Elastic SME

?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.

If you are interested in this role but not sure if your skills and experience are exactly what we're looking for, please do apply, we'd love to hear from you!

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.

Internal Recruiter: Jane

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, and generous flexible benefits fund

?Loved reading about this job and want to know more 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.