Senior DevOps Engineer I

At Rocket Lab, we’re not just launching rockets — we're building the future of space. Our Space Systems team builds everything from complete spacecraft, precision payloads to the components and subsystems that allow them to thrive in space, like solar panels, flight software, star trackers, optical systems, separati...

Our Space Systems team has enabled more than 1,700 missions, ranging from interplanetary exploration, in-space manufacturing to national security and defense initiatives. The team has built spacecraft, payloads, and components for missions to the Moon and Mars, working with partners including NASA, the Space Develop...

Based out of Rocket Lab's site in Littleton, CO, we are looking to hire a Senior DevOps Engineer I. In this role you will build, operate, and improve the observability platform that gives our teams clear, actionable insight into the health and performance of mission-critical systems. This role sits within the DevSec...

Build, operate, and continuously improve the organization's observability stack, including Grafana, Grafana Mimir, kube-prometheus-stack, and Grafana Alloy.
Design and maintain scalable metrics collection, ingestion, retention, and query patterns for Kubernetes and cloud-based workloads.
Develop and maintain Grafana dashboards that provide actionable insights to engineering teams and leadership.
Design, tune, and maintain alerting and notification workflows that reduce noise and enable timely, effective incident response.
Partner with engineering teams to define meaningful service-level indicators, service-level objectives, and monitoring standards.
Improve observability coverage by identifying telemetry gaps, analyzing trends, and implementing durable instrumentation and monitoring improvements.
Integrate AWS CloudWatch and CloudTrail telemetry into the observability platform to support operational visibility, security monitoring, and troubleshooting.
Manage observability infrastructure through version-controlled, automated deployments using Terraform, Git, and CI/CD pipelines.
Drive continuous improvement through data-driven analysis of platform reliability, telemetry quality, dashboard adoption, and alert effectiveness.
Troubleshoot complex monitoring, telemetry, and alerting issues across AWS, and GCP environments.
Work with development teams through code reviews and integrated pipelines to ensure observability is built in from the start.
Design and implement AI agents that detect, analyze, and troubleshoot software testing failures with minimal human intervention
Build and maintain AI-powered quality automation ecosystems that monitor CI/CD pipelines across multiple programs and platforms

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or other technical discipline
5+ years of experience in DevOps, site reliability engineering, platform engineering, or a related infrastructure discipline
Hands-on experience operating and improving production observability and monitoring platforms
Demonstrated expertise in AI/ML technologies with hands-on experience building AI-driven automation systems
Experience with AWS and GCP cloud services
Experience managing infrastructure as code with Terraform and collaborating through Git-based workflows
U.S. citizenship is required, due to program requirements
Experience with Splunk
Experience administering and configuring data visualization and analytics platforms, such as Grafana
Administration experience with Time Series Databases, such as Grafana Mimir
Strong problem-solving skills with an automation-first mindset and a track record of improving reliability in production environments
Experience deploying and managing Prometheus-based monitoring with kube-prometheus-stack
Experience configuring and operating Grafana Alloy for telemetry collection and forwarding
Strong understanding of CI/CD pipeline automation tools, DevSecOps practices, and Kubernetes operations
Experience with cloud networking concepts and troubleshooting
Experience building dashboards using tools like Grafana, Kibana, or custom visualization frameworks
Knowledge of security testing tools and DevSecOps security practices
Aerospace background supporting satellite, spacecraft, constellation, or launch vehicle ground/mission operations
Expertise in Git-based workflows, CI/CD pipelines, and Kubernetes orchestration
Experience with observability and monitoring tools
Experience with Kubecost
Operating and building solutions within GovCloud environment

Citizenship of AU / NZ / EU / NATO