Senior Technical Consultant | Federal Public Sector

Endgame Systems, LLC provides consulting services related to Elastic technology to Government agencies with heightened security needs. Endgame Systems, LLC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Elastic.  Elastic is a free and open search company that powers enterprise search, observability, and security solutions built on one technology stack that can be deployed anywhere. From finding documents to monitoring infrastructure to hunting for threats, Elastic makes data usable in real-time and at scale. Thousands of organizations worldwide, including Barclays, Cisco, eBay, Fairfax, ING, Goldman Sachs, Microsoft, The Mayo Clinic, NASA, The New York Times, Wikipedia, and Verizon, use Elastic to power mission-critical systems. Founded in 2012, Elastic is a distributed company with Elasticians around the globe. Learn more at elastic.co.  Endgame Systems, LLC, while a subsidiary of Elastic, is an independent entity focused on Government services.

Elastic is growing the Federal Consulting Team to support our Department of Defense customers in various locations across the U.S. and internationally. A minimum of active U.S. Federal TS/SCI clearance is required and as you'll be traveling for this position to deliver consultancy engagements onsite, you can be based from anywhere in the U.S.A. We have multiple opportunities open as we build-out the Federal specific team, working to deliver on a complex, multi-year engagement. If you're a technically trained engineer who loves to problem solve and work face-to-face with public sector customers, we would love to hear from you!

As an Elastic Senior Technical Consultant, you will be working closely with our customers to provide technical solutions for their business use cases with the Elastic Stack (which includes Elasticsearch, Kibana, Logstash and Beats). You will serve as a trusted technical advisor to our customers and help drive the customer’s journey with Elastic by providing technical oversight, ongoing knowledge transfer and enablement. A successful consultant will be focused on excellence, taking the initiative for self-improvement and possess great communication skills.

Our customers’ use cases extend across all the Elastic Solutions: Enterprise Search, Observability and Security, and beyond, and the scale of data in their environments ranges from gigabytes to petabytes. 

Our internal development and mentoring schemes ensure you have access to learn areas across the products and services we provide that you may not previously have had exposure to, in addition to which you will work closely with colleagues across the Professional Services, Engineering, Sales, Customer Success and Support teams to ensure the best experience for our customers along their Elastic journey.

What You Will Be Doing:

• Lead Elastic consulting services remotely and on-site to drive customer business value from our products


• Solution design, development, and integration of Elastic products and services, platform architecture, and capacity planning in mission-critical environments


• Development of demos and proof-of-concepts that highlight the value of the Elastic Stack


• Data modeling, query development and optimization, cluster tuning and scaling with a focus on fast search and analytics at scale


• Engaging with other consultants to solve technical issues in a team oriented environment


• Author and generate technically articulate post consulting reports

What You Bring Along:

• Active U.S. Federal Secret security clearance


• Remote work for this project but future projects could require some travel


• Minimum of 4 years’ experience as a Systems Engineer/Administrator, Network Engineer/Administrator, Cloud Engineer/Administrator, or closely related experience


• Minimum of 2 years experience as a consultant, technical instructor, or closely related experience


• Proficient at working directly with customers to gather, prioritize, plan and execute solutions to customer business requirements as it relates to our technologies


• Proficient with Linux, Unix, and Windows operating systems with CLI experience


• Knowledge of information retrieval and/or analytics domain


• Ability to self enable on our ever growing technologies


• Good verbal and written communication skills 


• Familiarity with cloud technologies such as Google Cloud, Azure, and AWS


• Elastic installation and configuration experience


• ECK/Kubernetes or Rancher experience


• Ansible

Bonus Points:

• Experience as a technical instructor or public speaker to large audiences on enterprise infrastructure software technology to engineers, developers, and other technical positions


• Proficiencies in Ansible, GitHub, VSCode, Kafka, Docker, Kubernetes


• Experience with at least one programming language to include Java, JavaScript, Ruby, or Python


• Experience with at least one database system to include SQL, Elasticsearch, Redis, MongoDB, or similar NoSQL type databases


• Familiarity with network data, cyber security data, and system logs


• Understanding of Elasticsearch or similar distributed datastore technology


• Degree in Computer Science, Cyber Security or relevant field


• Elastic Certified Engineer, Elastic Certified Analyst, Elastic Certified Observability Engineer

Join Elastic’s Federal Consulting Team and help public sector organizations solve their most complex data challenges using the Elastic Stack. If you’re passionate about cutting-edge technology, customer success, and working in mission-critical environments, we’d love to hear from you!

Compensation:

Compensation for this role is in the form of base salary.  This role does not have a variable compensation component.  

The typical starting salary range for new hires in this role is listed below.  In select locations (including Seattle WA, Los Angeles CA, the San Francisco Bay Area CA, and the New York City Metro Area), an alternate range may apply as specified below. 

These ranges represent the lowest to highest salary we reasonably and in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting.  We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range, and the ranges may be modified in the future.  

An employee's position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs.

Elastic believes that employees should have the opportunity to share in the value that we create together for our shareholders. Therefore, in addition to cash compensation, this role is currently eligible to participate in Elastic's stock program.  Our total rewards package also includes a company-matched 401k with dollar-for-dollar matching up to 6% of eligible earnings, along with a range of other benefits offered with a holistic emphasis on employee well-being.

The typical starting salary range for this role is:

$113,100 - $152,600 USD

Compensation:

Compensation for this role is in the form of base salary.  This role does not have a variable compensation component.  

The typical starting salary range for new hires in this role is listed below.  In select locations (including Seattle WA, Los Angeles CA, the San Francisco Bay Area CA, and the New York City Metro Area), an alternate range may apply as specified below. 

These ranges represent the lowest to highest salary we reasonably and in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting.  We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range, and the ranges may be modified in the future.  

An employee's position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs.

Elastic believes that employees should have the opportunity to share in the value that we create together for our shareholders. Therefore, in addition to cash compensation, this role is currently eligible to participate in Elastic's stock program.  Our total rewards package also includes a company-matched 401k with dollar-for-dollar matching up to 6% of eligible earnings, along with a range of other benefits offered with a holistic emphasis on employee well-being.

The typical starting salary range for this role is:

$113,100 - $152,600 USD

Additional Information - We Take Care of Our People

As a distributed company, diversity drives our identity. Whether you’re looking to launch a new career or grow an existing one, Endgame Systems is the type of company where you can balance great work with great life. Your age is only a number. It doesn’t matter if you’re just out of college or your children are; we need you for what you can do.

We strive to have parity of benefits across regions and while regulations differ from place to place, we believe taking care of our people is the right thing to do.

• Competitive pay based on the work you do here and not your previous salary


• Health coverage for you and your family 


• Ability to craft your calendar with flexible locations and schedules for many roles


• Generous number of vacation days each year


• Double your charitable giving - We match up to $1500 (or local currency equivalent)


• Up to 40 hours each year to use toward volunteer projects you love


• Embracing parenthood with minimum of 16 weeks of parental leave

Different people approach problems differently. We need that. Endgame Systems is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law, ordinance or regulation.

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