Elastic Developer- SME

ICF International seeks an experienced SME Elastic Developer to work with a skilled and motivated team of professionals on a high-visibility Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) cyber security program. You will support a dynamic, fast-paced project focused on improving the cyber security posture of civilian government agencies through the implementation and enhancement of a cybersecurity platform, providing integration services, and developing, securing and maintaining cybersecurity dashboards.

You will work closely with a variety of agency stakeholders, supporting their mission, priorities, organization and unique challenges. You will also support the development of additional cyber security offerings focused on next generation security solutions and technologies. In this position, you will work with multiple IT disciplines in shaping, executing and sustaining the Cloud/Hosting strategy for a shared service platform focused on identifying and mitigating a wide range of cyber risks. You will work closely with the Cloud Architecture and Operations teams to support the client’s mission, priorities, and unique challenges. You will also support the implementation of cyber security COTS offerings focusing on next generation security solutions and technologies.
 

This work is hybrid with the expectation of a minimum of two/days week supporting the program at a partner’s office in Fairfax, VA and the remainder of the week teleworking.

What You Will Be Doing:

• Design and develop data integration modules to extract, transform and load (ETL) data from multiple sources using Elastic technologies including Logstash and Beats.
• Design and implement custom data pipelines to ingest data into Elastic using tools such as Logstash or custom scripts.
• Design and develop code modules using Elastic API to ingest data, configure indices, build dashboards and to perform advanced search queries.
• Build powerful search queries using KQL to build advanced dashboards.
• Design, define and modify ingest pipelines.
• Define data mapping and custom analyzers.
• Enrich data using runtime fields and Elasticsearch scripting Design and write search queries for data aggregations, across clusters and using runtime fields.
• Lead design sessions around Elasticsearch implementation and provide technical guidance to the team.
• Act as a subject matter expert and a trusted advisor related to all Elasticsearch topics in the project.
• Responsible for testing the code modules by developing unit tests as part of Test-Driven Development (TDD) process.
• Debug/troubleshoot production issues related to data ingestion, data reports and visualizations.
• Work in an Agile environment as part of cross-functional team.

What You Must Have:

• Bachelor’s Degree and 6+ years of experience in developing search applications using ELK stack.
• Experience as a technical lead in application development using Elastic.
• Thorough understanding of Elastic deployments including cluster design in Elastic Cloud Enterprise (ECE).
• Ability to debug, troubleshoot existing logic units in code modules.
• Experience in writing Extract, Transform and Load (ETL) jobs and ability to troubleshoot ETL tasks.
• Ability to write SQL queries for data extraction and validation.
• Hands-on experience in using Elastic API and Painless scripting.
• A thorough understanding of JSON and XML.
• Thorough knowledge of code building and deployment tools including Git and experience in CI/CD processes.
• Demonstrated ability to contribute to the development of client deliverables and technical content.
• Understanding of various data formats and payload structures.
• Experience in AWS Cloud.
• Experience and/or understanding of Agile development methodologies.
• Experience with the DHS Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM) program.
• U.S. Citizenship required (required by federal government for position).

Preferred Qualifications:

• Elastic Certified Engineer certification.
• Experience in Terraform.

Working at ICF

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Pay Range - There are multiple factors that are considered in determining final pay for a position, including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications and competencies that align to the specified role, geographic location, education and certifications as well as contract provisions regarding labor categories that are specific to the position. The pay range for this position is:

$127,478.00 - $216,712.00

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