Maintain and improve enterprise Elastic (ELK) platforms
Drive automation, upgrades and platform optimisation
Long‐term contract and permanent employment options available
Manage the customer‐directed backlog across ITIL incident, problem, request, and change management
Perform Elastic Stack platform lifecycle activities - version upgrades, security patching, health checks, and remediation across ECE (Elastic Cloud Enterprise) environment
Build and maintain Logstash pipelines and onboard recent data sources to agreed standards
Design, build, and maintain Kibana dashboards, visualisations, and alerting for mission‐critical systems
Automate operational and configuration tasks using Ansible and Linux scripting
Produce operational and executive reporting, converting high‐volume logs and telemetry into clear, actionable insights
Integrate data across enterprise sources (e.g. JDBC/SAP HANA, SAML, SNMP, Nginx, Dynatrace)
Contribute to security, risk, and governance documentation, ensuring audit‐ready outputs
Bridge across multiple delivery, customer, and vendor teams to drive resolution and alignment
Maintain accurate documentation and support effective knowledge transfer and long‐term system sustainment
Experience in platform,



systems, or observability engineering within complex environments
Hands‐on experience with the Elastic Stack (Elasticsearch, Kibana, Logstash, Beats/Elastic Agent); ECE experience highly regarded
Strong Linux administration (Red Hat Enterprise Linux preferred) and automation using Ansible and scripting
Experience with ITIL service management — incident, problem, request, and change
Experience with data integration and pipeline development
Strong analytical and problem‐solving skills, including turning high‐volume logs into operational and executive reporting
Excellent communication skills across both technical and non‐technical stakeholders
Ability to operate with precision within strict government SOPs and manage competing priorities
Elastic Certified Engineer certified
ITIL certification
Experience in secure government or national security environments
Familiarity with security and compliance frameworks such as ISM, PSPF, or Essential Eight
Exposure to integrations including SAP HANA, SAML, SNMP, Nginx, and Dynatrace
Red Hat certification (e.g. RHCSA)
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