Solr / OpenSearch Engineer

PROLIM Global Corporation

Los Angeles, CA, United States

8 days ago

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Role details

Contract type

Permanent contract

Employment type

Full-time (> 32 hours)

Experience level

Expert

Experience required

5 years minimum

Working hours

Regular working hours

Job source

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Tech stack

Java (Programming Language) Amazon Web Services Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud Amazon S3 Cloud Database Continuous Integration Shard (Database Architecture) Software Debugging DevOps Distributed Systems Identity and Access Management Python (Programming Language)

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Performance Tuning Ansible Prometheus Apache Solr Scripting GitHub Copilot Grafana Indexer Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) Cloudformation Git Flow Kubernetes Infrastructure Automation Frameworks Claude Cloudwatch Restful APIs Terraform OpenSearch Docker

Job description

We are looking for an experienced Solr / OpenSearch Engineer to manage, optimize, and troubleshoot search clusters in production environments. The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on experience with Solr or OpenSearch, Java, Python, AWS, distributed systems, and infrastructure automation., * Administer, maintain, and optimize Solr / OpenSearch clusters in production environments.

Troubleshoot search performance, indexing, replication, sharding, and cluster-related issues.
Develop, debug, and modify existing applications using Java and Python.
Manage REST APIs, Query DSL, index lifecycle policies, and cluster configurations.
Work with AWS services such as EC2, IAM, VPC, S3, and CloudWatch, along with third-party cloud platforms
Implement CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform, Ansible, or CloudFormation.
Support containerized environments using Docker and Kubernetes.
Monitor system health and performance using Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch, or similar tools.
Use AI-assisted development tools such as Claude and GitHub Copilot to improve development efficiency.

Requirements

SOLR, Automation, Distributed Computing, Identify Issues, Python Programming/Scripting Language, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Production Systems, SOLR, Java, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), * 5+ years of hands-on experience administering Solr and/or OpenSearch in production.

Strong proficiency in Java and Python.
Good understanding of distributed systems, sharding, replication, consistency, and cluster topology.
Hands-on AWS experience and exposure to at least one non-AWS cloud platform, such as GCP or any other
Experience with REST APIs, Query DSL, and index lifecycle management (ILM/ISM).
Knowledge of CI/CD, Infrastructure-as-Code, Docker, Kubernetes, monitoring, and Git workflows.
Excellent troubleshooting, debugging, and performance-tuning skills.

Preferred Skills

Experience with AI-assisted development tools such as Claude or GitHub Copilot.
Experience with cloud automation and DevOps practices.
Strong production support and search infrastructure optimization experience.

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