Nava PBC
public sector technology modernization
InfrastructureEngineer(Mid/Sr)
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“Infrastructure Engineer (Mid/Sr) at Nava PBC. Skills: Infrastructure as Code, DevOps pipelines, automation, cloud primitives, CI/CD, scripting. Building infrastructure as code. Building DevOps pipelines”
What You'll Achieve.
build scalable infrastructure for our government; delivering services that millions of Americans depend on; enables application development teams to run effectively in the cloud to deliver users a modern experience; delivering on client requirements; providing long-term oversight and vision to help shape future work; provide the highest value for government systems
Industry & Context.
Proactively identifying blockers, risks, and issues, proposing solutions or escalating as appropriate; Identifying gaps and closing them; Collaborating with teammates to identify and determine solutions
Serving in the on call rotation, Legal authorization to work in the United States, Ability to meet any other requirements for government contracts for which candidates are hired, Work authorization that doesn’t require visa sponsorship, now or in the future, May be subject to a government background check or security clearance, depending on the contract, This role requires you to work from the contiguous United States
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Minimum of 5 years of experience as an Infrastructure Engineer or mix of Software Engineering, A Bachelor's Degree (in any discipline) or four years of experience in lieu of a degree, Experience managing different systems (e. g Windows Server, Linux CLI) and automating repetitive tasks, Scripting (python, Go, Javascript), Experience designing CI/CD and other workflow automation spanning multiple systems, Incident handling and followup (root cause analyses, etc), Knowledge of cloud primitives (VPC, ACL, Route Tables, Security Groups, Images), Experience running asynchronous jobs, e. g. using services like ECS or Lambda, Ability to use the command line to achieve practical aims, e. g. navigating the moving and downloading files from external searching and parsing files for and running queries, Advanced ability to contribute and update existing code and/or Infrastructure as Code, Understanding of networks, protocols, and multi-service architectures, Excellent written and verbal communication skills, technical and otherwise, Legal authorization to work in the United States, Ability to meet any other requirements for government contracts for which candidates are hired, Work authorization that doesn’t require visa sponsorship, now or in the future, May be subject to a government background check or security clearance, depending on the contract, Able to follow and establish, when needed, standard operating procedures
Nice to Have
Experience training and mentoring engineers, An interest in and familiarity with one or more of the following areas: Cloud Infrastructure, cloud architecture, IT service management, Unix/Linux, scripting, networking, or security
What You'll Do.
Building infrastructure as code
Building DevOps pipelines
Reviewing solutions built by others on the team
Researching and analyzing technical solutions
Maintaining and enhancing documentation
Managing integrated systems used by the client
Completing work received from application teams
Proactively identifying blockers
proposing solutions or escalating as appropriate
and creating new automation tools or frameworks
Implementing automation for a variety of cloud resources
Designing initial architecture or changes to architecture for a project
Documenting and communicating architecture
technical solution plans
rollout plans and project updates to stakeholders
Incorporating stakeholder feedback
Identifying stakeholders and obtaining buy-in
Tracking stakeholders’ technical tasks to keep the project on schedule
Ensuring any issues or blockers that develop are addressed and resolved
Identifying gaps and closing them
Staying ahead of staffing issues
ensuring that hiring through subcontractors is efficient
Escalating to program manager any concerns raised
Building client trust by being available as a sounding board for questions or issues
Performing code and technical reviews
Facilitating meetings
Establishing engineering norms and practices and ensuring compliance
Collaborating with teammates to identify and determine solutions
Teaching teammates how to manage time
projects and be productive
Serving in the on call rotation
Facilitating post-mortems after incidents
Respond to tickets or routing tickets to the appropriate engineer
Applying patches and updates to operating systems and libraries
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
work on cross functional teams; Collaborating with stakeholders to incorporate their feedback; Collaborating with teammates to identify and determine solutions
Communication Scope
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, technical and otherwise; Documenting and communicating architecture, technical solution plans, rollout plans and project updates to stakeholders
Process & Methodology
Teaching teammates how to manage time, projects and be productive
Full Job Description
About Nava Nava is a consultancy and public benefit corporation working to make government services simple and effective. Since 2015, federal, state, and local agencies have trusted Nava to help solve highly scrutinized technology modernization challenges. As a client services company, we guide agencies constrained by legacy systems to a future with sharp user experiences built on secure, reliable, fault-tolerant cloud infrastructure. We bill for our time, offering our expertise and problem-solving approach to help our government partners enhance their digital products and services. People are at the heart of our work, from members of the public who rely on benefit programs to government agency staff. Through human-centered design and modern engineering best practices, we help our government partners understand user needs and deliver on their missions more effectively. This focus gives everyone at Nava the opportunity to do work that is meaningful, impactful, and deeply connected to public good. Please note: the level of the role will be determined by Nava leadership based on experience and skillset. Position summary The Infrastructure Engineer will work on cross functional teams to build scalable infrastructure for our government -- designing, implementing, and delivering services that millions of Americans depend on. As a Senior Infrastructure Engineer, you may be responsible for technical leadership of platform infrastructure projects supporting dev teams and large-scale systems with a strong focus on automation, organization, and communication. Your work enables application development teams to run effectively in the cloud to deliver users a modern experience. You will be responsible for delivering on client requirements as well as providing long-term oversight and vision to help shape future work. Your strong cross-functional communication skills will complement your technical leadership skills to provide the highest value for government systems. What you'll do
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