Rocket Lab · 8 hours ago
Senior Manager DevOps Engineering - TS/SCI
Chantilly, VA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
10+ years expRocket Lab is an end-to-end space company delivering responsive launch services and innovative spacecraft solutions. The Senior Manager DevOps Engineering will lead a team in architecting and deploying cloud environments while implementing software processes and CI/CD pipelines to support mission-critical space operations.
AerospaceManufacturingSoftwareSpace Travel
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Lead a team of engineers across business level functions – enterprise tools, finance tools, engineering development process, software development integration and deployment
Drive best practices for AWS Cloud based architecture and development and production environments
Collaborate with project leads and team members to meet mission objectives
Work directly 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)
Lead Agile sprints and associated activities
Support onsite work, as well as travel or offsite work, as needed
Perform other duties as assigned
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or other technical field
Active TS/SCI U.S. Government Security Clearance
1-3 years of team leadership or management experience
10+ years of hands-on experience with architecting solutions in AWS Cloud environments
Experience in key AWS services (such as EC2, ELB, RDS, Route53, CloudWatch, S3, etc.)
Experience in supporting DevOps tools and pipeline environments, such as Jira, SharePoint, Bitbucket, Jenkins, SonarQube, 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)
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
Preferred
Master's degree in computer science, engineering, or other technical field
Experience with on-premises to cloud migrations or IT transformations
Experience in database administration; one or more of MySQL, MariaDB, and PostgreSQL
Experience in AWS ElastiCache for Redis
Expertise in the Git version control system command line
Familiarity with Information Security frameworks/standards (i.e. CIS, NIST, RFC2196, etc.)
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional
Excellent oral, written, and verbal communication skills
Company
Rocket Lab
Rocket Lab is an aerospace company that provides launch services, spacecraft design, and manufacturing of satellite components.
1001-5000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$1.98BKey Investors
Canadian Space AgencyU.S. Department of CommerceTrinity Capital
2025-12-09Grant
2025-09-15Post Ipo Equity· $750M
2024-11-25Grant· $23.9M
Leadership Team
Adam Spice
Chief Financial Officer
Frank Klein
Chief Operations Officer
Recent News
2026-01-11
2026-01-09
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