Cybersecurity Data Engineer TOP SECRET REQUIRED

DirectViz Solutions (DVS) is a dynamic and rapidly growing government contractor committed to delivering innovative IT solutions that address the mission-critical needs of our government clients. Through the expertise and dedication of our talented team we provide cutting-edge technology services designed to achieve success and exceed expectations.

At DVS we prioritize our employees as our greatest asset. We offer competitive compensation comprehensive medical benefits a 401(k) match generous PTO accrual professional development reimbursement corporate-funded technology certifications and robust employee recognition and appreciation programs.

Title: Cybersecurity Data Engineer

Location: Adelphi MD (Hybrid - 3 Days Onsite at ALC)

Salary: $155000 Annually

Security Clearance: Active Top Secret (TS) Required

Position Overview

DirectViz Solutions (DVS) is seeking a Cybersecurity Data Engineer to support cybersecurity operations in Adelphi MD. This position will focus on designing maintaining and optimizing data pipelines within the Elastic ecosystem to support security analytics threat detection and operational monitoring.

The ideal candidate will have experience working with large-scale cybersecurity data environments optimizing data ingestion and processing and collaborating with cybersecurity teams to ensure reliable and efficient data operations.

This is a hybrid position requiring three days onsite per week at ALC in Adelphi Maryland.

Key Responsibilities

• Configure and optimize data ingestion storage and retrieval within the Elastic ecosystem (Elasticsearch Logstash Kibana Fleet) to enable high-volume high-availability operations.
• Design maintain and optimize scalable cybersecurity ETL pipelines using the Elastic suite of tools.
• Develop transformations and enrichments for diverse security log and telemetry sources.
• Maintain index templates mappings schemas and data models supporting analytics and detection logic.
• Implement data validation deduplication and quality controls to ensure data integrity.
• Automate ingestion transformation and engineering workflows using Python Bash and related tools.
• Monitor pipeline and indexing performance troubleshoot data-flow issues and optimize throughput storage and query performance.
• Maintain traceability and troubleshoot dependencies across Kafka Elastic and CI/CD tooling.
• Partner with Detection Engineering Threat Analysis Endpoint and other cyber teams to support operational requirements.
• Maintain technical documentation SOPs and engineering artifacts.

Required Qualifications

• 5 years of experience in data engineering software development systems engineering or a related technical field.
• 3 years of hands-on experience with Elasticsearch Logstash Kibana (ELK Stack) including data ingestion ETL pipelines and performance optimization.

Clearance:

• TS clearance

Onsite Requirement: 3 days onsite at ALC Adelphi MD.

Preferred Qualifications (Nice to Have)

• Experience with Kafka Python/Bash automation CI/CD or DevSecOps practices.
• Experience working with Ruby.
• Experience supporting AWS Azure GCP Oracle Cloud hybrid-cloud or multi-cloud environments.
• Knowledge of cybersecurity operations including SIEM threat detection incident response and security monitoring.

If you thrive on solving complex problems and building meaningful connections wed love to hear from you. Join our team and make an impact today!

Physical and Mental Qualifications:

• Maintain focus and awareness throughout scheduled working hours.
• Perform tasks requiring prolonged periods of sitting or standing at a desk utilizing a computer mouse and keyboard.
• Lift and move objects weighing up to 15 pounds as needed.
• Exhibit excellent verbal and written communication skills with a strong command of the English language.
• Demonstrate the ability to work independently while also collaborating effectively as part of a team.
• Quickly learn and retain routine tasks and processes.
• Possess strong organizational skills attention to detail business correspondence proficiency and self-management capabilities.
• Perform the essential functions of the role satisfactorily; reasonable accommodation will be provided for employees with disabilities upon request.
• Accept and adapt to additional responsibilities or changes to assigned duties as determined by DirectViz Solutions (DVS).

DirectViz Solutions LLC (DVS) is an equal opportunity employer who prohibits discrimination and harassment against any employee or applicant for employment based on race sex (including pregnancy) age gender identity creed religion national origin sexual orientation marital status genetic information disability political affiliation protected veteran status or any other status protected by federal state or local law.

DVS has a zero-tolerance policy for harassment threats coercion discrimination and intimidation. Employees may file a complaint or exercise any right protected by Executive Order 11246 Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended Section 4212 of the Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 or the Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998.

Required Experience:

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