Senior Security Engineer (Azure) (Fully Remote)

Nava; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

Disability insurance

Life insurance

Paid time off

Federal holidays

Parental leave

Wellness program

Sabbatical leave

401(k) match

Remote-first

Home office setup

Utility reimbursement

Learning opportunities

Job summary

Nava seeks a security-focused cloud engineer to design and implement a secure Azure environment for a large government modernization program in the United States, collaborating with architects, engineers, and stakeholders to enforce IAM, policy, logging, and threat detection best practices.

Nava is a consultancy and public benefit corporation modernizing government services through human-centered design and secure cloud infrastructure.

Qualifications

• Experience designing IAM models and RBAC in Azure.
• Experience implementing security policies with Azure Policy.
• Experience setting up centralized logging, monitoring, and threat detection.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement IAM models, RBAC, and privileged access controls; configure Microsoft Defender for Cloud.
• Enforce security policies with Azure Policy and set up centralized logging, monitoring, and threat detection.
• Design key management and secrets handling solutions, support HIPAA alignment and ATO preparation.

Skills

IAM design

RBAC

Microsoft Defender for Cloud

Azure Policy

Centralized logging

Threat detection

Secrets management

HIPAA alignment

ATO preparation

Tools

Azure

Defender for Cloud

Job description

• Support the design and implementation of a secure Azure cloud environment for a large-scale government modernization effort.
• Establish strong security and compliance foundations, including identity and access management, monitoring, and policy enforcement.
• Partner closely with cloud architects, engineers, and client stakeholders to define and implement security best practices.

What You'll Do:

• Design and implement IAM models, RBAC, and privileged access controls; configure Microsoft Defender for Cloud.
• Enforce security policies with Azure Policy and set up centralized logging, monitoring, and threat detection.
• Design key management and secrets handling solutions, support HIPAA alignment and ATO preparation.
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans; disability, life, and accident insurance at no cost.
• Paid time off, 12 paid federal holidays, parental leave, wellness program, and sabbatical leave.
• 401(k) match, remote-first flexibility, home office setup, utility reimbursement, and learning opportunities.

Nava

Nava is a consultancy and public benefit corporation modernizing government services through human-centered design and secure cloud infrastructure. Since 2015, it has partnered with federal, state, and local agencies, fostering a collaborative, remote-first culture focused on public good.