Cloud Engineer – ELK Specialist

Scotland Source: WhatJobs
£60,000–£80,000

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Job Description

We are seeking a highly skilled Cloud Engineer – ELK Specialist with hands-on experience in managing, optimizing, and supporting Elastic Stack (ELK – Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana) environments within cloud infrastructure. The ideal candidate will have strong cloud engineering expertise, excellent troubleshooting skills, and the ability to work in a secure and mission-critical environment .

Key Responsibilities

  • Design, implement, and maintain ELK stack solutions for log aggregation, analysis, and visualization.
  • Manage and optimize large-scale Elasticsearch clusters , ensuring performance, scalability, and security.
  • Develop and maintain data ingestion pipelines using Logstash, Beats, or other tools .
  • Configure Kibana dashboards for monitoring, analytics, and operational insights.
  • Integrate ELK with cloud-native services (AWS, Azure, or GCP) for end-to-end observability.
  • Implement and enforce security and compliance standards within the ELK and cloud environments.
  • Troubleshoot performance issues, data ingestion errors, and cluster health problems.
  • Collaborate with DevOps, Cloud, and Security teams to ensure seamless integration of monitoring and logging solutions.
  • Automate deployment and management of ELK components using IaC tools (Terraform, Ansible, etc.) .
  • Provide ongoing support, patching, and upgrades for ELK components.

Required Skills & Experience

  • Active SC Clearance (mandatory) .
  • 6+ years of experience in Cloud Engineering / DevOps / Infrastructure roles.
  • Strong hands-on experience with Elastic Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana) .
  • Proven experience in cloud environments (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
  • Proficiency with Linux system administration and shell scripting .
  • Experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) .
  • Strong knowledge of monitoring, observability, and alerting tools .
  • Good understanding of networking, load balancing, and security concepts.

Seniority level

  • Associate

Employment type

  • Contract

Job function

  • Analyst
  • Industries
  • IT Services and IT Consulting

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