Full Time

OpenSearch Platform & Security Engineer

SARACA
Contract
Entry level
Engineering Services
United States
???* / year

Job Description

We are looking for an experienced OpenSearch Platform & Security Engineer with strong hands-on expertise in OpenSearch/Elasticsearch operations, platform migration, security configuration, and infrastructure automation.

The engineer will be responsible for managing and migrating OpenSearch/Elasticsearch environments, implementing fine-grained security controls, and automating infrastructure and deployments using Terraform and CI/CD pipelines.

 

Key Responsibilities

 

  • Manage and support OpenSearch and Elasticsearch environments.
  • Plan and execute OpenSearch/Elasticsearch migrations, including data, indexes, configurations, and associated platform components.
  • Configure and manage OpenSearch Dashboards.
  • Implement and maintain Fine-Grained Access Control (FGAC) using the OpenSearch Security Plugin.
  • Configure authentication and authorization, including JWT-based authentication.
  • Implement Document-Level Security (DLS) and Field-Level Security (FLS).
  • Configure and maintain roles, permissions, role mappings, and access-control policies.
  • Develop and maintain infrastructure using Terraform / Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
  • Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines to automate infrastructure and platform deployments.
  • Troubleshoot OpenSearch/Elasticsearch platform, security, configuration, and deployment issues.
  • Support platform upgrades and configuration changes while maintaining stability and security.
  • Work with application, infrastructure, DevOps, and security teams to integrate OpenSearch with enterprise applications.

 

Must-Have Skills

 

  • Strong hands-on experience with OpenSearch and/or Elasticsearch operations and administration.
  • Experience with OpenSearch/Elasticsearch migration.
  • Hands-on experience with OpenSearch Dashboards.
  • Strong knowledge of OpenSearch Security Plugin and FGAC.

 

Hands-on experience with:

 

  • JWT authentication
  • Role-Based Access Control
  • DLS – Document-Level Security
  • FLS – Field-Level Security
  • Roles and role mappings

 

  • Strong experience with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code.
  • Experience implementing or maintaining CI/CD pipelines.
  • Strong troubleshooting skills across OpenSearch/Elasticsearch platform and security components.

 

Good-to-Have Skills

 

  • Experience with large-scale or highly available OpenSearch/Elasticsearch environments.
  • Knowledge of cluster performance, monitoring, indexing, and search optimization.
  • Experience integrating OpenSearch security with enterprise identity/authentication systems.
  • Familiarity with Git-based infrastructure and deployment workflows

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