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Elastic Search Systems Engineer (SME) with Security Clearance

Byte SystemsReston, VAApril 12th, 2026
Candidate MUST possess a TS/SCI clearance with Intel Polygraph Job Description:The ElasticSearch Systems Engineer SME role provides support across an Agile team in a DevSecOps environment. This role will provide support for a large enterprise ElasticSearch deployment. This role requires providing design, configuration, maintenance and troubleshooting support in the Elastic environments in both cloud (AWS) and on prem. Primary Responsibilities: Maintain Elasticsearch clusters in a cloud based environment across multiple availability zones. Ensure the Elasticsearch clusters continue to run under optimal conditions Evaluate existing Elasticsearch clusters, configuration parameters, indexing, search and query performance tuning, security and administration Maintain appropriate infrastructure to maintain performance and data integrity Keep Elasticsearch clusters upgraded (as permitted by the applications reliant on them) Spin up/customize clusters to meet various development and/or business needs Optimize indexes to meet business needs (e.g. logging, enterprise search) Troubleshoot various issues with the clusters (from small errors like unassigned shards, to automation issues, to node/cluster failures) Work closely with architecture, engineering and development and operations teams and jointly work on key deliverables ensuring production scalability and stability Ensure security of Elasticsearch cluster Follow and implement Elastic best practices Ensure appropriate monitoring & alerting of Elasticsearch Basic Qualifications: 3 years experience with Elasticsearch Administration Direct experience maintaining and integrating Elasticsearch within an operational enterprise information system Experience working in an Agile development environment and tempo Experience with deploying and using Elasticsearch in Commercial Cloud Platform (ex, AWS, Google Cloud, Azure) Excellent communication skills (written and verbal) **Candidate must have a Master'Äôs degree with 15 or more years of prior relevant experience. **Candidate must have an active TS/SCI w/Poly Preferred Qualifications: Experience working on customer's systemsUnderstanding of customer's system development policies MUST be a US Citizen with a U.S. Government clearance - Intel with Polygraph NOTE: Must have an active TS-SCI with poly. No sponsorships or upgrades are available. Submissions without this requirement will not be considered. H1-B holders will not be considered. Benefits:5 week paid vacation 10 gov't holidays15% contribution to 401kLTD, STD disability and life insurancePaid health, dental, and vision for employee and family.$5000 annual training expense reimbursementComputer purchase plan