Senior ELK Developer (Elastic Stack) | Banking Client | Dubai, UAE

Position: Senior Technology Engineer (ELK Developer & Administrator)

Location: Onsite – Dubai, UAE

Client: Leading Banking Institution

Mode: Full-time | Long-term engagement

We are hiring seasoned ELK Developers for one of our prestigious banking clients in the UAE. This is a critical role within the Technology Chapter, focused on managing, administering, and developing advanced Elastic Stack (ELK) solutions to support log analytics, SIEM use cases, and monitoring in a secure and scalable environment.

You will play a pivotal role in managing day-to-day ELK operations, integrating log sources, building dashboards, performing upgrades, troubleshooting issues, and automating deployments – all in a mission-critical banking infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain ELK Stack: Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana (X-Pack) in production.
• Handle ingestion, parsing, indexing, and visualization of logs from multiple data sources.
• Build and manage dashboards for real-time analytics and monitoring.
• Configure and deploy Elastic clusters using infrastructure as code (e.g., Ansible).
• Ensure performance, scalability, and resilience of the ELK stack.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement integrations using APIs and Web Services.
• Monitor system health, manage incidents, and troubleshoot issues as needed.
• Maintain documentation for configuration, deployments, and operations.
• Support vulnerability management and patching activities.
• Apply strong shell scripting and Unix/Linux administration skills in daily tasks.
• Participate in agile sprints and provide progress updates and alternatives analysis.

Required Skills & Experience

• 3+ years of hands-on experience with the ELK Stack – ElasticSearch, Logstash, Kibana.
• Experience in ELK v8.x and Elastic Cloud Enterprise (ECE) is a must.
• Deep understanding of Logstash pipelines, grok parsing, and APM logging.
• Strong Linux/Unix system administration and shell scripting.
• Knowledge of X-Pack features including security, monitoring, and alerting.
• Familiarity with SSO, TLS, certificates, encryption & secure APIs.
• Experience in building custom dashboards and handling large-scale log data.
• Familiarity with Dev → Test → Prod lifecycle management.
• Experience integrating ELK with third-party systems.
• ITIL-based incident, change, and configuration management exposure.

Educational Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field (or equivalent experience).

Nice to Have

• Experience in cyber operations or applying machine learning to logs.
• Knowledge of banking/financial IT systems is highly preferred.
• Exposure to security use cases such as SIEM, SOC operations, or audit log compliance.

Why Join Us?

• Work with one of the largest and most digitally progressive banks in the UAE.
• Exposure to large-scale, mission-critical platforms.
• Competitive salary and benefits.
• Collaborative and innovation-driven tech culture.