OpenSearch Platform & Security Engineer

Role name: OpenSearch Platform & Security Engineer

Work Location: Canada (Remote)

Role Summary

We are looking for an experienced OpenSearch Platform & Security Engineer with strong hands-on expertise in OpenSearch/Elasticsearch operations, platform migration, security configuration, and infrastructure automation.

The engineer will be responsible for managing and migrating OpenSearch/Elasticsearch environments, implementing fine-grained security controls, and automating infrastructure and deployments using Terraform and CI/CD pipelines.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage and support OpenSearch and Elasticsearch environments.
• Plan and execute OpenSearch/Elasticsearch migrations, including data, indexes, configurations, and associated platform components.
• Configure and manage OpenSearch Dashboards.
• Implement and maintain Fine-Grained Access Control (FGAC) using the OpenSearch Security Plugin.
• Configure authentication and authorization, including JWT-based authentication.
• Implement Document-Level Security (DLS) and Field-Level Security (FLS).
• Configure and maintain roles, permissions, role mappings, and access-control policies.
• Develop and maintain infrastructure using Terraform / Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines to automate infrastructure and platform deployments.
• Troubleshoot OpenSearch/Elasticsearch platform, security, configuration, and deployment issues.
• Support platform upgrades and configuration changes while maintaining stability and security.
• Work with application, infrastructure, DevOps, and security teams to integrate OpenSearch with enterprise applications.

Must-Have Skills

• Strong hands-on experience with OpenSearch and/or Elasticsearch operations and administration.
• Experience with OpenSearch/Elasticsearch migration.
• Hands-on experience with OpenSearch Dashboards.
• Strong knowledge of OpenSearch Security Plugin and FGAC.

Hands-on experience with:

• JWT authentication

• Role-Based Access Control

• DLS – Document-Level Security

• FLS – Field-Level Security

• Roles and role mappings

• Strong experience with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code.

• Experience implementing or maintaining CI/CD pipelines.

• Strong troubleshooting skills across OpenSearch/Elasticsearch platform and security components.

Good-to-Have Skills

• Experience with large-scale or highly available OpenSearch/Elasticsearch environments.
• Knowledge of cluster performance, monitoring, indexing, and search optimization.
• Experience integrating OpenSearch security with enterprise identity/authentication systems.
• Familiarity with Git-based infrastructure and deployment workflows.