Elastic Administrator / Operator

Silicontek Inc; New York (NY); Sur place; USD 90 000 - 120 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Silicontek Inc is seeking an experienced Elastic Administrator/Operator in New York City to manage their on-premise Elasticsearch platform. This role involves administering Elastic clusters, overseeing Day 2 operations, and ensuring robust security configurations.

The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on experience with the Elastic stack and proven experience in production support. You'll also need to be proficient in managing on-premise Kubernetes infrastructure and familiar with monitoring tools.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience with the Elastic stack.
• Proven experience in production support and Day 2 operations.
• Experience managing on-premise Kubernetes infrastructure.

Responsabilités

• Administer and operate Elastic clusters on Kubernetes.
• Manage Day 2 operations, including monitoring and incident response.
• Implement backup/restore and disaster recovery strategies.

Connaissances

Elastic stack (Elasticsearch, Kibana, etc.)

Production support / Day 2 operations

On-premise Kubernetes infrastructure

Linux systems

Monitoring and alerting tools

Scripting (Python, Bash)

Outils

Kubernetes

Elasticsearch

Grafana

Prometheus

Loki

Description du poste

Role: Elastic Administrator / Operator

Location: New York City (Onsite 4 days)

We are seeking an experienced Elastic SME to support the development, operation, and ongoing management of our on‑premise Elasticsearch platform within a security‑focused environment.

Take part in the on‑call rotation (1 week 24*7 on call per month).

Key Responsibilities

• Administer and operate Elastic clusters on Kubernetes using ECK and data streams (deployment, scaling, upgrades).
• Manage Day 2 operations: monitoring, incident response, troubleshooting, and performance tuning.
• Implement backup/restore, high availability, and disaster recovery strategies.
• Optimize indexing, ES|QL query performance, and cluster health.
• Support security configurations (RBAC, access control, audit logging).
• Maintain operational runbooks and documentation.

Required Skills

• Strong hands‑on experience with the Elastic stack (Elasticsearch, Kibana, Fleet Server, Elastic Agent, and Search Ingest Pipeline).
• Proven experience in production support / Day 2 operations.
• Experience managing on‑premise Kubernetes infrastructure.
• Solid understanding of Linux systems, networking, and storage.
• Experience with monitoring and alerting tools such as Loki, Grafana, Prometheus, and VictoriaMetrics.
• Automation using scripting (Python, Bash, etc.).

Nice to Have

• Experience in security environments or SIEM use cases.
• Experience using Kafka at high scale as part of a log ingestion pipeline.