Position: Senior Technology Engineer (ELK Developer & Administrator)
Location: Onsite – Dubai, UAE
Client: Leading Banking Institution
Mode: Full-time | Long-term engagement
We are hiring seasoned ELK Developers for one of our prestigious banking clients in the UAE. This is a critical role within the Technology Chapter, focused on managing, administering, and developing advanced Elastic Stack (ELK) solutions to support log analytics, SIEM use cases, and monitoring in a secure and scalable environment.
You will play a pivotal role in managing day-to-day ELK operations, integrating log sources, building dashboards, performing upgrades, troubleshooting issues, and automating deployments – all in a mission-critical banking infrastructure.

REQUIRED SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

• 3+ years of hands-on experience with the ELK Stack – ElasticSearch, Logstash, Kibana.
• Experience in ELK v8.x and Elastic Cloud Enterprise (ECE) is a must.
• Deep understanding of Logstash pipelines, grok parsing, and APM logging.
• Strong Linux/Unix system administration and shell scripting.
• Knowledge of X-Pack features including security, monitoring, and alerting.
• Familiarity with SSO, TLS, certificates, encryption & secure APIs.
• Experience in building custom dashboards and handling large-scale log data.Familiarity with Dev Test
• Prod lifecycle management.
• Experience integrating ELK with third-party systems.
• ITIL-based incident, change, and configuration management exposure.

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field (or equivalent experience).

• Design, develop, and maintain ELK Stack: Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana (X-Pack) in production.
• Handle ingestion, parsing, indexing, and visualization of logs from multiple data sources.
• Build and manage dashboards for real-time analytics and monitoring.
• Configure and deploy Elastic clusters using infrastructure as code (e.g., Ansible).
• Ensure performance, scalability, and resilience of the ELK stack.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement integrations using APIs and Web Services.
• Monitor system health, manage incidents, and troubleshoot issues as needed.
• Maintain documentation for configuration, deployments, and operations.
• Support vulnerability management and patching activities.
• Apply strong shell scripting and Unix/Linux administration skills in daily tasks.
• Participate in agile sprints and provide progress updates and alternatives analysis.