We are working with a leading global packaging company to find a Senior Elastic Specialist for an exciting opportunity.
As an Elastic Stack observability specialist, you will support our client’s digital journey by contributing to the implementation of a standardized observability stack.
The role is focused on:
· Designing a stack that spans over air gapped environments.
· Analyzing current observability data and its usability in KQL
· Define improvements for data consistency and query performance
· Improving data structure and tagging
· Implement alerts, detection strategies and visualizations
· Explore storage type alternatives - hot vs cold storage
· Define retention policies by data type and usage
· Implement head/tail sampling strategies
· Provide documentation and knowledge transfer
We believe you have:
· Deep expertise in the Elastic Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana, Elastic APM, OTEL)
· Experience with Elastic Fleet management
· Strong experience in observability engineering, focusing on logs, metrics, and traces correlation
· Advanced expertise in KQL (Kibana Query Language)
· Strong experience in designing detection logic and dashboards using KQL
· Experience in Logstash pipeline design, transformation, and routing
· Experience with alerting strategies and anomaly detection within Elastic
· Knowledge of data modeling, tagging strategies, and schema design using Elastic Common Schema (ECS)
· Experience in storage tier strategies
· Experience integrating Elastic with external systems e.g. Splunk
· Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
· Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams
· Strong communication and documentation skills