Title: Senior Logging and Monitoring Engineer Duration: 18 Months Location: Round Rock, TX 78682
Description: As a Senior Logging and Monitoring Engineer, you will play a critical hands-on role in operating and improving client’s enterprise observability and security telemetry platforms. You will work deeply with Cribl, Elastic, and Corelight to build reliable data pipelines, troubleshoot complex data flow issues, and improve platform performance and resilience. This role balances execution with technical leadership, acting as a trusted contributor and mentor within the engineering team.
You will:
Design, support, and optimize log and telemetry pipelines using Cribl, including routing logic, transformations, enrichment, and performance tuning
Engineer and operate Elastic environments, performing advanced troubleshooting, ingest pipeline tuning, index lifecycle management, and platform health monitoring
Support and enhance Corelight NDR deployments, including sensor operations, data validation, and integration with downstream analytics platforms
Lead troubleshooting efforts for complex logging and pipeline issues across ingestion, transport, parsing, and storage layers
Perform and guide platform lifecycle activities including upgrades, scaling, capacity planning, and configuration management
Own log onboarding efforts for new applications and infrastructure, working directly with partner teams to define requirements and validate data quality
Contribute to standards, onboarding patterns, and operational best practices that improve platform reliability and consistency
Provide operational support during incidents and maintenance windows, serving as a technical escalation point for less experienced engineers
Mentor mid?level engineers and review configurations and changes to ensure quality and adherence to platform standards
Essential Requirements:
5–7 years of hands-on experience operating enterprise logging, monitoring, or security telemetry platforms
Strong hands-on experience with Cribl, including pipeline design, tuning, troubleshooting, and operational support
Strong experience administering and engineering Elastic platforms, including ingestion architecture, performance optimization, and reliability troubleshooting
Experience supporting network telemetry or NDR technologies, such as Corelight or equivalent tools
Advanced Linux and Windows system administration skills
Proficiency in Bash, Python, or similar scripting languages for automation, tooling, and operational efficiency
Experience operating logging and monitoring platforms in large-scale, cloud, hybrid, or highly distributed environments
Strong understanding of observability and security telemetry concepts, including data health, throughput, latency, and retention
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At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position’s starting pay is: $ 65.00/hr.
