Senior NiFi Engineer for Mission-Critical Data Flows

Onyx Point, Inc.; Virginia Beach (VA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Onyx Point, Inc. is seeking an Apache NiFi expert to own COE dataflow pipelines in Virginia Beach, building, tuning, and troubleshooting NiFi flows that handle data leveling, transformation, and ingestion into national repositories.

You will design custom processors, manage remote dataflows, and coordinate with Windows/Linux infra to support mission data operations. The role emphasizes deep NiFi expertise, flow design, back pressure control, clustering, and provenance, with on-site work in

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in an Engineering discipline.
• Deep, demonstrable expertise with Apache NiFi.
• 10 years of full-time experience in COE systems design and deployment.
• 3 years of full-time experience in remote COE dataflow configuration and management.
• Active TS/SCI clearance, maintainable for the duration of employment.
• Ability to work on-site in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain Apache NiFi dataflows supporting COE mission data operations.
• Tune NiFi for throughput, reliability, and recoverability — back pressure, prioritization, clustering, and provenance.
• Develop and integrate custom processors and controller services where standard components fall short.
• Configure and manage remote COE dataflows, including data leveling, data transformation, and data ingestion in compliance with national COE enterprise repository standards.
• Engineer COE data configuration and routing methodology to meet mission requirements and post-mission delivery to end users.
• Troubleshoot dataflow issues in support of active mission operations, often under time pressure.
• Support the surrounding infrastructure — systems, virtualization, and network components — as the pipelines require.
• Apply configuration management practices across the dataflow environment: tracking requirements, changes, risks, test results, and tasks.

Skills

Apache NiFi

Dataflow design

NiFi troubleshooting

Controller services

Remote dataflow config

Education

Bachelor's degree in an Engineering discipline

Job description

Onyx Point, Inc. is seeking an Apache NiFi expert to own COE dataflow pipelines in Virginia Beach, building, tuning, and troubleshooting NiFi flows that handle data leveling, transformation, and ingestion into national repositories.

You will design custom processors, manage remote dataflows, and coordinate with Windows/Linux infra to support mission data operations. The role emphasizes deep NiFi expertise, flow design, back pressure control, clustering, and provenance, with on-site work in