ElasticSearch Systems Engineer (2025-0118)

Acclaim Technical Services, founded in 2000, is a leading language, operations, and technology services company supporting a wide range of U.S. Federal agencies. We are an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) company, which is uncommon within our business sector. We see this as a significant strength, and it shows: ATS is consistently ranked as a top workplace among DC area firms and continues to grow.
We are actively hiring
ElasticSearch Systems Engineer
with TS/SCI clearance and polygraph to support a program in Bethesda, MD.
The ElasticSearch Systems Engineer SME role provides support across an Agile team in a DevSecOps environment.  This role will provide support for a large enterprise ElasticSearch deployment.  This role requires providing design, configuration, maintenance and troubleshooting support in the Elastic environments in both cloud (AWS) and on prem.
Primary Responsibilities:
Maintain Elasticsearch clusters in a cloud-based environment across multiple availability zones.
Ensure the Elasticsearch clusters continue to run under optimal conditions
Evaluate existing Elasticsearch clusters, configuration parameters, indexing, search and query performance tuning, security and administration
Maintain appropriate infrastructure to maintain performance and data integrity
Keep Elasticsearch clusters upgraded (as permitted by the applications reliant on them)
Spin up/customize clusters to meet various development and/or business needs
Optimize indexes to meet business needs (e.g. logging, enterprise search)
Troubleshoot various issues with the clusters (from small errors like unassigned shards, to automation issues, to node/cluster failures)
Work closely with architecture, engineering and development and operations teams and jointly work on key deliverables ensuring production scalability and stability
Ensure security of Elasticsearch cluster
Follow and implement Elastic best practices
Ensure appropriate monitoring & alerting of Elasticsearch
Basic Qualifications:
3+ years’ experience with Elasticsearch Administration
Direct experience maintaining and integrating Elasticsearch within an operational enterprise information system
Experience working in an Agile development environment and tempo
Experience with deploying and using Elasticsearch in Commercial Cloud Platform (ex, AWS, Google Cloud, Azure)
Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)
**Candidate must have a Master’s degree with 15 or more years of prior relevant experience.
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience working on customer's systems
Understanding of customer's system development policies
Pay Range: There are many factors that can influence final salary including, but not limited to, geographic location, Federal Government contract labor categories and contract wage rates, relevant prior work experience, specific skills and competencies, education, and certifications. Our employee owners value the flexibility at ATS that allows them to balance quality work and their personal lives. We offer competitive compensation, career growth, benefits and learning and development opportunities. Our broad mix of exceptional benefits options is designed to support and protect employees and their families.
The pay range for this position is $190,000.00 - $200,000.00
At ATS, you will be eligible to participate in a comprehensive benefits package such as: healthcare, wellness, financial, retirement, family support, continuing education, and time off benefits. Learn more here
Employee Resources
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Pay Range: There are many factors that can influence final salary including, but not limited to, geographic location, Federal Government contract labor categories and contract wage rates, relevant prior work experience, specific skills and competencies, education, and certifications. Our employee owners value the flexibility at ATS that allows them to balance quality work and their personal lives. We offer competitive compensation, career growth, benefits and learning and development opportunities. Our broad mix of exceptional benefits options is designed to support and protect employees and their families.
ABOUT
Acclaim Technical Services (ATS)
, founded in 2000, is a premier provider of tech-enabled solutions and operational services to a broad range of U.S. Federal agencies. As an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) company—an uncommon advantage in our sector—we foster a culture of ownership, accountability, and shared success. This commitment to our people shows: ATS is consistently recognized as a top workplace in the DC area and continues to experience strong, strategic growth.
SALARY TRANSPARANCY
There are many factors that can influence final salary including, but not limited to, geographic location, Federal Government contract labor categories and contract wage rates, relevant prior work experience, specific skills and competencies, education, and certifications. Our employee owners value the flexibility at ATS that allows them to balance quality work and their personal lives. We offer competitive compensation, career growth, benefits and learning and development opportunities. Our broad mix of exceptional benefits options is designed to support and protect employees and their families.
At ATS, you will be eligible to participate in a comprehensive benefits package such as healthcare, wellness, financial, retirement, family support, continuing education, and time off benefits. Learn more at
Employee Resources
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY (EEO) STATEMENT
ATS is committed to a program of equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, ethnicity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, sex, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, age, religion/creed, hairstyles and hair textures, handicap/disability, genetic information/history, military/veteran status, or any other characteristic or condition protected by applicable law. We support the employment and advancement in employment of individuals with disabilities and of protected veterans, and we treat qualified individuals without discrimination on the basis of their physical or mental disability or veteran status.