Infrastructure Engineer (Azure)

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.

 

What you'll do

• Implement Azure infrastructure components (subscriptions, resource groups, networking, and services) based on defined architecture
• Build and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) using tools such as Bicep or Terraform
• Develop and manage CI/CD pipelines for automated infrastructure deployment
• Configure networking, connectivity, and environment provisioning across cloud and hybrid systems
• Support onboarding of applications and workloads into the Azure tenant
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve infrastructure issues to ensure reliability and performance
• Apply governance configurations such as tagging, policies, and cost controls
• Collaborate with architects and security engineers to ensure implementations align with design and compliance requirements
• 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 skills

• Minimum of 5 years of experience working within Azure cloud
• Experience building CI/CD pipeline using Github actions, Jenkins, and Azure DevOps
• Experience deploying and managing infrastructure using one or more of: terraform, bicep, ARM templates
• Experience configuring virtual networks, hybrid connectivity, DNS, and load balancing
• Experience with API security, rate limiting, monitoring and auditing 
• Experience scripting in one or more of: Powershell, Python, Bash
• Azure API management, implementation and governance 
• Authentication and authorization using OAuth 2.0 and Open Connect
• Prior experience with Event-driven architecture using Azure event hubs 
• Stakeholder management skills and a proven ability to build strong relationships and trust throughout the organization
• Preferred experience working with Agile frameworks

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