Senior Software Engineer TS​/SI FS-Poly Security Clearance

Position: Senior Software Engineer [$332k/yr] TS/SI FS-Poly with Security Clearance
Location: Annapolis Junction

Candidates must already possess an active Top Secret/SCI w. Full Scope Polygraph to be considered for this position. Additionally, the candidate's most recent polygraph must be within the last 7 years.

Summary:

SYSTOLIC is seeking a Senior NiFi Engineer who will design, implement, and manage complex, high-throughput data pipelines. Your candidate will be responsible for the "plumbing" of our data ecosystem—ensuring that data moves securely and reliably between disparate systems, including cloud infrastructure. The candidate will design and build scalable data flows using Apache NiFi to ingest, route, transform, and deliver data across the enterprise.

The candidate will optimize NiFi performance by managing back-pressure, tuning settings, and configuring site-to-site communication for clustered environments. The candidate will deploy highly scalable solutions using Apache Nifi cluster and Apache Zookeeper. Required Skills/

Experience:

• Hands-on experience with Apache NiFi.
• Proficiency in Java and/or Groovy, Bash and/or Python.
• Strong experience with Linux/RHEL administration and containerization (Docker/Kubernetes).
• Expertise in handling various formats including JSON, Avro, Parquet, and XML, specifically using NiFi Record-based readers/writers.
• Familiarity with IaC tools like Ansible or Terraform to automate NiFi cluster deployments.
• Experience managing, monitoring, and troubleshooting multiple data flows/threads. Desired skills/

Experience:

• Experience with Delta Fi.
• Experience with Dev Ops (automating maintenance and monitoring, observability, deployment orchestration).
• Background in IT Operations and understanding of networking (CIDR routing, proxy configurations, and firewalls).
• Understanding of corporate dataflow and system interoperability. Requirements:
Twenty (20) years experience as a SWE in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity is required. Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related discipline from an accredited college or university is required. Four (4) years of additional SWE experience on projects with similar software processes may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree. About SYSTOLIC: SYSTOLIC is dedicated to giving our employees the best possible company experience so that they can focus on providing outstanding support to their customer’s mission.

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