Senior Apache Nifi Administrator

Kforce Inc.

Charlotte, NC

JOB DETAILS
SALARY
$40.80–$56
SKILLS
Access Control, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3), Amazon Web Services (AWS), Apache, Application Programming Interface (API), Atlassian JIRA, Automation, Cloud Computing, Cloud Storage, Computer Security, Configuration Management, Continuous Deployment/Delivery, Continuous Integration, Data Quality, Digital Certificates, Documentation, Electronic Medical Records, Financial Control, Firewalls, High Availability, Identify Issues, Incident Response, Legal, Load Balancing, Offshoring, Operating Systems, Operational Support, Policy Development, Production Support, Production Systems, Root Cause Analysis, SSL-TLS (Secure Socket Layer - Transport Layer Security), Scripting (Scripting Languages), Security Monitoring, Short Messaging Service (SMS), Software Patches, Splunk, Standard Operating Procedures (SOP), Support Documentation, Unix Operating Systems, Unix System Administration
LOCATION
Charlotte, NC
POSTED
15 days ago
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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About the Company

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Kforce Inc.

Kforce is a solutions firm specializing in technology, finance and accounting, and professional staffing services. Our KNOWLEDGEforce® empowers top companies to achieve their digital transformation goals. We curate teams of technical experts who deliver solutions custom-tailored to each client’s needs. These scalable, flexible outcomes are shaped by deep market knowledge, thought leadership and our multi-industry expertise.

 

Our integrated approach is rooted in 60 years of proven success deploying highly skilled professionals on a temporary and direct-hire basis. Each year, approximately 18,000 talented experts work with the Fortune 500 and other leading companies. Together, we deliver Great Results Through Strategic Partnership and Knowledge Sharing®.

COMPANY SIZE
1,000 to 1,499 employees
INDUSTRY
Financial Services
FOUNDED
1962
WEBSITE
http://www.kforce.com/