Technology Specialist - IT Service, Support And Operations | Cloud Platform | Microservices

Pay Rate Range: $ 57.14- 58.82/hr on W2Job Details: Position 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. The ideal candidate brings deep operational experience supporting NiFi in complex enterprise environments, with a strong focus on platform reliability, performance, security, high availability, and incident response. This individual must also have proven experience deploying and supporting migration efforts from on-prem infrastructure to cloud-based environments.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 proceduresRequired Qualifications: Unix•Strong hands-knowledge on administering and supporting Unix platforms 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•Proven ability to troubleshoot performance issues, flow failures, back-pressure, and node-level incidents•Experience managing NiFi security, including certificates, TLS/SSL, user access, and policy administration•Strong knowledge of production support, platform monitoring, and incident responseAWS Administration:•Strong hands-on experience with AWS Administration in enterprise production environments•Working knowledge of AWS services using Terraform to provision services such as oEC2 oS3 oIAM oVPC oSecurity Groups oCloudWatch oEKS oEMR oLoad Balancers / networking components•Experience supporting secure, scalable, and highly available cloud environments•Building AWS platform using TerraformOperations & 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 teamsNice 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: oAWS CloudWatch oSplunk oDatadogSoft Skills:•Strong written and verbal communication skills•Ability to lead troubleshooting calls and clearly communicate technical issues•Detail-oriented with strong documentation habits•Calm, organized, and effective during production incidents and escalations.