Senior DevOps Engineer

About Rocket Lab

Rocket Lab is an end-to-end space company delivering responsive launch services, complete spacecraft design and manufacturing, payloads, satellite components, and more – all with the goal of opening access space. The rockets and satellites we build and launch enable some of the most ambitious and vital space missions globally, supporting scientific exploration, Earth observation, and missions to combat climate change, national security, and exciting new technology demonstrations.

As a Senior Dev Ops Engineer I based at our Optical Systems site in Chantilly, VA, you will have the opportunity to support Tranche 3 of the U.S. Space Development Agency's (SDA) Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) by automating CI/CD pipelines and deploying applications for advanced Electro-Optical (EO/IR) technology.

• Support AWS development, test, and production environments
• Collaborate with project leads and team members
• Align with Security and IT for policy assurance
• Develop and support pipelines that include automation and configurations for containers, data management, and release/deployment solutions for programs
• Automate software deployments into varied and complex environments using virtual machines, container technologies, Kubernetes, Cloud environments, and bare metal servers
• Support engagements related to assessing, refactoring and identifying opportunities for existing applications to leverage modern application architectures (e.g. containers)
• Participate in Agile sprints and associated activities
• Support onsite work, as well as travel or offsite work, as needed
• Perform other duties as assigned

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or computer engineering or equivalent discipline with 5-8 years of experience
• Experience in Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud-based development and operations environments
• Active TS/SCI security clearance

• Master’s degree in computer science, engineering, or other technical field
• Experience with architecting solutions in AWS Cloud environments
• Experience in key AWS services (such as EC2, ELB, RDS, Route
  53, Cloud Watch, S3, etc.)
• Experience in supporting Dev Ops tools and pipeline environments, such as Jira, SharePoint, Bitbucket, Jenkins, Sonar Qube, and Artifactory
• Experience working with Container technologies (such as Kubernetes, Docker, etc.)
• Proficiency in Linux system administration
• Ability to design, enable, and deliver scalable and automated strategies through Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools, such as Ansible and Terraform
• Experience supporting cloud network resources such as VPC, URL proxies, private link, DNS, ACLs, Security groups, routing tables, etc.
• Background in scripting and/or coding, such as Java, Python, Terraform, and/or Bash
• CompTIA Security+ certification (or in pursuit of)
• Experience with on-premises to cloud migrations or IT transformations
• Experience in database administration; one or more of MySQL, Maria
  
  DB, and PostgreSQL
• Experience in AWS Elasti Cache for Redis
• Expertise in the Git version control system command line
• Familiarity with Information Security frameworks/standards (i.e. CIS, NIST, RFC
  2196, etc.)
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate or Professional
• Excellent oral, written, and verbal communication skills

• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to focus
• Regularly required to sit, use hands and fingers, operate computer keyboard and controls, and communicate verbally and in writing
• Must be physically able to commute to buildings

To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), Rocket Lab employees must be a U.S. citizen, lawful U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or be lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State and/or the U.S. Department of Commerce, as applicable.

Rocket Lab provides equal employment…