Search And Elastic Engineer

Position Description

Founded in 1976, CGI is among the largest independent IT and business consulting services firms in the world. With 94,000 consultants and professionals across the globe, CGI delivers an end-to-end portfolio of capabilities, from strategic IT and business consulting to systems integration, managed IT and business process services and intellectual property solutions. CGI works with clients through a local relationship model complemented by a global delivery network that helps clients digitally transform their organizations and accelerate results. CGI Fiscal 2024 reported revenue is CA$14.68 billion and CGI shares are listed on the TSX (GIB.A) and the NYSE (GIB). Learn more at cgi.com.

Job Title: Search & Elastic Engineer

Position: HIH Software Engineering Lead Analyst

Experience: 7–12 Years

Category: Software Development / Engineering

Main Location: Hyderabad

Position ID: J1026-1127

Employment Type: Full Time

Functional Manager: Alma Del Angel

Position Description:

We are looking for an experienced Search & Elastic Engineer to design, implement, and optimize enterprise search solutions and manage Elasticsearch clusters to ensure high availability, scalability, performance, and search relevance. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in Elasticsearch administration, semantic search, information retrieval, and hybrid search architectures. The role involves developing and optimizing semantic search capabilities using machine learning models and embeddings, integrating search solutions with Large Language Models (LLMs), and collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance knowledge management and user experience.

Your future duties and responsibilities

• Architect, deploy, and maintain self-hosted Elasticsearch clusters, including node configuration, replication, and sharding strategies.
• Implement backup, recovery, and disaster recovery processes for Elasticsearch indices.
• Develop and optimize semantic search capabilities using machine learning models and embeddings, including BERT-based ELSER.
• Enhance search relevance through role-based indexing, boosting strategies, and ranking optimization.
• Design and lead the development of hybrid search platforms combining lexical retrieval (BM25) and semantic vector retrieval.
• Integrate semantic search capabilities with LLMs for query understanding, reranking, and retrieval-augmented generation.
• Monitor Elasticsearch cluster performance and implement best practices for scalability, high availability, and observability.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate Elasticsearch with knowledge management tools and improve user experience.
• Develop and maintain Elastic API integrations using Python or Java.
• Design and implement search evaluation frameworks and relevance measurement methodologies.
• Apply information retrieval principles, including BM25, ranking signals, and relevance metrics.
• Leverage knowledge graphs and metadata enrichment to improve search quality and relevance.
  
  

Required Qualifications To Be Successful In This Role

Must-Have Skills:

• Strong experience in Elasticsearch administration, cluster management, and performance tuning.
• Expertise in search relevance algorithms, semantic search, and information retrieval.
• Strong experience with semantic search, embeddings, and hybrid search architectures.
• Hands-on experience with Elasticsearch backup, recovery, and disaster recovery.
• Proficiency in Python or Java for Elasticsearch API integrations.
• Experience with BM25, ranking signals, relevance metrics, and search result optimization.
• Experience designing search evaluation and relevance measurement frameworks.
• Experience integrating semantic search with LLMs for query understanding, reranking, or retrieval augmentation.
• Experience architecting hybrid search platforms combining lexical (BM25) and semantic (vector) retrieval.
  
  

Good-to-Have Skills:

• Experience with BERT-based ELSER and machine learning models for semantic search.
• Familiarity with knowledge graphs and metadata enrichment.
• Experience integrating Elasticsearch with enterprise knowledge management tools.
• Experience implementing role-based indexing and advanced boosting strategies.
• Knowledge of observability and scalability best practices for self-hosted Elasticsearch environments.
  
  

CGI is an equal opportunity employer. In addition, CGI is committed to providing accommodation for people with disabilities in accordance with applicable legislation. Please let us know if you require reasonable accommodation due to a disability during any aspect of the recruitment process, and we will work with you to address your needs.

Life at CGI:

It is rooted in ownership, teamwork, respect and belonging. Here, you’ll reach your full potential because…

You are invited to be an owner from day 1 as we work together to bring our Dream to life. That’s why we call ourselves CGI Partners rather than employees. We benefit from our collective success and actively shape our company’s strategy and direction.

Your work creates value. You’ll develop innovative solutions and build relationships with teammates and clients while accessing global capabilities to scale your ideas, embrace new opportunities, and benefit from expansive industry and technology expertise.

You’ll shape your career by joining a company built to grow and last. You’ll be supported by leaders who care about your health and well-being and provide you with opportunities to deepen your skills and broaden your horizons.

Come join our team, one of the largest IT and business consulting services firms in the world.

Together, as owners, let’s turn meaningful insights into action.

Life at CGI is rooted in ownership, teamwork, respect and belonging. Here, you’ll reach your full potential because…

You are invited to be an owner from day 1 as we work together to bring our Dream to life. That’s why we call ourselves CGI Partners rather than employees. We benefit from our collective success and actively shape our company’s strategy and direction.

Your work creates value. You’ll develop innovative solutions and build relationships with teammates and clients while accessing global capabilities to scale your ideas, embrace new opportunities, and benefit from expansive industry and technology expertise.

You’ll shape your career by joining a company built to grow and last. You’ll be supported by leaders who care about your health and well-being and provide you with opportunities to deepen your skills and broaden your horizons.

That same commitment to fairness extends to how we use technology. To support our recruitment team, AI tools may be used to help assess applications though they never replace human judgement. All hiring decisions remain entirely in the hands of our recruitment professionals.

Come join our team—one of the largest IT and business consulting services firms in the world.

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