Infrastructure Engineer

Job Description

What you’ll do

• 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

Qualifications

What we're looking for

• 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 

Additional Information

We're a small team working to radically improve our government, so everyone that joins us has a direct impact on the direction and success of Nava. We are stewards – we hold a deep responsibility towards the systems that we work with. We are a community – we value collaboration both within our teams and with the many hardworking people within government. We offer generous compensation and equity packages and value a healthy work/life balance.

We care deeply about diversity and inclusion at Nava. We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Note that we participate in E-Verify and upon hire, will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S.

If you're interested, please apply directly at https://jobs.lever.co/nava/817283f6-9911-4f72-a5ef-fbcdd2c04a7c/apply