Senior DevOps Engineer I — Observability

Job overview

The Senior DevOps Engineer I — Observability role is onsite at Rocket Lab’s global headquarters in Long Beach, CA. The posting lists a California base pay range of $124,000–$171,000 per year. The role is part of the DevSecOps organization and supports Space Systems, whose work includes spacecraft, payloads, and components for space missions. The engineer builds and improves the observability platform so teams can understand the health and performance of mission-critical systems. The work strengthens monitoring, alerting, operational response, and software reliability and security across systems supporting space missions.

What you'll do

• Build, operate, and improve the observability stack, including Grafana, Grafana Mimir, kube-prometheus-stack, and Grafana Alloy
• design metrics collection, ingestion, retention, and query patterns for Kubernetes and cloud workloads
• develop dashboards
• tune alerting and notification workflows
• partner with engineering teams on service-level indicators, objectives, and monitoring standards
• identify telemetry gaps
• integrate AWS CloudWatch and CloudTrail
• manage infrastructure through Terraform, Git, and CI/CD
• troubleshoot monitoring issues across AWS and GCP
• participate in code reviews and integrated pipelines
• design AI agents for software testing failure analysis and maintain AI-powered quality automation ecosystems.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

senior devops engineer

observability

long beach ca

rocket lab

grafana

kubernetes

terraform

aws

gcp

ai/ml automation

ci/cd

5+ years experience

bachelor’s degree

$124,000–$171,000/year

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Company stock
• Employee Stock Purchase Program with 15% discount
• medical, dental, and vision plans
• paid vacation and sick time
• 11 paid holidays
• paid parental leave
• disability and life insurance
• 401(k) match
• additional employee perks.

Why this role

Company stock and an Employee Stock Purchase Program with a 15% discount; comprehensive benefits include medical, dental, vision, paid leave, and a 401(k) match. U.S. citizenship is required by program requirements.

About the employer

Rocket Lab Corporation is hiring for this role. Industry: Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Manufacturing. Sector: 33.