Job Overview

Nava is at the forefront of reimagining how our government serves its people, and we’re looking for experienced infrastructure engineers to help drive this mission forward. You will work on a team that’s helping to improve and manage all aspects of our systems, which are deployed on AWS. We make heavy use of tools such as Docker, Packer, Terraform, and Jenkins and we continually evaluate new technologies as they become production-ready for government contexts. You'll be responsible for pushing the limits of these critical systems, from Billion User Load Tests to achieving and maintaining sub-millisecond transaction times. By doing this, you’ll help ensure that Nava continues delivering services that millions of Americans depend on.

Key Responsibilities

• Work with a cross-functional team to deliver on project requirements.
• Set technical direction and standards for your team to ensure scalability, reliability, security, and system compliance.
• Code, manage, configure, and maintain services update documentation and runbooks.
• Implementing security controls.
• Mentor less senior engineers.
• Join our on-call rotation as a first line of defense during production issues.
• Take part in hiring activities (e.g., submitting referrals, conducting interviews, and attending interview debriefs), as needed.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of experience.
• Experience leading small team 3-5 engineers.
• Previous experience maintaining a medium or large-scale production system or COTS products using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) on AWS.
• Broad experience with AWS services.
• Significant experience working with Jenkins, GitHub Actions, LaunchDarkly.
• Significant experience with Terraform, Atlantis and other IaC and automation tools.
• Significant experience in one or more of the following areas: Cloud Infrastructure, Unix/Linux, Scripting, and Security.
• Ability to automate procedural tasks using scripting in Shell, PowerShell, Bash, or coding in Python, Javascript, or Ruby.
• Excellent written and real-time communication skills, technical and otherwise.
• Ability to pick up and learn new development and operations skills.