Elasticsearch Administrator at ManTech
Chantilly, VA
About the Job
Secure our Nation, Ignite your Future
Join the top Information Technology and Analytic professionals in the industry to make invaluable contributions to our national security on a daily basis. In this innovative, self-contained, Big Data environment, the ManTech team is responsible for everything from infrastructure, to application development, to data science, to advanced analytics and beyond. The team is diverse, the questions are thought-provoking, and the opportunities for growth and advancement are numerous.
The successful candidate will work with existing team members to maintain, evolve, and optimize the Sponsor’s Elasticsearch capabilities, to include both current and future deployments.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
Supporting large, enterprise footprint deployments of Elasticsearch in a fast-paced, mission environment
Providing full troubleshooting support to Elasticsearch deployments as needed, to include the system and software levels
Configuring, maintaining, and optimizing Elasticsearch environments
Upgrading Elasticsearch as required
Supporting the architecture, design, and deployment of new Elasticsearch clusters or capabilities as needed
Optimizing Elasticsearch capabilities and working with other team members to ensure the highest possible level of data/search parity
Creating, reviewing, and maintaining information technology documentation, particularly related to Elasticsearch capabilities and requirements
Minimum Qualifications:
2+ years relevant Information Technology experience
Strong Linux administration experience, including configuring and maintaining Linux servers
Strong scripting experience
Demonstrated experience with automated management and deployment systems, ideally Ansible
Experience with Elasticsearch in a large and complex environment
High School Diploma/GED
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience with the design, implementation, and management of large Elasticsearch clusters
Experience interfacing Hadoop with Elasticsearch
Experience interfacing RDBMS implementations with Elasticsearch
Experience supporting multiple simultaneous development implementations with Elasticsearch
Experience performing Elasticsearch diagnostics and performance tuning
Clearance Requirements:
TS/SCI with Polygraph
Physical Requirements:
Use hands to operate a computer and other office productivity machinery, such as a calculator, copy machine and computer printer.
The person in this position needs to occasionally move about inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, etc.
Constantly positions self to maintain computers in the lab, including under the desks and in the server closet
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