Apache Solr Elasticsearch Administrator

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 Google Cloud Platform.
• Knowledge of containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).

Looking forward for your reply.