapping problems, parsing failures, and data quality concerns.\nWork with application and infrastructure teams to onboard new services into observability.\nImplement ILM policies, data retention standards, and monitoring best practices.\nDocument architectures, SOPs, and engineering workflows.\nStay current with Elastic features, observability trends, cloud-native monitoring, and automation patterns.\nSalary Range: $140,000 - $205,000\nGeneral Description of Benefits\nRequirements:\nStrong experience with the Elastic Stack, specifically Elastic Observability (logging, metrics, tracing).\nHands-on experience with Docker for containerized deployments.\nStrong proficiency with Ansible for automation and configuration management.\nSolid understanding of Linux systems and networking fundamentals.\nExperience parsing and normalizing log data (pipelines, ingest processors).\nAbility to build and maintain dashboards, alerts, SLO/SLA visibility, and health monitoring.\nExcellent verbal and written communication skills.\nAbility to support domestic or international travel as needed (short-duration, planned).\nMust possess and maintain a U.S. Passport.\nMust have an active Secret clearance.\n\nReq Benefits:\nhttps://ecstech.com/careers/benefits/\">https://ecstech.com/careers/benefits/","company":"ECS","rawCompany":"ecs","city":"Hampton","state":"VA","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-04-14T10:49:02.362Z","occupations":[{"code":"15-1299.08","title":"Computer Systems Engineers/Architects","slug":"computer-systems-engineers-architects"},{"code":"15-1244.00","title":"Network and Computer Systems Administrators","slug":"network-and-computer-systems-administrators"},{"code":"15-1299.05","title":"Information Security Engineers","slug":"information-security-engineers"}],"industries":[{"code":"541512","title":"Computer Systems Design Services","slug":"computer-systems-design-services"},{"code":"513210","title":"Software Publishers","slug":"software-publishers"},{"code":"541511","title":"Custom Computer Programming Services","slug":"custom-computer-programming-services"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Sr. Elastic Observability Engineer","description":"ECS is seeking a Sr. Elastic Observability Engineer to work in our Hampton, VA or Boston, MA office.\nAre you passionate about observability, automation, and building reliable systems? 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