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Description
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Digital Consultants is seeking an experienced Elastic Subject Matter Expert (SME) to lead and coordinate the planning, design, and implementation of the Elastic SIEM for a DoD customer’s projects. This role involves supporting a large-scale migration from Splunk and requires technical expertise in the Elastic Stack, a deep understanding of SIEM architecture, and hands-on experience with data ingestion, configuration, tuning, and monitoring in secure environments.
Duties to include :
- Define project goals and objectives, and review existing Splunk environments, identifying elements for migration. Analyze and document source types, sources, knowledge objects, dashboards, and searches for transition.
- Lead the design phase, determining migration criteria and architectural best practices. Outline data source requirements, working closely with security, network, and application teams to ensure integration.
- Deploy and configure Elastic Stack components, including Elasticsearch, Kibana, and machine learning nodes. Benchmark and tune the system for optimal performance, ensuring scalability and security.
- Set up data collection pipelines, configure data ingestion, and implement relevant beats and Elastic agents. Define and refine rules, alerts, and custom dashboards tailored to the organization’s security requirements.
- Oversee testing phases to validate Elastic SIEM functionality, ensuring it meets security visibility, threat detection, and compliance goals.
- Manage Elastic SIEM deployment into production, establish monitoring protocols, and perform regular updates. Continuously optimize system performance and address emerging security challenges.
- Provide hands-on training, documentation, and resources to staff on Elastic SIEM operations, alert management, and incident response.
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