Lead Database Administrator

Publicis Groupe Holdings B.V; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,500,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm in India is looking for an experienced ELK Stack Administrator. The candidate will manage, maintain, and optimize Elasticsearch clusters in production environments. Responsibilities include installing and configuring the ELK stack, performing cluster scaling, and collaborating with DevOps teams. Ideal applicants will have over 8 years of hands-on experience with Elasticsearch, Kibana, and Logstash, and strong proficiency in Linux and automation tools. This role emphasizes operational excellence in a collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of hands-on experience administering Elasticsearch, Kibana, and Logstash.
• Experience with Linux system administration (RHEL / Ubuntu).
• Knowledge of monitoring and observability concepts.
• Basic scripting skills (Shell or Python preferred).

Responsibilities

• Install, configure, and administer ELK Stack in production environments.
• Manage Elasticsearch clusters, index lifecycle management, and shard optimization.
• Perform cluster scaling, performance tuning, and troubleshooting.
• Collaborate with DevOps and infrastructure teams.
• Implement observability and monitoring use cases.

Skills

Elasticsearch Administration

Kibana Management

Logstash Administration

Linux System Administration

Automation Tools (Terraform, Ansible)

Monitoring and Observability

Scripting (Shell, Python)

Version Control Systems (Git, Bitbucket)

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Job description

Overview

About Business Unit: A consolidated team of database technology professionals, we deliver expert insights across all major database engines and Big Data solutions to support Epsilon products and platforms. The team has a one‑of‑a‑kind alignment that combines a horizontal organizational structure with vertically aligned sub‑groups dedicated to our clients. By adhering to consistent standards and methodologies, the team ensures operational excellence and has close ties with product teams at Oracle, IBM, Cloudera, Amazon and Microsoft.

Overview: We are seeking an experienced ELK Stack Administrator to manage, maintain, and optimize our Elasticsearch clusters in production environments.

The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in Elasticsearch, Kibana, and Logstash administration, along with solid experience in Linux systems, automation tools, and monitoring/observability platforms.

This role focuses on cluster administration, deployment, performance tuning, scaling, and monitoring, rather than application development.

Responsibilities

• Install, configure, and administer Elasticsearch, Kibana, and Logstash (ELK Stack) in production environments.
• Manage Elasticsearch clusters, including:
  • Index lifecycle management
  • Shard allocation and optimization
  • Replication management
  • Backups and restores
• Perform cluster scaling, performance tuning, and troubleshooting.
• Configure and maintain Logstash pipelines and data ingestion workflows.
• Create and maintain Kibana dashboards and monitoring visualizations.
• Implement and support observability, monitoring, and SIEM use cases.
• Manage security configurations, including:
  • Roles and users
  • TLS encryption
  • RBAC policies
• Perform stack upgrades, patching, and regular health checks.
• Collaborate with DevOps, infrastructure, and monitoring teams.
• Ensure high availability and disaster recovery readiness.

Use Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and automation tools to manage deployments and configurations.

Qualifications

Required Skills:

• 8+ years of hands‑on experience administering Elasticsearch, Kibana, and Logstash.
• Strong understanding of:
  • Elasticsearch cluster architecture
  • Index management and shard optimization
  • Query performance tuning
  • Snapshot and restore processes
• Experience with Linux system administration (RHEL / Ubuntu).
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code and automation tools:
  • Terraform
  • Ansible
• Experience with version control systems:
  • Git
  • Bitbucket
• Knowledge of monitoring and observability concepts.
• Experience handling production incidents and troubleshooting.
• Basic scripting skills (Shell or Python preferred).
• Understanding of SIEM and APM concepts.

Good to Have:

• Experience with Elastic Stack X‑Pack features.
• Experience integrating ELK with cloud platforms (AWS / Azure / GCP).
• Knowledge of Elastic concepts and Beats, such as:
  • Filebeat
  • Metricbeat
  • Elastic Serverless forwarder
  • APM servers
  • Elastic Agent
  • Elastic Fleet architecture
• Exposure to containerized environments:
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes

Epsilon is an Equal Opportunity Employer.