Elastic Admin

Remote position (local to Evansville, IN / greater tri-state area is a plus). Start date is ASAP for this 6+ month contract role.

About the role

The client is seeking an experienced Elastic Administrator to own the day-to-day health, stability, and ongoing administration of an on-premises Elastic platform supporting enterprise logging and observability.

Responsibilities

• Administer and maintain the full Elastic stack, including Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana, across large multi-node production clusters
• Manage core platform components including ILM policies, sharding, replication, and data pipelines via Logstash and Elastic Agent
• Monitor and ensure platform stability, reliability, and performance within an on-premises Linux environment
• Manage storage capacity and data flow to maintain a healthy and performant Elastic environment
• Plan and execute version upgrades for the Elastic stack over the contract period
• Write Python or Bash scripts to automate administrative and operational tasks
• Serve as the primary owner of platform health, proactively identifying and resolving issues before they impact operations

Requirements

• 3-5 years of hands-on Elastic administration experience, including direct management of large multi-node production clusters
• Deep expertise in Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana, Elastic Agent, and pipeline configuration
• Demonstrated experience managing ILM policies, sharding, and replication in a production environment
• Strong Linux systems experience supporting the infrastructure on which the Elastic platform runs
• Scripting proficiency in Python or Bash for automation tasks
• On-premises platform engineering experience, not limited to cloud-only environments

Preferred Qualifications

• Background as a platform engineer with a specialty in Elastic administration
• Experience administering Elastic stacks used for logging and observability use cases
• Familiarity with storage management in large-scale distributed environments
• Local to the Evansville, IN / greater tri-state area

Pay

$60-65/hr

Benefits

Eligible for Health, Dental, Vision, and 401K