Principal Cloud Security Engineer

Rocket Lab - Long Beach, CA

Hiring: Principal Cloud Security Engineer Company: Rocket Lab Location: Long Beach, CA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-16 22:26:00 Employment Type: Hybrid Target Skills & Keywords : AWS, Ansible, Azure, Bash, Bitbucket, CI/CD, Configuration Management, DAST, ELK Stack, Encryption, GCP, Git, GitHub, GitLab, IAM, IaaS, Infrastructure as Code, Jupyter, MLOps, PaaS, Parquet, PostgreSQL, PowerShell, Puppet, Python, SAST, SQLite, SaaS, Splunk, Terraform, Trivy About the job Experience: •12+ years of experience in scripting languages (e.g., Bash, PowerShell, Python) and configuration management/infrastructure as code tools (e.g., Puppet, Ansible, Terraform). •16+ years of total work experience) Required Skills: •Rocket Lab’s IT team is responsible for how our global teams access information and run operations across our computer systems, networks, and devices. •They will support the IT organization to develop a secure, reliable, and fiercely efficient platform to empower the Rocket Lab’s objectives as a rapidly growing multinational space company. Qualifications: •Proficiency in analytics systems (e.g., PowerBI, Jupyter) and vendor-agnostic assessment engines (e.g., Cloud Custodian, Panther). •U.S. citizenship is required, due to program requirements. •These Qualifications Would Be Nice To Have •Advanced degree in computer science, information technology, cybersecurity, or equivalent career experience •Involvement with community cybersecurity organizations •AWS GovCloud / Azure GCC High •Secrets management / vaults / HSMs •Log aggregators like Graylog, ELK, or Splunk Compensation: •Competitive benefits and rewards package Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!