Application Engineer 3

Farfield Systems
Jessup, United States of America
2 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Experience level
Junior

Job location

Jessup, United States of America

Tech stack

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Bash
Cloud Computing
Computer Programming
Customer Data Management
Information Engineering
Linux
Data Flow Control
Groovy
Monitoring of Systems
Issue Tracking Systems
Python
Logstash
Systems Integration
Scripting (Bash/Python/Go/Ruby)
Grafana
Kafka
Apache Nifi
Cloudwatch
Kibana
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Splunk

Job description

  • Support the NiFi Team: Learn and apply Apache NiFi concepts, monitor dataflows, review processor statuses, check queues, identify errors, and assist in troubleshooting.
  • Health and Status Monitoring: Act as the focal point for health and status flows by tracking dataflow availability, monitoring system status, identifying issues, and escalating them to the appropriate technical teams.
  • Customer Onboarding Coordination: Aid in the onboarding of new customer systems by meticulously tracking requirements, data sources, connection details, action items, blockers, schedules, and milestones.
  • Communication and Documentation: Collaborate with customers and internal teams to gather onboarding information, provide status updates, document progress, and ensure all open items are followed through to completion.
  • Organizational Support: Maintain clear and organized onboarding trackers, status reports, documentation, and runbooks to provide leadership, customers, and technical teams with visibility into progress.
  • Dataflow Validation: Support basic dataflow validation by confirming that customer data is received, processed, routed, and delivered as expected.

Requirements

As part of our Secure the Enterprise initiative, we are seeking a motivated Junior NiFi Engineer to help transition our current manual system security evaluation and authorization process into a cutting-edge automated model. This role emphasizes streamlined processes, continuous monitoring, and comprehensive data gathering throughout the project lifecycle., * Technical Proficiency: Basic understanding of Apache NiFi or a strong willingness to learn about NiFi dataflows, processors, queues, controller services, bulletins, and monitoring techniques.

  • Organizational Skills: Exceptional organization and communication abilities, capable of managing multiple customers, tracking requirements, action items, blockers, and milestones effectively.
  • Monitoring Experience: Familiarity with monitoring tools such as Grafana, Kibana, Splunk, CloudWatch, NiFi dashboards, or other operational status tools.
  • Technical Aptitude: Basic Linux familiarity, strong technical aptitude, and a willingness to learn about application support, data engineering, cloud operations, and production troubleshooting.

Desired Skills:

  • Exposure to Apache NiFi, Cribl, Kafka, Logstash, or similar dataflow/pipeline tools.
  • Experience in customer onboarding, system integration, ticket tracking, help desk, or production support operations.
  • Familiarity with AWS services (EC2, S3, SQS, CloudWatch) and programming/scripting languages (Python, Bash, Groovy) is a plus.

About the company

At Farfield Systems, we've been dedicated to supporting the government contracting community for over 23 years, driven by a commitment to do work that matters for our customers' most important missions. We believe in putting our team members first, fostering a culture where employee-driven initiatives lead to happy customers. If you're ready to be part of a team that embodies our philosophy of "employee driven…customer focused," we want to hear from you!, Join us in making a difference! At Farfield Systems, you'll be part of a collaborative and inclusive environment that values your contributions. Together, we can support missions that matter and drive success for our customers.

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