Elasticsearch & Observability Engineer (Junior or Senior)

We are looking for an Elasticsearch & Observability Engineer (Junior or Senior) to work in Lisbon, in a hybrid model (2x per week in the office), who’s eager to embark on an exciting new opportunity! Apply here: https://form.typeform.com/to/PYqxT8NO?opportunity=Miguel%20Pereira&channel=ITJobs

About KWAN

We connect IT professionals with projects that match their skills, professional experience, and goals, then we offer a career progression program, delivered by in-house specialists - our People Experience Partners - to guide them through our journey with us.

What is this challenge about

• Build, evolve and support an Elastic Stack platform that powers observability across Mainframe, Open Systems and container environments.
• Design observability solutions for a wide range of applications, ensuring performance, efficient indexing, data lifecycle management and secure access.
• Partner with development, architecture and operations teams to embed observability into the delivery lifecycle.
• Define best practices and standards for application monitoring, and help other teams adopt new observability solutions.
• Take the lead on production troubleshooting, root cause analysis, critical incident handling and releases.
• Work with stakeholders to estimate new features, shape the roadmap and report progress to Product Owners and management.
• Keep up with new Elastic releases and market trends to keep the platform evolving.

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What we are looking for

• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related technical field
• Hands-on experience with the Elastic Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana, Beats, Elastic Agents) and OpenTelemetry
• Solid grasp of observability concepts: logs, metrics, traces, dashboards and alerting
• Experience with CI/CD tools such as Git, Bitbucket, Jenkins and Ansible
• Knowledge of Docker, Kubernetes and REST APIs
• Linux and Windows fundamentals (Mainframe knowledge is a plus)
• Experience in Agile environments and with incident and release management
• Professional English (C1) is mandatory; French or Dutch is a plus
• Availability for on-call support when required
• Nice to have: Elasticsearch certification, Microsoft Azure and experience in regulated industries such as Financial Services
• Must be based in Lisbon and hold a valid EU work permit or nationality

Do you meet most of the position requirements? Then grab this opportunity and apply now! https://form.typeform.com/to/PYqxT8NO?opportunity=Miguel%20Pereira&channel=ITJobs

What we offer

• A project that matches your skills and ambitions, as well as your preferences for working policies and culture.
• A competitive salary with awesome benefits and opportunities to leverage your knowledge and network to earn additional income.
• An empowering and respectful work culture enriched with social and learning events.
• A People Experience Partner specially assigned to you - your go-to career guide, responsible for supporting your growth, facilitating training, and ensuring your work-life balance at KWAN.
• A relocation package and visa sponsorship for all our international hires.

Some Words From Our Colleagues

“At KWAN, they make sure that I feel comfortable with the client I’m working for and that what I’m doing aligns with my career aspirations.”
- Luis Caldeira, DevOps @ KWAN

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