20h ago

Elastic Search / ELK Stack Engineer

McLean, VA | Plano, TX

โœจ $150k-$160k / yearest.

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๐Ÿ›  Tech Stack

๐Ÿ’ผ About This Role

You'll design and build enterprise-grade observability dashboards using Elastic Stack (ESS) for mission-critical applications at a top digital service provider. Your core impact will be transforming reactive monitoring into a proactive, scalable observability ecosystem. This high-impact role targets a <6-month acceleration of observability capabilities.

๐ŸŽฏ What You'll Do

  • Design and implement end-to-end observability solutions using Elastic Stack
  • Build and scale ESS dashboards for cluster health, APM, and service dependencies
  • Expand APM, distributed tracing, RUM, and synthetic monitoring
  • Implement smart alerting rules and define SLOs/SLIs/error budgets

๐Ÿ“‹ Requirements

  • Elastic Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana, Beats/Elastic Agent, Elastic APM)
  • Experience building enterprise-scale observability dashboards in ESS
  • Deep understanding of microservices architecture and Kubernetes/OpenShift
  • Proven experience with APM, distributed tracing, logging, and metrics correlation

โœจ Nice to Have

  • Synthetic monitoring tools integrated with ESS
  • Knowledge of CI/CD observability integration and alerting frameworks
  • Scripting in Python, Shell, or Groovy

๐ŸŽ Benefits & Perks

  • ๐Ÿ–๏ธ Great Place to Workยฎ certified company culture

๐Ÿ“จ Hiring Process

Estimated timeline: 2-4 weeks ยท AI estimate

  1. 1Recruiter Screenยท 30 min
  2. 2Technical Interviewยท 60 min
  3. 3Hiring Manager Interviewยท 45 min
  4. 4Offerยท 1 week

๐Ÿšฉ Heads Up

  • Role lists duplicate dashboard engineering bullets
  • Requires expertise beyond typical senior level (ESS expert)
  • Fast-paced <6 month engagement suggests high pressure
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