Elastic Administrator / Operator

DeWinter BH ·www.dewintergroup.com

Location Sunnyvale, CA, United States
Salary USD 80 - 90 / hour
Type Full time
Level Mid
Source Shazamme
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Elastic Administrator / Operator – On-Premises (Sunnyvale or NYC)

Join a dynamic environment as an Elastic SME dedicated to elevating our on-premise Elasticsearch platform within a security-centric organization. This pivotal role combines technical expertise and operational excellence to ensure our elastic infrastructure is robust, scalable, and secure, supporting critical enterprise needs.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Administer and operate Elastic clusters on Kubernetes leveraging ECK and data streams, including deployment, scaling, and upgrades
  • Manage Day 2 operations such as monitoring, incident response, troubleshooting, and performance tuning
  • Implement and maintain backup/restore, high availability, and disaster recovery strategies
  • Optimize index performance, ES|QL queries, and overall cluster health
  • Support security configurations including RBAC, access control, and audit logging
  • Maintain comprehensive runbooks and operational documentation
  • Participate in on-call rotation to ensure system reliability

Required Skills:

  • Extensive hands-on experience with Elastic Stack (Elasticsearch, Kibana, Fleet Server, Elastic Agent, Search Ingest Pipeline)
  • Proven expertise in production support and Day 2 operations
  • Strong background managing on-premise Kubernetes infrastructure
  • Solid understanding of Linux systems, networking, and storage solutions
  • Experience with monitoring and alerting tools such as Loki, Grafana, Prometheus, and VictoriaMetrics
  • Automation scripting skills using Python, Bash, or similar

Nice to Have Skills:

  • Experience working within security environments or SIEM use cases
  • Knowledge of Kafka at high scale as part of log ingestion pipelines

Preferred Education & Experience:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
  • Several years of relevant experience in SRE, Production Engineering, or DevOps roles with a focus on Elastic and Kubernetes environments

Other Requirements:

  • Location: Sunnyvale or NYC (In-office attendance required—3 days onsite)
  • Security-conscious environment experience preferred
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced, security-focused setting with agility and precision

This role offers an exciting opportunity to shape and maintain a critical component of enterprise security infrastructure. The ideal candidate is a proactive problem solver with a passion for operational excellence and security.

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The Elastic Administrator / Operator role with DeWinter BH is based in Sunnyvale, CA, US.
What does the Elastic Administrator / Operator role pay?
DeWinter BH lists the Elastic Administrator / Operator role at USD 80–90 per hour.
Is the Elastic Administrator / Operator role full-time or contract?
This is a full time position at DeWinter BH.
What experience level is the Elastic Administrator / Operator role?
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