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Apache Airflow Consultant
Damco Solutions Inc
Location not stated
Remote
2 months ago
- Apache Airflow
- AWS
- Vulnerability Management
- ECS
- EC2
- Python
- Docker
- triage
- NIST
- Kubernetes
- CI/CD
- IaC
- Airflow
- RBAC
- TLS
- FISMA
- Terraform
- CloudFormation
- CloudWatch
- Prometheus
- Grafana
2 months ago
The requirement combines expertise across Apache Airflow administration, AWS infrastructure, security and vulnerability management, compliance-oriented documentation, and client-facing managed services support.
Key skills required : production Apache Airflow support/troubleshooting, AWS ECS on EC2, Python, Docker, security hardening, CVE triage, and strong client-facing SLA support/ documentation.
Preferred : federal/ NIST exposure, Kubernetes, CI/ CD/ IaC, and monitoring tools.
Must-have qualifications
• 4+ years hands-on with Apache Airflow in production (not just "used it in a pipeline”) — scheduler, executors, DAG lifecycle, backfills
• Strong troubleshooting of Airflow failures: restart loops, scheduler lag, task queue issues, executor problems, dependency conflicts
• AWS production experience, specifically ECS on EC2 (containerized Airflow) — sizing, deployment, networking
• Security hardening : RBAC, secrets backends, TLS, and reducing Airflow's provider surface / CVE footprint — this is FedPoint's core pain, so weight it heavily
• Comfortable with CVE triage and vulnerability justification — assessing exploitability, documenting findings for compliance review
• Python proficiency (Airflow is Python-native; needed to read/debug DAGs and providers)
• Docker/containerization fundamentals
• Strong written communication — client-facing support with SLA-bound response/resolution
Strongly preferred
• Experience supporting federal / government contractor environments; familiarity with FISMA/NIST 800-53/800-171 concepts (support context, not as a certifier)
• Kubernetes (some clients run Airflow there even if FedPoint is ECS)
• CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code (Terraform/CloudFormation)
• Prior SLA-based support or managed-services experience (vs. pure engineering) — knows what "2-hour response” discipline actually means
• Monitoring: CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana
Soft requirements that matter for support (not engineering)
• Calm under production-incident pressure; good bedside manner with a stressed client
• Documentation discipline — runbooks, justification write-ups, ticket hygiene
• Able to work a defined coverage window reliably (federal clients notice SLA misses)
Apache Airflow Consultant · Damco Solutions Inc