Elastic Search Engineer

Cliff Services Inc; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 100,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Cliff Services Inc. in Philadelphia is seeking an Elastic Search Engineer to design and optimize data ingestion pipelines using Logstash and to tune Elasticsearch performance.

You will build Kibana dashboards, implement proactive alerts, and help secure the ELK stack, while monitoring cluster health and resource usage.

Candidates should be proficient with AWS/Azure/GCP, Docker, Kubernetes, and scripting with Python or Bash.

Qualifications

• Strong experience with Elasticsearch stack (ELK) and data ingestion pipelines.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP) and container orchestration (Docker/Kubernetes).
• Scripting skills in Python or Bash; familiarity with IaC tools like Ansible or Terraform.

Responsibilities

• Develop data ingestion pipelines using Logstash and optimize Elasticsearch performance.
• Build Kibana dashboards, set up proactive alerts, and ensure system security.
• Monitor and tune resources and optimize query performance and ILM.

Skills

ELK Proficiency

Cloud platforms

Docker

Kubernetes

Python

Bash

Automation tools

JSON

KQL

Dashboard building

Tools

Elasticsearch

Logstash

Kibana

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Azure

GCP

Ansible

Terraform

Python

Bash

JSON

KQL

Job description

Elastic Search Engineer

Key Responsibilities

Pipeline & Cluster Management: Developing data ingestion pipelines using Logstash, alongside optimizing Elasticsearch performance, indexing, and data retention.

Monitoring & Security: Building Kibana visualizations, establishing proactive alerts, and ensuring system security.

Infrastructure Optimization: Monitoring and tuning resources, such as Query performance and Index Lifecycle Management.

Technical Skills

ELK Proficiency: Deep knowledge of Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana (ELK).

System Knowledge: Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), Docker, and Kubernetes.

Automation & Data: Expertise in scripting (Python/Bash), automation tools (Ansible/Terraform), JSON, and KQL.

Proven Experience in Building Dashboard and monitoring alerts using ELK stack.

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