Role Overview:The ELK Observability Lead will be responsible for spearheading the design, implementation, and continuous enhancement of the ELK Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana) to provide comprehensive enterprise-wide observability, logging, and monitoring capabilities. This role involves owning the observability strategy and collaborating with cross-functional teams to translate operational requirements into scalable dashboards, alerts, and reporting solutions.
Key Responsibilities:- Lead the design, implementation, and ongoing enhancement of the ELK Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana) to deliver enterprise-wide observability, logging, and monitoring capabilities.
- Own the observability strategy by collaborating with cross-functional teams to translate business and operational requirements into scalable dashboards, alerts, and reporting solutions for diverse stakeholders.
- Drive performance optimization and reliability of the ELK platform, including proactive monitoring, troubleshooting, and fine-tuning of Elasticsearch clusters for high-volume data ingestion, storage, and retrieval.
- Oversee the development and governance of data ingestion pipelines using Logstash and other tools, ensuring robust, scalable, and reliable data flow from multiple heterogeneous sources.
- Enable advanced observability use cases by delivering meaningful analytics and intuitive data visualizations in Kibana to support IT operations, incident response, and business insights.
- Establish and enforce best practices for security, data governance, access control, and compliance within the ELK ecosystem.
- Act as a technical leader and SME for observability, mentoring team members, driving capability building, and providing guidance on ELK best practices and modern observability approaches.
- Work closely with DevOps, SRE, and application teams to integrate observability into CI/CD pipelines and ensure end-to-end visibility across systems and services.
Required Skills:- Elasticsearch (Expert level)
- Distributed Architecture & Cluster Design
- Search & Index Optimization (Query DSL, Aggregations)
- Performance Tuning & Scaling
- ILM, Data Streams, Sharding Strategy
- Digital : Elastic Search
Qualifications:Preferred Skills:- Prior experience in AIOps, ITOM, or observability solutions.
- Familiarity with scripting and automation (e.g., Python, Bash).
- Knowledge of infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform or Ansible.
