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Kforce has a client that is seeking a Senior Apache NiFi Administrator. This is a contract position located in Charlotte NC (Preferred), St. Louis MO, or Denver, CO.
Overview:
We are seeking a Senior Apache NiFi Administrator with strong hands-on expertise in Apache NiFi administration, AWS cloud administration and Terraform. This role will support enterprise data-flow platforms in production while also contributing to new environment builds, cloud modernization, and platform migration initiatives.
Key Responsibilities:
* Administer, support, and maintain Apache NiFi clusters in enterprise production environments
* Manage NiFi flows, processors, queues, templates, parameter contexts, and controller services
* Perform installation, configuration, upgrades, patching, and lifecycle management of NiFi platforms
* Monitor platform health, throughput, latency, failures, and overall system performance
* Troubleshoot flow failures, back-pressure issues, cluster instability, and node failures
* Manage NiFi security, including TLS/SSL, certificates, access controls, users, and policies
* Perform root cause analysis and lead resolution of platform incidents and production issues
* Ensure high availability, recoverability, node health, and data integrity across environments
* Participate in new environment builds
* Maintain operational documentation, runbooks, SOPs, and support procedures
REQUIREMENTS:
Apache NiFi Administration:
* 5+ years of hands-on experience administering and supporting Apache NiFi in enterprise environments
* Strong experience with NiFi clusters, flows, processors, queues, controller services, upgrades, and configuration management
* Experience managing NiFi security, including certificates, TLS/SSL, user access, and policy administration
* Strong knowledge of production support, platform monitoring, and incident response
* Unix: Strong hands-knowledge on administering and supporting Unix platforms
* Proven ability to troubleshoot performance issues, flow failures, back-pressure, and node-level incidents
AWS Administration:
* Strong hands-on experience with AWS Administration in enterprise production environments
* Experience supporting secure, scalable, and highly available cloud environments
* Working knowledge of AWS services using Terraform to provision services such as EC2; S3; IAM; VPC; Security Groups; CloudWatch; EKS; EMR; Load Balancers/networking components
* Building AWS platform using Terraform
Operations & Support:
* Experience remediating security vulnerabilities, including CVE patching, OS patching, and library updates
* Experience using ticketing tools such as Jira, Cherwell, Ivanti or similar
* Ability to create and maintain runbooks, SOPs, and operational support documentation
* Comfortable working in incident-driven, 24x7 production support environments
* Strong experience working with onshore and offshore teams
Nice to Have:
* Experience with Firewalls and database
* Experience with Kafka, APIs, and cloud storage integrations
* Experience with automation scripting, CI/CD pipelines, or infrastructure automation
* Hands-on experience with monitoring and observability tools such as: AWS CloudWatch; Splunk; Datadog
The pay range is the lowest to highest compensation we reasonably in good faith believe we would pay at posting for this role. We may ultimately pay more or less than this range. Employee pay is based on factors like relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, location, performance, union contract and business needs. This range may be modified in the future.
We offer comprehensive benefits including medical/dental/vision insurance, HSA, FSA, 401(k), and life, disability & ADD insurance to eligible employees. Salaried personnel receive paid time off. Hourly employees are not eligible for paid time off unless required by law. Hourly employees on a Service Contract Act project are eligible for paid sick leave.
Note: Pay is not considered compensation until it is earned, vested and determinable. The amount and availability of any compensation remains in Kforce's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified in its discretion consistent with the law.
This job is not eligible for bonuses, incentives or commissions.
Kforce is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.
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- Dice Id: kforcecx
- Position Id: ITTVT2180858
- Posted 4 hours ago
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