NiFi Platform Engineer

Active TS/SCI w/Polygraph REQUIRED Please do not apply if you do not currently possess this level of clearance. Telework:
None

This is a full time position.

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field.
• 8 years of applicable professional experience.

As part of the Secure the Enterprise initiative, develop capabilities to shift from the current manual system security evaluation and authorization process to a new model that emphasizes automation, streamlined processes and approvals, continuous monitoring and assessment, and network data gathering across the entire life cycle of a project.

• Integrate data with tools such as Amazon S3, Mongo
  
  DB, Apache Spark, and Elasticsearch, ensuring seamless data movement and processing.
• Optimize NiFi cluster architecture, performance tuning, and strategize data pipelines.
• Design, implement, and troubleshoot dataflows using Apache NiFi, including working with processors, connections, and templates.
• Deploy and manage NiFi in cloud environments (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) and using cloud‑native tools for data processing.
• Facilitate infrastructure management, continuous integration, environment configuration and deployment as well as supporting the project’s compliance and security posture.
• Focus on delivering the automation that enables all the other teams to operate smoothly.
• Experience tracking work through JIRA workflows.

• Linux system administration (Centos7, RedHat8)
• Experience with administering a NiFi cluster
• Experience with Docker
• Experience with Terraform code
• Configuring, deploying and administrating NiFi and associated NiFi flows
• Proficiency in Apache NiFi:
  Hands‑on experience designing, implementing, and troubleshooting dataflows using Apache NiFi, including working with processors, connections, and templates.
• Expertise in NiFi Expression Language:
  Strong understanding of leveraging NiFi Expression Language to create dynamic and efficient dataflows.
• Data Integration and Big Data Tools:
  Experience integrating data with tools such as Amazon S3, Mongo
  
  DB, Apache Spark, and Elasticsearch, ensuring seamless data movement and processing.
• Performance Optimization:
  Knowledge of NiFi cluster architecture, performance tuning, and strategies for optimizing high‑throughput data pipelines.
• Cloud Integration:
  Expertise in deploying and managing NiFi in cloud environments (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) and using cloud‑native tools for data processing.
• Scripting and Automation:
  Proficiency in scripting languages like Python, Groovy, or Bash to extend NiFi capabilities and automate workflows.

• Cloud hosting and automation
• Experience working in Agile environment

Salary: $225,000 – $235,000 annually

Excellent benefits package including 25 days PTO, 11 paid holidays, 100% employer‑paid healthcare for employees and dependents – available day 1, 8% 401(k) employer match – immediate vesting.

Shield Consulting Solutions is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.