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Salary: USD 114,000 - 157,000 / annual
Rocket Lab is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer I to build, operate, and improve the observability platform supporting mission-critical space systems. Based in Littleton, CO, this role sits within the DevSecOps organization and focuses on reliable, scalable telemetry collection, storage, visualization, and alerting across production environments.
You will partner with Space Systems teams to enhance monitoring coverage, alert quality, dashboard usability, and operational response. Your work directly improves the reliability, performance, and security of software systems supporting space missions.
Key responsibilities include:
- Build and continuously improve the observability stack (Grafana, Grafana Mimir, kube-prometheus-stack, Grafana Alloy)
- Design and maintain scalable metrics collection, ingestion, retention, and query patterns for Kubernetes and cloud workloads
- Develop and maintain Grafana dashboards providing actionable insights to engineering teams and leadership
- Design, tune, and maintain alerting and notification workflows that reduce noise and enable effective incident response
- Partner with engineering teams to define service-level indicators, objectives, and monitoring standards
- Identify telemetry gaps and implement durable instrumentation improvements
- Integrate AWS CloudWatch and CloudTrail telemetry into the observability platform
- 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 and alert effectiveness
- Troubleshoot complex monitoring and alerting issues across AWS and GCP environments
- Work with development teams through code reviews to ensure observability is built in from the start
- Design and implement AI agents that detect, analyze, and troubleshoot software testing failures
- Build and maintain AI-powered quality automation ecosystems monitoring CI/CD pipelines
This is a technical individual contributor role for someone who enjoys making complex systems understandable and dependable. You will work in a fast-paced environment supporting space missions including interplanetary exploration, in-space manufacturing, and national security initiatives.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or other technical discipline
- 5+ years of experience in DevOps, site reliability engineering, platform engineering, or 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 required due to ITAR program requirements
NICE-TO-HAVE QUALIFICATIONS:
- Experience with Splunk
- Administration of data visualization platforms such as Grafana
- Administration of Time Series Databases such as Grafana Mimir
- Strong problem-solving skills with automation-first mindset and track record of improving production reliability
- Experience deploying and managing Prometheus-based monitoring with kube-prometheus-stack
- Experience configuring and operating Grafana Alloy
- Strong understanding of CI/CD pipeline automation, DevSecOps practices, and Kubernetes operations
- Experience with cloud networking concepts and troubleshooting
- Experience building dashboards using Grafana, Kibana, or custom visualization frameworks
- Knowledge of security testing tools and DevSecOps practices
- Aerospace background supporting satellite, spacecraft, constellation, or launch vehicle operations
- Expertise in Git-based workflows, CI/CD pipelines, and Kubernetes orchestration
- Experience with Kubecost
- Operating and building solutions within GovCloud environment
