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
- Solid 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.

📌 OpenSearch Platform & Security Engineer (Canada)
🏢 Epsilon Solutions
📍 Canada