Principal Cloud Security EngineerActive

Rocket Lab
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The opportunity

Rocket Lab is the end-to-end space company building rockets, spacecraft, and critical subsystems that keep the world connected, protected, expand humanity’s reach to the Moon, Mars, and beyond. We move fast, build real hardware for meaningful missions, and make the impossible routine.

What you'll do

  • Design, implement, and maintain security controls for hybrid cloud-based: environments, including infrastructure as a service (IaaS), platform as a service (PaaS), software as a service (SaaS), and function as a service (FaaS) solutions.

  • Design and develop custom automation in pursuit of cyber team objectives.

  • Provide security support for internal and external design reviews related to security.

  • Conduct security assessments and risk analyses to identify vulnerabilities: and develop mitigation strategies for automated infrastructure such as public cloud, CI/CD pipelines, and agentic systems.

  • Work with Infrastructure Operations to Implement and manage identity and: access management (IAM) solutions to control access to cloud resources and applications.

  • Develop documentation, plans, and proofs of concept for cybersecurity-related platform improvements.

What they're looking for

  • Configure and monitor cloud security tools and services.
  • Collaborate with development teams to integrate security best practices into: the software development lifecycle (SDLC), DevOps, and MLOps processes.
  • Maintain systems to help the team stay up-to-date on emerging threats,: vulnerabilities, and industry best practices related to DevSecOps/MLOps and recommend proactive measures to enhance security posture.
  • Provide guidance and support to internal teams on security-related matters,: including incident response, compliance, and security awareness training.