NiFi Systems Engineer at Kforce Inc.
Westlake, TX 76262
About the Job
- Robust support of NiFi system administration (Linux/Red Hat experience, NiFi installation, configuration, troubleshooting, maintenance, etc.) experience
- Primarily supporting Data ingestion/integration platforms using Nifi, Kafka, Informatica or Talend
- On boarding new projects to Nifi, setting up clusters on-prem or in cloud
- Developing automation for deployment, re-hydration and cluster management
- Establish standard backup/recovery policies and procedures
- Setup monitoring, alerting, on-call 24x7 support to triage platform related issues and connectivity
- End-to-end accountability for NiFi environment stability, performance and availability
- Collaborating with Development teams, Infrastructure teams and vendors on resolving issues timely
- Helping teams evaluate new tools as required
- Support peripheral tools within Data lake ecosystem as required
Requirements:
- Bachelor's or Master's in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science or Information Technology or equivalent experience
- 5+ years of Apache NiFi Administration
- 5+ years of strong Admin experience supporting Kafka, Informatica, Talend or other standard ETL tools
- 5+ years of scripting and automation experience using Shell/Pearl/Python
- Working experience and good understanding Cloud platforms like AWS, AZURE, GCP
- Familiarity/experience with standard DBMS systems like Oracle, SQL, DB2
- Working experience and good understanding of big data eco systems like Hadoop, Hive, Spark, zoo keeper, etc.
- Functional ETL/data extraction/data transformation skills and experience
- Proficient in writing scripts using Bash, Python, Groovy or other scripting languages using highly efficient and effective scripting patterns
- Experience with consumption of RESTful APIs using any scripting language
- Working knowledge of IaC principles and automation tools such as Ansible, Jenkins, Terraform, Chef, etc.
- Experience with Elastic Stack (Elasticsearch, Kibana, Logstash) and time-series visualization tools such as Grafana
- Experience with cloud platform services especially working with AWS CLI, CloudFormation, CloudWatch, EC2 instances, EBS volumes, AWS ELBs (classic, application, network, gateway) and AWS EKS capabilities
- Nice to have experience on Cloud DW like Snowflake
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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