SENIOR MANAGER, DEVOPS ENGINEERINGRocket Lab's Optical Systems division solves mission-critical space domain and Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) challenges for Department of Defense (DoD) and Intelligence Community (IC) customers. Our vision is to revolutionize the space-based payload market with innovative and novel designs for space, terrestrial, and airborne environments. Building on more than 20 years of electro-optical and infrared systems innovation from Geost, Optical Systems delivers solutions to the warfighter for responsive, scalable sensing solutions across all orbital domains.
As a Senior Manager, DevOps Engineering based at our Optical Systems site in Chantilly, VA, you will have the privilege of supporting of Tranche 3 of the U.S. Space Development Agency's (SDA) Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) by managing a team of software development operations engineers that deploys applications for advanced space payloads.
WHAT YOU'LL GET TO DO:- 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 leaders 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 off-site work, as needed.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
YOU'LL BRING THESE QUALIFICATIONS:- Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or an equivalent technical discipline.
- 1-3 years of software engineering or devops management experience.
- Active TS/SCI security clearance and Counterintelligence Polygraph.
- 10+ years of experience in architecting AWS cloud solutions with EC2, ELB, RDS, Route53, CloudWatch, or S3.
- Experience with DevOps tools and pipelines such as Bitbucket, Jenkins, SonarQube, or Artifactory.
- Ability to design, enable, deliver scalable and automated IaC tools such as Ansible and Terraform.
- Experience working with containerization technologies Kubernetes or Docker.
- Experience with cloud network resources such as VPC, URL, DNS, ACLs, security, and routing tables.
- Background in scripting or coding with Java, Python, Terraform, or Bash.
- Experience with cross-compilation for embedded systems.
- Proficiency in Linux system administration.
- CompTIA Security+ certification (or in pursuit of).
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate.
THESE QUALIFICATIONS WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE:- Master's degree in computer science, engineering, or an equivalent discipline.
- Experience with on-premises to cloud migrations or IT transformations.
- Experience in database administration with MySQL, MariaDB, or PostgreSQL.
- Experience in AWS ElastiCache for Redis.
- Expertise in the Git version control system command line.
- Familiarity with Information Security frameworks including CIS, NIST, or RFC2196.
- Familiarity with Software Systems Security including ATO, CtF, or RMF.
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional.
- Excellent oral, written, and verbal communication skills.
This position may require prolonged periods of sitting, standing, walking, computer work, and occasional exposure to moderate levels of noise, dust, and fumes in production areas.
The expected salary range for the position is displayed in accordance with the state of Virginia's pay transparency requirements. Final agreed upon compensation is based upon individual qualifications and experience.
Base salary is only one part of Rocket Lab's compensation package for this role. You may be eligible for company stock, or cash incentives, and can purchase discounted stock through Rocket Lab's Employee Stock Purchase Program. Employee benefits also include medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage; 401(k) retirement plan options; paid vacation, holidays, and sick leave; paid parental leave; and other discounts and perks.
Base Pay Range (VA Only)
$160,500-$267,500 USD
