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Rocket Lab Corporation

Senior DevOps Engineer I

Chantilly, VA · On-site

$133.10K - $171K/yr

ABOUT ROCKET LAB Rocket Lab is an end-to-end space company delivering responsive launch services ... management, and release/deployment solutions for programs * Automate software deployments into ...

VTG

Systems Administrator Expert

Herndon, VA · On-site

... Lab Manager supporting a wide range of Government and customer environments. The ideal candidate will be responsible for overseeing the daily operations, infrastructure, configuration, and ...

BAE Systems

Systems Admin Sr Prin II

Herndon, VA · On-site

$149.60K - $254.32K/yr

... Manager. Positions work under minimal technical guidance to oversee the daily operations, physical infrastructure, and logical organization of an R&D and Customer Proof of Concept (PoC) lab.

Raytheon

RF Mechanical Engineer II

Columbia, MD

Support lab operations by designing, fabricating, and troubleshooting test fixturing and equipment * Supplier management for built to print or build to specification RF and Photonic products ...

Raytheon

Senior RF Mechanical Engineer

Columbia, MD

$103.70K - $137K/yr

Support lab operations by designing, fabricating, and troubleshooting test fixturing and equipment * Supplier management for built to print or build to specification RF and Photonic products ...

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As of May 31, 2026, the average yearly pay for manager lab operations in Washington is $71,870.00, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $46,400.00 and $87,800.00 per year, depending on experience, location, and employer.

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A Manager Lab Operations is responsible for overseeing the daily activities and overall functioning of a laboratory. They ensure that lab processes run smoothly, manage staff, maintain safety standards, and handle budgeting and resource allocation. Their role often includes implementing policies, streamlining workflows, and ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements. Effective communication and leadership skills are essential in this role, as they coordinate with scientists, technicians, and administrative personnel.
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Senior Manager, DevOps Engineering

PSC by Rocket Lab

Chantilly, VA • On-site

$134.40K - $172.60K/yr

Full-time

Posted 6 days ago

Job description

Job Summary:
Rocket Lab is an end-to-end space company delivering responsive launch services and spacecraft design. The Senior Manager, DevOps Engineering will lead a team responsible for deploying applications for advanced space payloads and driving best practices for AWS Cloud-based architecture.
Responsibilities:
• 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.
Qualifications:
Required:
• 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.
Preferred:
• 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.
Company:
Planetary Systems Corporation (PSC) by Rocket Lab is a Maryland-based aerospace hardware company delivering mechanical separation systems and satellite dispensers with 100% mission success. Founded in 1998, the company is headquartered in Silver Spring, USA, with a team of 11-50 employees. The company is currently Early Stage.

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