AWS Administrator

Smart IT Frame LLC; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Smart IT Frame LLC is seeking a Senior AWS Administrator to own the health, security, and performance of our AWS environment while administering NiFi clusters that power data pipelines.

The role spans cloud infrastructure and data-flow orchestration, collaborating with data engineering, security, and platform teams to deliver scalable, secure NiFi deployments and resilient operations.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience administering AWS cloud infrastructure in production.
• 3+ years of hands-on experience administering Apache NiFi, including cluster setup, scaling, and troubleshooting.
• Strong knowledge of core AWS services: EC2, S3, VPC, IAM, RDS, Lambda, CloudWatch, and Auto Scaling.
• Experience with NiFi security hardening (TLS, Keycloak/LDAP integration, access policies).
• Proficiency with Linux system administration (RHEL/CentOS/Ubuntu).
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible).
• Solid understanding of networking fundamentals (DNS, load balancing, firewalls, VPNs).
• Experience with monitoring and alerting tools (CloudWatch, Datadog, or similar).
• Strong scripting skills (Bash, Python, or PowerShell) for automation and troubleshooting.
• Excellent troubleshooting, documentation, and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Administer, monitor, and maintain AWS infrastructure supporting production and non-production environments.
• Install, configure, upgrade, and administer Apache NiFi clusters, including node scaling, flow deployment, and cluster health monitoring.
• Manage NiFi security configuration, including TLS/SSL certificates, user authentication, access policies, and secure communication between nodes.
• Troubleshoot and resolve NiFi processor, connection, and cluster-level issues, including performance bottlenecks and back-pressure conditions.
• Implement and maintain IAM roles, security groups, and least-privilege access controls across AWS accounts.
• Monitor system performance, capacity, and availability; proactively identify and remediate infrastructure and pipeline issues.
• Support patching, OS hardening, and lifecycle management for EC2 instances hosting NiFi and related services.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration management using tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible.
• Collaborate with data engineering teams to support NiFi flow development, deployment pipelines, and data validation processes.
• Participate in on-call rotation and respond to incidents affecting AWS infrastructure or NiFi services.
• Maintain documentation for system configurations, runbooks, and standard operating procedures.
• Ensure compliance with internal security and data protection standards across AWS and NiFi environments.

Skills

AWS admin

Apache NiFi

Linux admin

Infrastructure as code

Networking basics

Monitoring tools

Scripting

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Ansible

Apache NiFi

CloudWatch

Datadog

Job description

Title: AWS Administrator with strong Apache NiFi

Location: Charlotte, NC / St. Louis, MO

Job type: Long term contract

We are seeking a Senior AWS Administrator with strong Apache NiFi administration experience to support and scale our cloud data infrastructure. This role owns the health, security, and performance of our AWS environment while also administering, tuning, and troubleshooting NiFi clusters that power our data delivery pipelines. The ideal candidate is comfortable operating across both cloud infrastructure and data flow orchestration layers, and can work cross-functionally with data engineering, security, and platform teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Administer, monitor, and maintain AWS infrastructure (EC2, S3, VPC, IAM, RDS, Lambda, CloudWatch, and related services) supporting production and non-production environments.
• Install, configure, upgrade, and administer Apache NiFi clusters, including node scaling, flow deployment, and cluster health monitoring.
• Manage NiFi security configuration, including TLS/SSL certificates, user authentication, access policies, and secure communication between nodes.
• Troubleshoot and resolve NiFi processor, connection, and cluster-level issues, including performance bottlenecks and back-pressure conditions.
• Implement and maintain IAM roles, security groups, and least-privilege access controls across AWS accounts.
• Monitor system performance, capacity, and availability; proactively identify and remediate infrastructure and pipeline issues.
• Support patching, OS hardening, and lifecycle management for EC2 instances hosting NiFi and related services.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration management using tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible.
• Collaborate with data engineering teams to support NiFi flow development, deployment pipelines, and data validation processes.
• Participate in on-call rotation and respond to incidents affecting AWS infrastructure or NiFi services.
• Maintain documentation for system configurations, runbooks, and standard operating procedures.
• Ensure compliance with internal security and data protection standards across AWS and NiFi environments.

Required Qualifications

• 8 +years of experience administering AWS cloud infrastructure in a production environment.
• 3+ years of hands‑on experience administering Apache NiFi, including cluster setup, scaling, and troubleshooting.
• Strong knowledge of core AWS services: EC2, S3, VPC, IAM, RDS, Lambda, CloudWatch, and Auto Scaling.
• Experience with NiFi security hardening (TLS, Keycloak/LDAP integration, access policies).
• Proficiency with Linux system administration (RHEL/CentOS/Ubuntu).
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible).
• Solid understanding of networking fundamentals (DNS, load balancing, firewalls, VPNs).
• Experience with monitoring and alerting tools (CloudWatch, Datadog, or similar).
• Strong scripting skills (Bash, Python, or PowerShell) for automation and troubleshooting.
• Excellent troubleshooting, documentation, and communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• AWS certification (Solutions Architect, SysOps Administrator, or equivalent).
• Experience with NiFi Registry and version‑controlled flow deployments.
• Familiarity with Kafka, ETL/ELT pipelines, or other data integration tools.
• Experience working in a regulated or enterprise telecom/media environment.
• Exposure to container orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes/EKS).