Engineer. at TekWissen ® in Long Island City, New York Posted in about 13 hours ago.
Type:
full-time
Job Description:
Job Title:
ELK STACK
Engineer.
Location:
New York, NY Duration:
6 Months initially (extension possible)
Job Type:
Temporary Assignment Work Type:
Hybrid (2 days onsite per week)
Pay Rate:
$50.00 - $57.00/
Hr Overview:
TekWissen is a global workforce management provider headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan that offers strategic talent solutions to our clients world-wide. Our client is a global professional services firm specializing in digital transformation, business process management (BPM), analytics, and AI-driven solutions. The company partners with organizations to improve efficiency, transform operations, and drive business outcomes through a combination of process expertise, technology, and data insight.
Job Description:
Role Summary We're seeking a Search Platform Engineer with strong ELK stack expertise. The role focuses on Solr platform support across non-prod and prod environments and ElasticSearch PoCs, ensuring performance, reliability, and secure operations. Key Responsibilities Apache Solr (Primary) Lead Solr administration across non-prod and prod environments. Operate SolrCloud (ZooKeeper, shards, replicas, leader election). Perform deep JVM tuning (heap/off-heap, GC, threads, caches). Diagnose and resolve search performance issues (CPU, GC, latency, throughput, memory leaks). Optimize high-volume indexing (commit strategies, merge policies). Enforce security and HA (TLS, RBAC, audits, zero-downtime upgrades). ELK Stack (Secondary) Design and run Elasticsearch clusters for PoCs and production. Tune mappings, shards, JVM, and query DSL. Secure Elasticsearch using TLS and role-based access control. Implement observability and alerting (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Elastic). Platform Operations Execute capacity planning, benchmarking, and RCAs for search platforms. Ensure documentation, runbooks, and operational best practices. Lucidworks Fusion (Preferred) Install, configure, and support Fusion (on-prem/cloud). Manage custom Fusion JARs, patches, and vendor-led upgrades. Build and tune ingestion and query pipelines. Troubleshoot Fusion/Spark and connector failures. Required Skills (Must-Have) hands-on Apache Solr administration experience. Deep expertise with SolrCloud operations and JVM tuning. Strong troubleshooting skills for performance, indexing, and query optimization. Solid understanding of TLS, RBAC, HA, and zero-downtime upgrades. Experience supporting Lucidworks Fusion (installation, pipelines, upgrades). Secondary/Optional Skills (Good to Have) ELK stack administration: Elasticsearch (PoCs & production), Logstash/Kibana exposure.
Observability tooling:
Prometheus, Grafana, Elastic. Spark connectors and ingestion pipeline tuning. TekWissen® Group is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity.
