Our client is looking for an Apache Solr Elasticsearch Administrator at New York, NY It's a Long Term Contract opportunity.
Job Title : Apache Solr Elasticsearch Administrator
Location : New York, NY (Hybrid 3 days onsite 2 days remote per week)
Duration : Long Term Contract
Job Description :
- Install, configure, and maintain Apache Solr clusters across multiple environments.
- Manage Solr cores, collections, schemas, and configurations to ensure optimal search performance.
- Monitor Solr clusters for availability, scalability, indexing throughput, and query latency.
- Perform capacity planning, backup, recovery, and disaster recovery (DR) testing for Solr infrastructure.
- Troubleshoot issues related to indexing pipelines, query performance, replication, and cluster stability.
- Implement security best practices, including authentication, authorization, and access control.
- Apply patches, upgrades, and hotfixes while minimizing downtime and ensuring cluster reliability.
- Work closely with development and operations teams to support integration of Solr with APIs, applications, and data pipelines.
- Automate administrative tasks through scripts and monitoring tools to improve efficiency.
- Maintain detailed documentation for Solr environments, including configuration changes, operational runbooks, and troubleshooting guides.
We are seeking a skilled and experienced Elasticsearch Administrator to manage, maintain, and optimize our Elasticsearch clusters.
The ideal candidate will have a strong background in search technologies, systems administration, and monitoring tools, and will be responsible for ensuring the performance, availability, and security of Elasticsearch deployments.
Key Responsibilities :
Install, configure, and manage Elasticsearch clusters and nodes.Monitor Elasticsearch performance and availability using tools like Kibana, Grafana, or Prometheus.Implement security policies including authentication, authorization, TLS, and audit logging.Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to cluster health, node communication, and indexing.Required Skills :
Strong hands-on experience with Elasticsearch (v7.x and above).Experience with Kibana, Beats, and Logstash (ELK stack).Proficiency in scripting languages like Bash, Python, or Shell.Experience with cloud environments such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.Knowledge of containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).Looking forward for your reply.