Narendra M

Experience

1. Elasticsearch System Engineer

   Florida Blue

   Aug 2019 — Present

   Deployed and managed the full Elastic Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana, Beats) in a large-scale production environment.Designed and implemented advanced vector search, semantic search, and anomaly detection solutions for intelligent and scalable search and monitoring.Developed and maintained index lifecycle management (ILM) policies, enabling seamless hot/warm/cold tier transitions to optimize storage and performance.Built real-time ingestion pipelines using Apache Kafka, Logstash, and custom Grok filters, with dead-letter index handling for fault tolerance.Created and automated index templates, component templates, and ETL pipelines, enhancing consistency and operational efficiency across environments.Engineered full-stack observability using Elastic APM, Heartbeat, and Metricbeat, focusing on GPU server monitoring and performance optimization for AI/ML workloads.Designed advanced, interactive Kibana dashboards and visualizations (KQL, time-series graphs, heatmaps, geo maps) to enable actionable insights and alerting.Secured the Elastic Stack via RBAC, TLS encryption, and fine-grained access control, supporting compliance and operational integrity.Led migration efforts from Splunk to Elasticsearch, including data mapping, ingestion pipeline redesign, and dashboard replication, resulting in cost savings and improved query performance.Implemented and automated snapshot and restore strategies for Elasticsearch clusters, ensuring data backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity.Automated deployment, configuration, and scaling of Elastic Stack components using Ansible Automation Platform, improving consistency and reducing manual errors.Provided user training and support for Kibana and Elastic tools, promoting adoption and data-driven decision-making.Automated deployment and monitoring of Logstash pipelines and Beats agents, enabling CI/CD alignment and proactive troubleshooting.

Education

• Montessori High School - India

  Secondary School Certificate

  2007

• Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati

  B.Tech

  2010 — 2014

• Narayana Junior College - India

  Intermediate

  2009