Role : Elasticsearch Solr/Fusion(mandatory) + Elasticsearch
Location : NYC, NY
Job Description
We are seeking a skilled Platform Engineer with expertise in Elasticsearch and Lucidworks Fusion to design, deploy, optimize, and maintain our enterprise search and data analytics platforms. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in search engine architectures, data ingestion, and content management systems, ensuring our search solutions are scalable, reliable, and performant to support business-critical applications.
Key Responsibilities
Lucidworks Fusion Administration & Customization
Deploy and administer Lucidworks Fusion instances across various environments.
Develop, configure, and maintain search pipelines, connectors, and indexing jobs.
Create custom search interfaces, connectors, and components to meet enterprise requirements.
Optimize Fusion search performance through tuning and caching strategies.
Manage user access, permissions, and authentication integrations.
Implement security best practices, privacy policies, and compliance standards.
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.
Data Ingestion & Integration
Design data pipelines and connectors to ingest data from various sources into Elasticsearch and Lucidworks.
Collaborate with Data Engineering and Application teams to support data flow and indexing processes.
Ensure data consistency, accuracy, and timeliness in search indexes.
Qualifications & Experience
Minimum of 7 years' experience working with Elasticsearch and Lucidworks Fusion.
Hands-on experience with deploying, scaling, and tuning Elasticsearch clusters.
Proven experience with Fusion platform administration, customization, and development.
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
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