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Apetan Consulting LLC

OpenSearch Engineer

Hybrid

New york, United states

Mid level

Freelance

28-02-2026

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Python C# Encryption GitHub CI/CD DevOps Docker Kubernetes Monitoring Jenkins Azure DevOps Architecture Programming Azure AWS AWS Cloud Analytics .NET business development CI/CD Pipelines Terraform Microservices GitHub Actions

Job Specifications

************Apply only If you have strong Experience in Open Search*************

Role: OpenSearch Engineer

Location: NY, NY(Hybrid)

Visa: GC, USC

Interview : 3 rounds(Vitual)

Position Overview

We are seeking a highly skilled OpenSearch Engineer with strong experience in AWS, .NET, and Python to design, build, optimize, and manage search and analytics solutions. The ideal candidate will have hands-on expertise with distributed systems, large-scale search infrastructures, and application development, while supporting enterprise-grade observability and indexing pipelines.

Key Responsibilities

OpenSearch / Search Engineering

·      Design, deploy, and manage OpenSearch clusters for high availability, scalability, and performance.

·      Create and optimize index mappings, analyzers, tokenizers, relevance models, and search queries.

·      Implement OpenSearch ingestion pipelines using Logstash, FluentBit, Beats, or custom ETL.

·      Monitor cluster health, shard distribution, and performance using OpenSearch Dashboards.

·      Perform capacity planning, backup/restore, snapshots, and upgrades.

·      Troubleshoot issues related to indexing, search latency, cluster instability, and JVM performance.

·      Architect and manage cloud infrastructure using:

·      Amazon OpenSearch Service

·      EC2, S3, Lambda, IAM, CloudWatch, Kinesis, MSK

·      Automate provisioning using Terraform/CloudFormation (nice to have).

·      Implement secure access controls, VPC design, and encryption strategies.

·      Build real-time streaming pipelines for logs, metrics, and application data.

·      Develop backend services, APIs, and data pipelines in Python and .NET (C#).

·      Write microservices that interface with OpenSearch queries and aggregations.

·      Build automation tools for cluster maintenance, indexing, and monitoring.

·      Integrate OpenSearch with enterprise applications using SDKs/REST APIs.

Required Skills & Qualifications

·      6–8 years of hands-on experience with OpenSearch (or Elasticsearch).

·      Strong knowledge of:

·      Search indexing concepts

·      Query DSL

·      Aggregations

·      Relevance tuning

·      Solid experience with AWS cloud services.

·      Strong programming skills in:

·      Python

·      .NET/C#

·      Understanding of distributed systems and cluster architecture.

·      Experience with CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Jenkins).

·      Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and performance optimization skills.

·      Knowledge of containers (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes/EKS) is a plus.

Best Regards,

Abhishek Kumar

Business Development Manager

abhishek.k@apetan.com

Apetan Consulting LLC

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About the Company

We are a prominent executive search & selection company, providing a wide range of recruitment solutions for various requirements. We are a team of dedicated professionals offering services across USA. We take pride in the high standards we set ourselves as a recruitment agency, in providing a personalized service to all of our clients.With modern recruitment systems, Apetan is an IT recruitment agency that's always keen to stay ahead of the curve when it comes to technology, in order to maintain efficient ways of working. ... Know more