ELK Developer & Administrator (Elastic Stack)

Responsibilities

🔹 Development (70%)

• Design, develop, and optimize Elasticsearch-based solutions (v8.0+)
• Implement and manage Logstash pipelines for log ingestion and transformation
• Build advanced Kibana dashboards and visualizations
• Configure and manage Index Lifecycle Management (ILM) policies
• Implement scalable log management frameworks across applications and microservices
• Integrate APM solutions for performance monitoring
• Optimize search performance, indexing strategies, and cluster architecture

🔹 Administration (30%)

• Manage and maintain Elastic clusters in production environments
• Monitor cluster health, troubleshoot performance issues, and ensure high availability
• Support on-call rosters and production issue resolution
• Deploy and manage Elastic infrastructure in AWS environments
• Work with Kubernetes (K8s) for containerized Elastic deployments
• Handle upgrades, scaling, backups, and disaster recovery strategies

Requirements

Required Technical Skills

• Elasticsearch (v8.0 or above) – Strong hands-on experience in both Development & Administration
• Logstash – Advanced pipeline development and log parsing
• Kibana – Dashboard creation and visualization expertise
• Index Lifecycle Management (ILM)
• AWS (Cloud-native experience required)
• Kubernetes (K8s) – Managing Elastic clusters in containerized environments
• Experience managing Elastic Servers in production

Domain Expertise (Mandatory Experience With)

• Network Logs
• Security Logs
• Application Logs
• Application Performance Monitoring (APM)
• Microservices architecture logging

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Elasticsearch AI/ML capabilities
  • Vector Search
  • Machine Learning integrations
• Strong architectural mindset with experience designing scalable Elastic clusters
• Experience in high-availability and distributed system environments

About the Company

GSSTech Group is a leading technology solutions provider in the UAE, offering innovative and scalable IT services to businesses across various industries.