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Insight Global

Elastic Defend Architect

Insight Global, Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States, 80509

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We are seeking an experienced

Elastic Security Architect

to design, deploy, and optimize

Elastic Defend

across large, distributed enterprise environments. This role requires deep technical expertise in Elastic Security, endpoint protection, and SIEM/EDR concepts, along with strong collaboration skills to work across SOC, Incident Response, DevOps, and cloud engineering teams.

Responsibilities

Architect, design, and deploy

Elastic Defend

for enterprise endpoint security.

Configure and manage Fleet Servers, agent enrollment workflows, and security policies.

Design and maintain scalable

Elasticsearch clusters

supporting Elastic Security workloads.

Build and optimize ingestion pipelines for endpoint telemetry, audit logs, and alerts.

Enhance Elastic Security performance through index management, ILM tuning, and ingest pipeline improvements.

Develop observability frameworks using

Kibana

for complete visibility into cluster and EDR operations.

Implement logging, metrics, and tracing systems for real-time monitoring and detection.

Analyze and visualize datasets to support threat hunting and anomaly detection.

Troubleshoot Elastic Defend agent behavior, policy issues, and integration failures.

Ensure data integrity, security, and compliance across Elastic Security components.

Collaborate with SOC, IR, DevOps, and platform teams to align architecture with mission requirements.

Provide technical guidance and mentoring to internal teams and stakeholders.

Document architectures, runbooks, deployment patterns, and best practices.

Stay current on emerging Elastic Security capabilities and evolving threat trends.

Required Skills

Outstanding verbal and written communication skills.

Ability and willingness to travel as needed.

Valid U.S. Passport.

Active Secret clearance (minimum).

Desired Skills

Hands‑on experience architecting or administering

Elastic Security / Elastic Defend

in production.

Certifications such as

Elastic Certified Engineer ,

Elastic Certified Analyst , or

Elastic Security Engineer .

Strong understanding of

SIEM

and

EDR

concepts; experience with platforms like Elastic, Splunk, QRadar, LogRhythm, or Sentinel.

Proficiency with Linux/Unix systems, networking fundamentals, and cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP).

Experience with DevOps/SRE methodologies, automation, CI/CD, and infrastructure‑as‑code.

Scripting skills in Python, PowerShell, or Bash.

Deep knowledge of modern threat landscapes and endpoint attack techniques.

Familiarity with search/indexing technologies (Solr, Lucene) is a plus.

Seniority Level Mid‑Senior level

Employment Type Full‑time

Job Function Information Technology

Industries Staffing and Recruiting

Benefits

Medical insurance

Vision insurance

401(k)

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