Devops Engineer || Reston, VA || contract

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Job: Devops engineer

location:  Reston, VA MUST be onsite

Visa: Any visa

Duration:  1 year+

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Work Description: 

Implement and support the ElasticSearch stack within the DaX platform, operating in AWS environments crucial for our syndication efforts. 

Participate in the Observability initiative, aiming to improve application performance and cost-effectiveness through ElasticSearch and other open-source tracing tools in conjunction with OpenTelemetry. 

Principal Duties: 

Maintain and optimize AWS ElasticSearch instances for syndication, adhering to budget constraints 
Develop Observability solutions focusing on OpenTelemetry for service instrumentation, leverage OpenTelemetry libraries, agents, and collectors 
Integrate Elastic APM with OpenTelemetry-enhanced services for practical data analysis and flow 
Advance ElasticSearch functionalities post-Splunk transition, emphasizing features like actionable alerts, anomaly detection in logs, and comprehensive transaction transparency for in-depth root cause analysis 
Manage extensive Elastic Search deployments, including data input, Kibana visualization, analysis, logging, and storage 
Streamline the ingestion of application logs and traces and create meaningful dashboards 
Post-transition to ElasticSearch from Splunk, the goal is to derive efficiencies via enhanced data insights 
Syndication and other departments aim to bolster their visibility by incorporating distributed tracing as a high-grade service, leading to better operational effectiveness, decision-making, and cost optimization 
Involvement in the DaX (Data as an Experience) platform, utilizing Kubernetes, Docker, ElasticSearch, and OpenTelemetry within an AWS framework 
Competent handling of large-scale Elastic Search operations 
Effective integration and visualization of application logs and distributed traces 
Create and distribute detailed documentation and guidelines for developers to instrument applications using Observability tools 
Utilization of Elasticsearch logs and APM data for superior operational insights and cost efficiency 
Create documentation to assist developers in implementing OpenTelemetry 
Qualifications: 

Proficiency in Observability, particularly OpenTelemetry libraries, agents, and collectors 
Skilled in Elastic APM and its amalgamation with OpenTelemetry-instrumented services 
Competency in Kubernetes in an AWS environment 
Familiarity with Clickhouse, Grafana, Helm 
Proficiency in ElasticSearch application within AWS for syndication purposes 
Expertise in integrating OpenTelemetry with ElasticSearch and evaluating alternative open-source tracing solutions

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