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Elastic Search Engineer

CCS Global TechBethesda, MD🇺🇸United StatesPosted 4 Sept 2026

Why This Role Stands Out

This role offers significant career growth within a reputable, fast-growing IT company, with a competitive salary range of $107,900 - $170,000 annually. You'll thrive here if you're a mid-senior level engineer passionate about leveraging your Elasticsearch expertise to solve complex challenges and contribute to impactful projects. Apply today to join a collaborative team and elevate your career!

Quick Overview

Salary
$107.9k - $170k/yr
Seniority
Mid Senior
Work mode
On Site
Location
Bethesda, MD, United States
Posted
5 days ago
Agile

Job Description

CCS Global Tech is a rapidly growing Information Technology company with a diverse portfolio of technology products and services and a large network of industry partnerships. With over 22 years of being a successful business with a global talent pool and presence, CCS is a certified Microsoft Gold Partner and specializes in delivering expert Microsoft based solutions for technical and business needs. We have been recognized by Inc. 500 Magazine as one of the fastest growing small companies in the Unites States.
we are a Tier 1 vendor for the City and County of San Francisco for Cloud Services, Staffing Services and Training Services. For this multi-year opportunity with a diverse set of needs to address, we are currently focusing on establishing partnerships with individuals as well as companies who can help us enhance our overall service portfolio, cut lead times, and ultimately help us deliver successfully. We currently hold sizable Government accounts in the San Francisco bay area including City and County of San Francisco, San Mateo County, and Santa Clara County.
We take great pride in our global reach and local influence. Your experience alongside our highly skilled and talented internal team who guide you along the way, offers key insights into what helps you stand out in a competitive job market.
If you are a partner company, please submit resumes with contact information of your own W2 Consultants only. Submitted consultants are expected to have excellent communication skills.

Elastic Search Engineer - TS/SCI
Bethesda, Maryland
Location: Bethesda, MD
Salary: $107,900.00 - $170,000

Category: Software Engineer
Travel Required: No
Remote Type: Hybrid
Clearance: TS/SCI

As an Elastic Search Engineer, you'll be a member of our platform engineering team and help develop, deploy and maintain nosql databases as foundational elements of our microservice eco-system using a Kubernetes as foundational platform. You'll also support the adoption of GitOps best practices across cross-functional engineering teams. In this fast-paced environment, you'll collaborate closely with systems engineering, architecture, development, security, operations, and integrations teams.

Work is conducted on-site at our client location in Bethesda, MD.

Key Responsibilities Include:

Deploy, triage, debug, and maintain production class databases like Elasticsearch and Redis
Design and support database configuration management strategies across air-gapped network fabrics
Partner with Systems Engineers to architect solutions for new capabilities
Contribute to operational monitoring capabilities to provide proactive system notifications
Contribute technical input to engineering documentation, diagrams, and models
Participate in Agile release planning, scrums, design sessions, bug triage, and related team activities



To be successful in this role you need (required):

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field (or equivalent experience) with 8+ years of relevant experience; Master's degree with 6+ years of experience.
Active TS/SCI security clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain a Polygraph.
Current DoD 8570.01M IAT Level II (or higher) certification, such as Security+, CySA+, SSCP, CCNA Security, or CISSP (or Associate).
Ability to obtain and maintain Privileged User Account (PUA) certification.
Experience with Kubernetes and container platforms such as EKS, Rancher, or RKE2.
Experience with one or more of the following: Elasticsearch, Keycloak, Redis, Strimzi.
Experience working with open-source technologies and modern infrastructure platforms.
Experience hardening databases to comply with NIST 800-53 security controls.
Strong knowledge of Linux system administration.
Experience deploying, managing, and troubleshooting containerized applications.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to collaborate effectively with customers, engineers, architects, and cross-functional teams.
Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment with team members from diverse technical backgrounds.


You will wow us even more if you have:

Experience with micro services architecture.
Proficiency in scripting for automation and operational tooling (UNIX shell, Perl, or similar).
Experience with Helm Chart templating.
Experience with ArgoCD
Knowledge of REST APIs, web services, networking, and internet protocols.
Experience and domain knowledge related to data processing.
Experience with big data applications.
Experience supporting DIA, NDOC, and/or D3P.

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