Platform Engineer

Job Description Job title: Search Platform Engineer

Location: Newyork city,NY(onsite)

Role Summary We re seeking a Search Platform Engineer with strong Apache Solr experience (primary) and ELK stack. The role focuses on Solr platform support across non-prod and prod environments and ElasticSearch PoCs, ensuring performance, reliability, and secure operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Apache Solr (Primary) Lead Solr administration across non-prod and prod environments. Operate SolrCloud (ZooKeeper, shards, replicas, leader election). Perform deep JVM tuning (heap/off-heap, threads, caches). Diagnose and resolve search performance issues (CPU, latency, throughput, memory leaks). Optimize high-volume indexing (commit strategies, merge policies). Enforce security and HA (TLS, RBAC, audits, zero-downtime upgrades).
• ELK Stack (Secondary) Design and run Elasticsearch clusters for PoCs and production. Tune mappings, shards, JVM, and query DSL. Secure Elasticsearch using TLS and role-based access control. Implement observability and alerting (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Elastic).
• Platform Operations Execute capacity planning, benchmarking, and RCAs for search platforms. Ensure documentation, runbooks, and operational best practices.
• Lucidworks Fusion (Preferred) Install, configure, and support Fusion (on-prem/cloud). Manage custom Fusion JARs, patches, and vendor-led upgrades. Build and tune ingestion and query pipelines. Troubleshoot Fusion/Spark and connector failures.

Required Skills (Must-Have) hands-on Apache Solr administration experience. Deep expertise with SolrCloud operations and JVM tuning. Strong troubleshooting skills for performance, indexing, and query optimization. Solid understanding of TLS, RBAC, HA, and zero-downtime upgrades. Experience supporting Lucidworks Fusion (installation, pipelines, upgrades).

Secondary/Optional Skills (Good to Have) ELK stack administration: Elasticsearch (PoCs & production), Logstash/Kibana exposure. Observability tooling: Prometheus, Grafana, Elastic. Spark connectors and ingestion pipeline tuning.

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