What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sr. Platform Engineer Solr & Lucid works Fusion (Onsite Interview Required NY, NY) position at Taras Technology LLC?
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Job Summary
- We are seeking an experienced Platform Engineer specializing in Apache Solr and Lucidworks Fusion to design, deploy, optimize, and maintain our enterprise search infrastructure.
- The ideal candidate will possess deep expertise in distributed search engines, content ingestion, and custom search application development, enabling our organization to deliver scalable, high-performance search and data discovery solutions.
Key Responsibilities
- Solr & Lucidworks Fusion Administration & Management
- Deploy, configure, and manage Solr clusters, ensuring high availability, scalability, and fault tolerance.
- Install, configure, and administer Lucidworks Fusion instances across development, staging, and production environments.
- Manage core collections, shards, replicas, data ingestion pipelines, and indexing strategies.
- Tune Solr and Fusion components for optimal search relevance, latency, and throughput.
- Monitor and troubleshoot clustered search environments, resolving performance bottlenecks and cluster failures.
- Implement data security, role-based access controls, encryption, and audit logging within Solr and Fusion.
Qualifications & Experience
- At least 5 years experience working with Apache Solr, with hands-on experience deploying and managing large-scale Solr clusters.
- Proven experience administering Lucidworks Fusion platform in enterprise environments.
- Strong understanding of search engine architectures, relevancy tuning, and data indexing concepts.
- Experience with data ingestion pipelines, connectors, and ETL processes.
- Proficiency in scripting languages such as Bash, Python, or Groovy.
- Familiarity with containerization (Docker) and orchestration platforms (Kubernetes).
- Knowledge of cloud environments (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform) and managed search services is a plus.
Taras Technology, LLC is an EEO/AA Employer: women, minorities, the disabled and veterans are encouraged to apply
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