Platform Engineer - Elastic Search (Local only) - New York City, NY -
Job Description
Job Description
Role: Platform Engineer – Elastic Search (Local only)
Location: New York City, NYDuration: Long Term contract opportunity
Key Responsibilities
Elasticsearch Administration & Optimization
· Deploy, configure, and maintain Elasticsearch clusters, ensuring high availability, scalability, and performance.
· Develop and enforce best practices for data indexing, sharding, replication, and data lifecycle management.
· Monitor cluster health, perform capacity planning, and optimize search and query performance.
· Manage Elasticsearch security features, including role-based access control (RBAC), encryption, and audit logging.
· Troubleshoot and resolve cluster issues, including node failures, data corruption, or network partitions.
Qualifications & Experience
· At least 5+ years experience working with Elasticsearch
· Hands-on experience with deploying, scaling, and tuning Elasticsearch clusters.
· Strong understanding of search engine architecture, information retrieval, and relevance tuning.
· Proficiency with scripting languages such as Bash, Python, or similar.
· Familiarity with containerization and orchestration tools (Docker, Kubernetes) is highly desirable.
Thanks,
Sanjay Kumar