Remote_Observability Architect

Elasticsearch (Expert Level) ELK Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana) Observability & Monitoring Architecture Performance Tuning & Cluster Design Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/Ansible) Must-Have Skills

ELK Stack

Elasticsearch (Expert) Logstash Kibana ELK Architecture Logging & Monitoring Data Ingestion Pipelines Elasticsearch Expertise

Distributed Cluster Architecture Cluster Design Index Design Query DSL Aggregations Search Optimization Performance Tuning Scaling Sharding Strategy Index Lifecycle Management (ILM) Data Streams High Availability & Disaster Recovery (HA/DR) Multi-Region Deployment Security

RBAC (Role-Based Access Control) TLS/SSL Authentication Authorization DevOps

CI/CD Terraform Ansible Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Programming

Python Java Bash Good-to-Have Skills

AIOps ITOM Splunk Grafana Prometheus OpenTelemetry Kubernetes Cloud Platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) Key Responsibilities

Architect and manage enterprise-scale ELK environments. Design Elasticsearch clusters for scalability, high availability, and performance. Develop Logstash pipelines for reliable log ingestion. Create Kibana dashboards, reports, and alerts for operational visibility. Optimize Elasticsearch indexing, storage, queries, and aggregations. Implement ILM policies, data streams, and sharding strategies. Design HA/DR and multi-region Elasticsearch deployments. Secure the ELK platform using RBAC, TLS, and authentication mechanisms. Automate deployments using Terraform, Ansible, and CI/CD pipelines. Mentor engineering teams and establish ELK best practices.

4.54.5 out of 5 stars Chicago, IL Remote $65 - $75 an hour