Infrastructure Engineer

Summary

Nava is at the forefront of reimagining how our government serves its people, and they’re looking for experienced infrastructure engineers to help drive this mission forward. The role involves improving and managing systems deployed on AWS and ensuring the reliability and efficiency of production infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Work with fellow Infrastructure Engineers to build and maintain our production infrastructure to ensure ongoing reliability while maximizing development team efficiency
• Troubleshoot and debug infrastructure, network, and operating system issues
• Build and maintain operations software which automates the configuration, provisioning, deployment and monitoring of our core systems
• Manage security systems, linux file system permissions and network firewalls
• Perform automated deployments to create new or update existing production environments
• Set up and maintain alarm systems for notifications on error conditions
• Join our on-call rotation as a first line of defense during production issues

Skills

• Previous experience maintaining a medium or larger scale production system
• Significant experience in one or more of the following areas: Cloud infrastructure, Unix/Linux, Scripting, or Security
• Ability to automate procedural tasks using scripting or coding in Python, Javascript, or Ruby
• A thoughtful, adaptive, and collaborative mindset
• Understanding of networks, HTTP
• Ability to use the shell to achieve practical aims. E.g. navigate the shell, SSH into machines, create SSH keys, read log files, move files, and start/stop services, search in files, change permissions
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, technical and otherwise
• Ability to pick up and learn new development and operations skills

Qualifications

Must Haves

• Previous experience maintaining a medium or larger scale production system
• Significant experience in one or more of the following areas: Cloud infrastructure, Unix/Linux, Scripting, or Security
• Ability to automate procedural tasks using scripting or coding in Python, Javascript, or Ruby
• A thoughtful, adaptive, and collaborative mindset
• Understanding of networks, HTTP
• Ability to use the shell to achieve practical aims. E.g. navigate the shell, SSH into machines, create SSH keys, read log files, move files, and start/stop services, search in files, change permissions
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, technical and otherwise
• Ability to pick up and learn new development and operations skills

Benefits

• You can work remotely, or work from one of Nava’s offices in DC, SF, or NYC.
• Generous compensation and equity packages
• Value a healthy work/life balance