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• Senior Ni Fi Engineer

• Clearance Required

• WHAT WE'RE DOING

• Join Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems, Cyber & Intelligence, where we foster innovation and integrity.

• As a Senior Ni Fi Engineer, you'll be empowered to create 'new realities' and pioneer solutions that break boundaries.

• Benefit from the support of a global technology leader that values innovative thinking and provides the resources to turn ideas into reality.

• Build on our proud legacy of achievement and contribute to shaping the future of aerospace, defense, and security solutions.

THE WORK
TKO provides systems engineering, software development, data science and cloud development and engineering services to the Cyber Infrastructure Solutions customer. The services enable the Data Transformation, Malware Analysis, and Cyber Threat Intelligence processing and sharing capabilities for the customer, fulfilling mission objectives and offering actionable information to detect and mitigate cyber threats. The contract has several locations in Maryland and a small contingent in Texas.

• WHO WE ARE

• Lockheed Martin is a global leader in aerospace, defense, and security solutions, committed to excellence and integrity.

• WHO YOU ARE

• You are Senior Ni Fi Engineer who will design, implement, and manage complex, high-throughput data pipelines in support of the Data Transformation Solutions (DTS) TTO. You will be responsible for the 'plumbing' of our data ecosystem—ensuring that data moves securely and reliably between disparate systems, including cloud infrastructure.

• You will design and build scalable data flows using Apache Ni Fi to ingest, route, transform, and deliver data across the enterprise.

• You will optimize Ni Fi performance by managing back-pressure, tuning settings, and configuring site-to-site communication for clustered environments.

• You will deploy highly scalable solutions using Apache Nifi cluster and Apache Zookeeper.

• WHY JOIN US

• Join a global technology leader where your ideas can make a difference and your contributions are valued.

• Work on exciting projects that challenge you to push boundaries and innovate.

• Grow your career in an environment that encourages learning, development, and creativity.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related discipline plus fourteen (14) years’ experience as a SWE in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity

• Four (4) years of additional SWE experience on projects with similar software processes may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree.

Required Skills:

• Hands-on experience with Apache Ni Fi.
• 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 Ni Fi Record-based readers/writers.
• Familiarity with IaC tools like Ansible or Terraform to automate Ni Fi cluster deployments.
• Experience managing, monitoring, and troubleshooting multiple data flows/threads.

TS/SCI w/ Poly

Desired Skills:

• Experience with Delta Fi.
• 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.
  Clearance Level: TS/SCI w/Poly SP

Other Important Information You Should Know:

Expression of Interest: By applying to this job, you are expressing interest in this position and could be considered for other career opportunities where similar skills and requirements have been identified as a match. Should this match be identified you may be contacted for this and future openings.
Ability to Work Remotely: Onsite Full-time: The work associated with this position will be performed onsite at a designated Lockheed Martin facility.
Work Schedules: Lockheed Martin supports a variety of alternate work schedules that provide additional flexibility to our employees. Schedules range from standard 40 hours over a five day work week while others may be condensed. These condensed schedules provide employees with additional time away from the office and are in addition to our Paid Time off benefits.
Schedule for this Position: 9x80 every other Friday off
Pay Rate: The annual base salary range for this position in California, Massachusetts, and New York (excluding most major metropolitan areas), Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, Vermont, Washington or Washington DC is $150,800 - $265,880. For states not referenced above, the salary range for this position will reflect the candidate’s final work location. Please note that the salary information is a general guideline only. Lockheed Martin considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/ training, key skills as well as market and business considerations when extending an offer.
Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, EAP, Education Assistance, Parental Leave, Paid time off, and Holidays.
(Washington state applicants only) Non-represented full-time employees: accrue at least 10 hours per month of Paid Time Off (PTO) to be used for incidental absences and other reasons; receive at least 90 hours for holidays. Represented full time employees accrue 6.67 hours of Vacation per month; accrue up to 52 hours of sick leave annually; receive at least 96 hours for holidays. PTO, Vacation, sick leave, and holiday hours are prorated based on start date during the calendar year.
This position is incentive plan eligible.
Lockheed Martin is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified candidates will be considered without regard to legally protected characteristics.
The application window will close in 90 days; applicants are encouraged to apply within 5 - 30 days of the requisition posting date in order to receive optimal consideration.
Join us at Lockheed Martin, where your mission is ours. Our customers tackle the hardest missions. Those that demand extraordinary amounts of courage, resilience and precision. They’re dangerous. Critical. Sometimes they even provide an opportunity to change the world and save lives. Those are the missions we care about.

As a leading technology innovation company, Lockheed Martin’s vast team works with partners around the world to bring proven performance to our customers’ toughest challenges. Lockheed Martin has employees based in many states throughout the U.S., and Internationally, with business locations in many nations and territories.
Experience Level: Experienced Professional
Business Unit: RMS
Relocation Available: Possible
Career Area: Systems Engineering: Software
Type: Task Order/IDIQ
Shift: First