Job Description

The Elastic Security Engineer serves as part of the IT Cybersecurity team to advance the company’s cybersecurity capabilities and solve business challenges. The Engineer supports IT teams (such as product teams, platform teams, and application development teams) to successfully adopt and maximize the value from Elasticsearch and other tools’ capabilities. The Engineer is involved in design and implementation activities that result in new or improved capabilities stemming from Elastic Search and applies skills and expertise to such areas IT security, networking, Linux and Microsoft server technologies, cloud platforms, incident response, API connectivity and integrations, logic gates, and automation.
Success in this role will be measured in four primary ways: (1) champions the adoption of Elasticsearch across IT teams, (2) advances the company’s cybersecurity capabilities through the use of Elasticsearch, (3) ensures relevant cybersecurity investments are realized and maximized, and (4) customer (i.e., business user) satisfaction.

Essential/Primary Duties, Functions, and Responsibilities

• Responsible for establishing the company’s Elasticsearch roadmap and socializing with IT teams to get buy-in.
• Responsible for identifying and troubleshooting Elasticsearch-related issues, such as slow queries or indexing problems.
• Responsible for designing and implementing Elasticsearch infrastructure that meets business requirements including designing and configuring Elasticsearch clusters, nodes, and indices, as well as integrating Elasticsearch with other systems.
• Develops and maintains monitoring and alerting systems for Elasticsearch infrastructure, including establishing metrics collection and visualization tools and configuring alerts to notify the team of potential issues.
• Considers high availability, performance, and scalability; This includes monitoring Elasticsearch clusters for performance issues and implementing strategies to optimize performance.
• Collaborates with cross-functional teams such as developers and DevOps, to ensure Elasticsearch infrastructure meets business requirements.
• Champions the benefits that Elastic can bring to other Red Lobster business units through leveraging APM, Observability, Machine Learning (ML), Predictive analytics, Natural Language Processing, Sentiment analysis, and Enterprise Search with an emphasis on surfacing “actionable” information.
• Provides guidance to junior security personnel, sharing best practices, and helping them grow their skills.
• Stays current with industry trends and best practices related to Elasticsearch and search infrastructure.
• Evaluates new tools and technologies and recommends changes or improvements to Elasticsearch infrastructure.
• Analyzes and makes recommendations to improve network, system and application architectures.
• Examines network, server, and application logs to determine trends and identify security incidents.
• Assists in the review and update of cyber security policies, architectures, and standards.
• Assists in responding to audits, penetration tests and vulnerability assessments.
• Possess strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ensures all projects meet success parameters.
• Perform special projects and research as assigned.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

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