Apache NIFI Lead; Engineer​/Admin

Position: Apache NIFI Lead (Engineer/Admin)
Description:

Work location:

Remote work accepted from anywhere in US

Role Summary
The Senior Apache NiFi Engineer is responsible for the design, development, administration, and operational support of Apache NiFi based data integration platforms in enterprise production environments. The role focuses on delivering secure, scalable, and high performance data ingestion and real time processing solutions, including support for industrial and IoT data integration use cases.

Key Responsibilities

• Administer, operate, and support Apache NiFi clusters in production environments

• Design, develop, and maintain NiFi data flows, processors, queues, templates, and controller services

• Perform NiFi upgrades, patching, and configuration management

• Monitor system performance including throughput, latency, and failure rates

• Troubleshoot flow failures, back pressure conditions, and node level issues

• Implement and manage NiFi security including TLS, user access, policies, and certificates

• Conduct root cause analysis for outages and performance degradation

• Ensure high availability, node health, fault tolerance, and data integrity

• Collaborate with architects, data engineers, and stakeholders to deliver reliable data integration solutions

Required Skills & Experience

Apache NiFi & Data Integration

• Strong hands on experience designing, developing, and deploying Apache NiFi data flows

• In depth knowledge of NiFi processors, controller services, templates, and reporting tasks

• Experience with data ingestion, transformation, routing, and system integration

• Familiarity with data formats such as JSON, XML, CSV, Avro, and Parquet

• Solid understanding of batch and real time data processing architectures

IoT & Industrial Data Processing

• Experience ingesting and processing data from industrial sensors, PLCs, SCADA systems, and ICS devices

• Familiarity with industrial communication protocols such as MQTT, OPC UA, Modbus, DNP3, and Ether Net/IP

• Experience handling high volume, low latency telemetry data streams

• Understanding of industrial and ICS security requirements, including network segmentation and secure communication

Programming, Platform & Dev Ops

• Proficiency in Groovy, Python, or Shell scripting;
Java knowledge preferred

• Experience working in Linux/Unix environments, with knowledge of networking fundamentals and SSL/TLS

• Exposure to Kafka, Hadoop, Spark, or similar big data and streaming technologies (preferred)

• Experience with NiFi monitoring, logs, provenance data, and metrics

• Familiarity with Git and CI/CD pipelines for deploying and managing NiFi flows