Cloud Engineer - OpenSearch (Elasticsearch) - Remote

Overview

Ready to Ignite your career and work alongside some of the most innovative and brightest professionals in federal services today? Join us and unleash your potential working in an agile environment alongside the men and women charged with ensuring the success of one of the most important missions in American Government. We’re looking for a seasoned Cloud Engineer with expertise in Amazon OpenSearch (formerly Elasticsearch) to design, implement, and optimize resilient AWS-native search and logging infrastructures. In this role, you’ll build scalable OpenSearch clusters, integrate AWS-native logging and observability pipelines, and help deliver secure, real-time analytics solutions that support large-scale cloud modernization efforts. If you enjoy automating cloud-native platforms, working across AWS services, and enhancing search performance and visibility—this is the opportunity for you.

In Short

• Design, deploy, and manage Amazon OpenSearch Service clusters in secure, multi-account AWS environments.
• Integrate OpenSearch with Amazon CloudWatch Logs, Kinesis Data Firehose, and OpenSearch Ingestion pipelines to deliver real-time log analytics.
• Develop dashboards and visualizations using OpenSearch Dashboards (formerly Kibana) and CloudWatch Metrics.
• Automate the provisioning and monitoring of search infrastructure using CloudFormation, AWS CDK, or Terraform.
• Implement performance tuning, index lifecycle policies, and security best practices including encryption, IAM roles, and VPC configurations.
• Collaborate with cloud security and DevSecOps teams to align search platforms with compliance requirements such as NIST RMF and FedRAMP.
• Conduct root cause analysis and optimize ingestion pipelines for large-scale datasets.
• Document architecture, data flow, SOPs, and change management procedures under ITIL-based frameworks.
• Integrate OpenSearch into Enterprise Cloud Monitoring (ECM) for centralized observability across the Enterprise Operations Center (EOC).
• Align OpenSearch implementation with Zero Trust Architecture (ZTA) strategies to support secure telemetry aggregation.

Requirements

• Experience with AWS services and cloud-native platforms.
• Expertise in Amazon OpenSearch and Elasticsearch.
• Knowledge of automation tools like CloudFormation, Terraform, or AWS CDK.
• Familiarity with compliance standards such as NIST RMF and FedRAMP.
• Ability to document technical processes and maintain compliance.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Experience with DevSecOps practices.
• Knowledge of Zero Trust Architecture principles.
• Ability to work in a collaborative team environment.

Benefits

• Opportunity to work on impactful federal projects.
• Collaborative and innovative work environment.
• Professional development and growth opportunities.
• Comprehensive benefits package.
• Flexible work arrangements.