Senior NiFi Engineer 3

T-Rex Solutions • Fort Meade, MD

7h • $190,000 - $225,000

About The Position

Are you ready to make a significant impact by supporting critical national security infrastructure? T-Rex Solutions is looking for a fully cleared Senior NiFi Engineer 3 to join our dynamic team at Ft. Meade, MD in support of the Intelligence Community.
We are seeking a Senior NiFi Engineer who will design, implement, and manage complex, high-throughput data pipelines in support of the Data Transformation Solutions (DTS) TTO. You candidate will be responsible for the "plumbing" of our data ecosystem—ensuring that data moves securely and reliably between disparate systems, including cloud infrastructure. The candidate will design and build scalable data flows using Apache NiFi to ingest, route, transform, and deliver data across the enterprise.

Requirements

• Bachelor's and 20 years of related experience or 25 years of related experience without a degree.
• Active TS/SCI w/ FSP required within 7 years.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with DeltaFi.
• Experience with DevOps (automating maintenance and monitoring, observability, deployment orchestration).
• Background in IT Operations and understanding of networking (CIDR routing, proxy configurations, and firewalls).
• Understanding of corporate dataflow and system interoperability.

Responsibilities

• Hands-on experience with Apache NiFi.
• Proficiency in Java and/or Groovy, Bash and/or Python.
• Strong experience with Linux/RHEL administration and containerization (Docker/Kubernetes).
• Expertise in handling various formats including JSON, Avro, Parquet, and XML, specifically using NiFi Record-based readers/writers.
• Familiarity with IaC tools like Ansible or Terraform to automate NiFi cluster deployments.
• Experience managing, monitoring, and troubleshooting multiple data flows/threads.

Benefits

• T-Rex has made a commitment to maintain the status of an industry leader in compensation packages and benefits which includes competitive salaries, performance bonuses, training and educational reimbursement, Transamerica 401(k) and Cigna healthcare benefits.
• PTO available to use immediately upon joining (prorated based on start date), paid parental leave, individual and family health, vision, and dental benefits, annual budget for training, professional development and tuition reimbursement, and a 401(k) plan with company match fully vested after 60 days of employment among other benefits.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior