Staff Engineer II - Elastic Search Engineer Job at Western Alliance Bancorporation, San Diego, CA

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  • Western Alliance Bancorporation
  • San Diego, CA

Job Description

Job Title:Staff Engineer II - Elastic Search EngineerLocation:Carmel ValleyWhat you'll do:Within the EAS IT department, the Staff Engineer II – Elastic Platform Engineer serves as the technical lead and Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the enterprise observability platform, including Elasticsearch, Kibana, Logstash, and supporting infrastructure. This role is responsible for the administration, optimization, and operational support of Elastic clusters and data ingestion pipelines, ensuring platform scalability, reliability, security, and performance. The position leads the onboarding and enablement of new log sources and observability use cases, including proof-of-concept activities, access governance, Kibana space administration, stakeholder engagement, and the establishment of engineering standards and best practices. Additionally, Staff Engineer II develops and maintains Ansible automation for deployment, configuration management, patching, and operational support across Linux/Unix environments, while providing leadership for incident management, platform troubleshooting, operational procedures, and continuous service improvement.Design, implement, and maintain ElasticSearch index templates, data lifecycle management policies (Hot/Warm/Cold/Frozen tiers), shard allocation strategies, performance tuning, and resource utilization monitoring to ensure a stable and cost-effective logging platform. Engineer and support Logstash data ingestion pipelines, including log parsing, transformation, troubleshooting, performance optimization, capacity planning, and integration with enterprise log sources across cloud and on-premises environments. Manage and maintain Azure monitoring and observability services, including Log Analytics Workspaces (LAW), Event Hubs, Azure Monitor, and associated platform components; perform resource monitoring, capacity management, alert configuration, diagnostics, and portal administration. Lead the strategic planning of a project as it relates to technical solution design. Design and implement engineering principles aimed at reliability practices and sound recovery procedures. Design transaction specific application performance monitoring metrics that can be captured and passed to business partners. Develop and maintain technical documentation, including system configurations and procedures while also ensuring compliance with IT policies, procedures, and industry standards. Develop desktop procedures when needed that others follow. What you'll need: 7+ years of related experience IT App Support, IT Development, IT Networking, or similar field. Bachelor's degree in related field required. Previous leadership experience preferred. Knowledge of ElasticSearch, Kibana, and Logstash is required. Proficiency with KQL, Bash, PowerShell/Azure CLI cmdlets is required. Experience with relational database management systems (RDBMS), including data analysis, data mapping, and query development using T-SQL and/or PL/SQL, is preferred.Experience with Linux/Unix administration is preferred.Experience leveraging process orchestration tools such as Control-M is preferred.Intermediate to advanced knowledge of general Financial Services or Banking is preferred. Advanced knowledge of applicable regulatory and legal compliance obligations, rules and regulations, industry standards and practices. Advanced proven experience in leading cross-functional teams and managing multiple projects simultaneously. Additional experience with pipeline development and leveraging Azure DevOps while working on multiple projects simultaneously. Advanced ability to see the big picture and align projects with organizational goals. Capable of leading and motivating cross-functional teams. Expertise in resolving conflicts and addressing challenges as well as skilled at identifying and mitigating risks at the project level. Proficient in governance patterns tied to intake, technical reviews, and architectural compliance. Advanced speaking and writing communication skills. Compensation: Salary range for new hires is generally $139,530.00 - $172,360.00 for San Diego, CA. Salary amount is determined by specific job location. In addition, the role may be eligible for annual bonus/incentives earned and restricted stock.Benefits you’ll love:We offer all the important things you'd want — like competitive salaries, an ownership stake in the company, medical and dental insurance, time off, a great 401k matching program, tuition assistance program, an employee volunteer program, and a wellness program. In addition, you’ll have the opportunity to bolster your business knowledge, learning the ins and outs of how successful companies operate and manage their finances, giving you invaluable hands-on experience to help grow your career!About the company:Western Alliance Bank, Member FDIC, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Western Alliance Bancorporation. Serving clients nationwide, Western Alliance Bank includes six legacy bank brands — Alliance Association Bank, Alliance Bank of Arizona, Bank of Nevada, Bridge Bank, First Independent Bank and Torrey Pines Bank — that remain part of the company’s heritage, as well as AmeriHome Mortgage, a Western Alliance Bank Company.Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to equal employment and will consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, sex, color, religion, age, nation origin, marital status, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or genetic information. Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process and/or need an alternative method of applying, please email HR@westernalliancebank.com or call 602-386-2488. When contacting us, please provide your contact information and state the nature of your accessibility issue. We will only respond to inquiries concerning requests that involve a reasonable accommodation in the application process. Western Alliance BancorporationSummaryLocation: San Diego, CAType: Full time

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