August Schell

Cybersecurity Data Engineer

Engineering - Adelphi, MD - Full Time

Cybersecurity Data Engineer
Location: Adelphi, MD
Work Arrangement: Hybrid – 3 Days Onsite

August Schell is seeking a highly skilled Cybersecurity Data Engineer to join our Engineering team in support of a mission-critical cybersecurity environment.
The ideal candidate will have strong experience with the Elastic Stack, including Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana, and Fleet, along with expertise in designing, developing, and optimizing scalable data ingestion and ETL pipelines.
This individual will play a key role in managing high-volume cybersecurity data, improving data processing efficiency, and supporting security analytics and threat detection capabilities. The successful candidate will collaborate with cybersecurity engineering teams to ensure the reliability, performance, and integrity of security data across enterprise environments.

What you will bring…
  • Active Top Secret (TS) security clearance required.
  • Ability to work onsite three days per week at ALC in Adelphi, Maryland.
  • Configure and optimize data ingestion, storage, and retrieval within the Elastic ecosystem (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana, Fleet) to enable high-volume, high-availability operations.  
  • Design, maintain, and optimize scalable cybersecurity ETL pipelines using the Elastic suite of tools. 
  • Develop transformations and enrichments for diverse security log and telemetry sources. 
  • Maintain index templates, mappings, schemas, and data models supporting analytics and detection logic. 
  • Implement data validation, deduplication, and quality controls to ensure data integrity. 
  • Automate ingestion, transformation, and engineering workflows using Python, Bash, and related tools. 
  • Monitor pipeline and indexing performance, troubleshoot data-flow issues, and optimize throughput, storage, and query performance. 
  • Maintain traceability and troubleshoot dependencies across Kafka, Elastic, and CI/CD tooling. 
  • Partner with Detection Engineering, Threat Analysis, Endpoint, and other cyber teams to support operational requirements. 
  • Maintain technical documentation, SOPs, and engineering artifacts 

Stand Out With…
  • Experience with Kafka, Python/Bash automation, CI/CD, or DevSecOps practices. 
  • Experience working with Ruby. 
  • Experience supporting AWS, Azure, GCP, Oracle Cloud, hybrid-cloud, or multi-cloud environments
  • Knowledge of cybersecurity operations, including SIEM, threat detection, incident response, and security monitoring. 
Who we are…
August Schell offers over 30 years of experience providing our customers with innovative solutions and engineering services to address their most challenging needs.
We thrive on navigating complex IT challenges and are driven to deliver the best solutions for our customers. Our team provides expert knowledge in cybersecurity, big data, endpoint security, and cloud solutions.

Our ability to serve our customers with continued excellence is a direct reflection of our dedicated and exceptional people. At August Schell, we are not only a team, we are family.

All are welcome…
August Schell is a proud Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. We believe that diversity, inclusion, and recognizing the unique differences, perspectives, and ideas our employees bring are fundamental to our success.

We welcome all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or veteran status.

Pay Transparency…

August Schell will never discharge or discriminate against employees or applicants for discussing, inquiring about, or sharing information regarding their pay or the pay of others, in compliance with 41 CFR 60-1.35(c). The salary range for this position is $150,000 to $180,000 per year, based on qualifications, experience, and market alignment. This position is classified as Exempt under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Non-exempt employees are eligible for overtime pay in accordance with federal and state law for hours worked beyond 40 in a workweek. We offer a competitive benefits package including, health insurance, retirement savings plans, paid time off and professional development opportunities.



 
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