Enterprise Logging Solution (ELS) Engineer - Junior, Mid-Level & Senior [U.S. Citizenship & CBP BI – High Trust Required]

About the role

Reliable security monitoring starts with reliable data. Join Via Logic supporting U.S. Customs and Border Protection cybersecurity operations, where you’ll help keep enterprise logging systems collecting, processing, and delivering the information security teams need to protect critical systems and networks. As an ELS Engineer, you’ll maintain log collection infrastructure, configure log sources, monitor logging system health and performance, and help develop and test log parsers and correlation rules. You’ll also support troubleshooting, system onboarding, dashboards, and improvements that make security data useful to analysts, system owners, and government stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Maintain enterprise log collection infrastructure and support the health, performance, and reliability of ELS and SIEM platforms.
• Configure, onboard, and maintain log sources so security teams can monitor systems, applications, networks, endpoints, and cloud environments.
• Troubleshoot log collection, processing, connectivity, and ingestion issues, including interruptions to existing data feeds.
• Develop, test, and maintain log parsers, correlation rules, signatures, and other security content.
• Support the collection and aggregation of data from sources such as firewalls, intrusion detection systems, endpoint tools, proxy servers, DLP platforms, cloud services, and vulnerability scanners.
• Create and maintain dashboards that support security monitoring, system oversight, and audit reporting.
• Support testing and implementation of approved logging enhancements in on‑premises and cloud environments.
• Identify gaps in logging coverage, platform capabilities, and supporting processes, and recommend practical improvements.
• Support streaming data processing capabilities used for log onboarding, ingestion, and analysis.
• Extract and analyze relevant log information to support security investigations and operational requests.
• Maintain technical documentation, onboarding procedures, implementation plans, and support workflows.
• Collaborate with security analysts, system owners, engineers, and government stakeholders to resolve issues and support approved changes.

Requirements

• U.S. citizen.
• Ability to obtain and maintain the required CBP BI - High Trust background investigation and suitability determination, including applicable credit history review.
• Available to work primarily onsite at a government site in Ashburn, VA (specific worksite expectations will be confirmed for the assignment).
• Include any current or prior federal suitability or background investigation status when applying.

Qualifications

• Junior level: 3+ years of relevant experience.
• Mid‑Level: 3+ years of relevant experience.
• Senior level: 5+ years of relevant experience.

Skills

• Relevant professional experience in enterprise logging, SIEM administration, security engineering, systems administration, or related technical work.
• Experience configuring, maintaining, or troubleshooting log collection infrastructure, data sources, or security monitoring platforms.
• Understanding of how logs move from source systems through collection, processing, and ingestion into a centralized platform.
• Ability to investigate technical issues involving data feeds, connectivity, configuration, or platform performance.
• Familiarity with log parsing, search queries, correlation rules, dashboards, or similar capabilities used to interpret security data.
• Experience maintaining technical documentation and communicating implementation or troubleshooting steps clearly.
• Ability to collaborate with technical teams and explain findings, impacts, and recommended next steps.

Benefits

• Healthcare coverage.
• Paid time off.

Pay

Compensation: $112,000–$159,000 annually, depending on experience, qualifications, and assignment. Anticipated annual salary ranges by level: Junior: $112,000–$125,000; Mid‑Level: $120,000–$148,000; Senior: $127,000–$159,000.

Schedule

Task’s weekday coverage window is generally 7:00 a.m.–7:00 p.m. Eastern Time. Individual schedules and any on‑call or surge support expectations will be discussed before moving forward. Work is primarily onsite at a government site in Ashburn, VA (specific worksite and travel expectations confirmed for assignment).