Senior Apache NiFi Administrator

Job Title* Senior Apache NiFi Administrator
Work Location : Charlotte NC 28273 and St. Louis, MO (Either location 4 days work from office)
Visa:- H1B, & (Contract)
Job Details:
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 procedures

Required 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 response