Shape the Future of Enterprise Observability & Security.
Are you an Elastic expert who thrives on designing, building and optimising large-scale platforms?
We're looking for an experienced Elastic Subject Matter Expert (SME) to lead the design, implementation and evolution of a critical Elastic Stack environment supporting enterprise-wide monitoring, security analytics, threat detection and operational insight.
This is a unique opportunity to become the go-to technical authority for a sophisticated on-premises Elastic platform, influencing architecture, security, automation and operational excellence across a complex enterprise estate.
You do need to hold active DV Clearance.
Hybrid: 4 days on site in Hemel Hempstead 1 day home based.
What you will be doing:
- As the Elastic SME, you'll take ownership of the entire Elastic ecosystem, delivering scalable, secure and highly available solutions that power operational monitoring, observability and security operations.
- Designing and architecting enterprise-scale Elastic Stack solutions.
- Building and optimising high-volume Elasticsearch clusters.
- Delivering SIEM capabilities, threat detection and security analytics.
- Developing advanced ingestion pipelines using Logstash, Beats and Elastic Agent.
- Creating impactful Kibana dashboards, visualisations and reporting solutions.
- Implementing observability across Windows, Linux, VMware, databases, networks and applications.
- Automating deployments, administration and operational processes.
- Driving platform performance, resilience, security and compliance.
- Providing expert 3rd/4th line support, troubleshooting and technical leadership.
- Producing high-quality design, operational and disaster recovery documentation.
What you will bring:
- Experience administering enterprise Elastic Stack environments.
- Deep expertise across:
- Elasticsearch.
- Kibana.
- Logstash.
- Beats.
- Elastic Agent & Fleet.
- Elastic Security (SIEM).
- Elastic Observability.
- Strong experience supporting large-scale Elasticsearch clusters.
- Proven track record designing resilient, highly available platforms
- Experience delivering security monitoring and observability solutions.
- Strong Linux and Windows Server administration skills.
- PowerShell, REST APIs, JSON and YAML expertise.
- Knowledge of Active Directory, LDAP, PKI and TLS.
Employment Type: Full Time, Permanent
Location: Hybrid: 4 days on site in Hemel Hempstead 1 day home based.
Security Clearance Level: You do need to hold active DV Clearance.
Salary: Competitive, depending on experience
Benefits:
- £5400 Car Allowance
- 25 days annual leave with the option to buy additional days
- private health care
- life assurance
- pension
- generous flexible benefits fund
About us
Sopra Steria's Aerospace, Defence and Security business designs, develops and deploys digital solutions to Central Government clients. The work we do makes a real difference to the client's goal of National Security, and we operate in a unique and privileged environment. We are given time for professional development activities, and we coach and mentor our colleagues, sharing knowledge and learning from each other. We foster a culture in which employees feel valued and supported and have pride in their work for the customer, delivering outstanding rates of customer satisfaction in the UK's most complex safety- and security-critical markets.
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Elastic SME in Hemel Hempstead employer: Sopra Steria
Join a forward-thinking team at the forefront of Aerospace and Defence, where your expertise in Microsoft Sentinel and KQL will directly contribute to enhancing security measures. We pride ourselves on fostering a collaborative work culture that prioritises employee growth through continuous learning opportunities and innovative projects. Located in a dynamic environment, we offer competitive benefits and a commitment to making a meaningful impact in the industry.
