Senior Dataflow Engineer III with TS/SCI + Poly Fort Meade, MD

Aperio Global; Fort Meade (MD); On-site; USD 180,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Aperio Global seeks a Senior Dataflow Engineer III to manage NiFi dataflows and clusters at Fort Meade, MD, with focus on large data ingestion, analytics, and deployment of Elastic/Kibana dashboards. A Python scripting baseline supports automation and integration tasks.

The role emphasizes operational reliability, system upgrades, and collaboration across teams to maintain high throughput while meeting security requirements, including TS/SCI + Poly clearance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 8+ years of relevant experience or equivalent.
• Experience with NiFi dataflows and cluster management.
• Experience with Elastic cluster, Kibana visualizations.

Responsibilities

• Operate, troubleshoot, and maintain NiFi dataflows and NiFi cluster.
• Develop light Python scripts for dataflow automation.
• Support system integration, upgrades, and deployments.
• Manage Elastic cluster deployment and maintenance.
• Create and maintain Kibana visualizations and dashboards.
• Enhance data analytic solutions for large-volume data ingestion.

Skills

NiFi

Linux

Docker

Kubernetes

Kafka

Education

Bachelor's degree plus 8 years of relevant experience or equivalent

Tools

ElasticSearch

Kibana

DX

Kubernetes

Kafka

Job description

Senior Dataflow Engineer III with TS/SCI + Poly

Fort Meade, MD

Overview

Aperio Global is seeking a Dataflow Engineer who will focus on system operations, troubleshooting, maintenance, with specific attention to NiFi dataflows and NiFi cluster management; some light Python scripting is required. You will also support system integration, upgrade, and deployment activities. The majority of the time will be spent working with systems that ingest large volumes of data. Responsibilities will include Elastic cluster management and deployment, creating Kibana visualizations and dashboards, and enhancing data analytic solutions.

Mission Focus

Foundational processing and dataflow within operations; increasing efficiency and throughput.

Technical Proficiency

• Strong experience working knowledge of NiFi is required.
• In-depth understanding of corporate dataflow and knowledge of common tools such as DX, ElasticSearch, Kibana.
• Intermediate knowledge of Linux and Docker.

Responsibilities

• Operate, troubleshoot, and maintain NiFi dataflows and NiFi cluster.
• Develop light Python scripts for dataflow automation.
• Support system integration, upgrades, and deployments.
• Manage Elastic cluster deployment and maintenance.
• Create and maintain Kibana visualizations and dashboards.
• Enhance data analytic solutions for large-volume data ingestion.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree plus 8 years of relevant experience or equivalent.

Nice to Have

• Knowledge/experience with customer analytic tools.
• Experience with Kubernetes, Kafka.

Salary

180k-200k

Benefits

• Retirement Plan (401k, IRA) with 100% employer match up to 6%.
• Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D).
• Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick, Public Holidays).
• Short Term & Long Term Disability.
• Professional Development.
• Medical, Dental, Vision coverage.
• 401(k) retirement plan.
• Other benefits as per company policy.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Aperio Global is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to building an inclusive workforce where all employees and applicants are treated with respect and fairness. Employment decisions are based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs —never on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, pregnancy/childbirth, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, ethnicity, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.