Principal Cloud Security Engineer
Rocket Lab Corporation2 months ago
Base Salary
$152k - $165k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and maintain security controls for hybrid cloud IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, and FaaS environments.
- Develop custom cybersecurity automation and support security-related design reviews, proofs of concept, documentation, and platform improvements.
- Conduct security assessments, risk analyses, vulnerability management, compliance reviews, and audits for cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and agentic systems.
- Implement and manage IAM solutions and configure and monitor cloud security tools and services.
- Collaborate with development and infrastructure teams to integrate security into SDLC, DevOps, and MLOps processes.
- Track emerging threats and vulnerabilities and provide guidance on incident response, compliance, security awareness, and proactive security improvements.
Requirements
- 12+ years of experience with Bash, PowerShell, Python, and configuration management or infrastructure-as-code tools such as Puppet, Ansible, and Terraform.
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent years of work experience, with 16+ years of total work experience as the stated education substitute.
- Experience designing and implementing cloud security architecture across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, including hands-on use of cloud security tools.
- Experience with U.S. Government compliance regimes such as CMMC, NIST, and DISA STIG, as well as ITIL and change review systems.
- Proficiency with vulnerability management systems, CLI scanning tools, version control, databases, data formats, analytics systems, and assessment engines listed in the posting.
- Strong understanding of networking, encryption, and secure communication protocols, plus extensive experience with Git-driven version control.
- U.S. citizenship is required due to program requirements.
- Preferred qualifications include an advanced degree or equivalent career experience, cybersecurity community involvement, and experience with GovCloud/GCC High, CI/CD security, hybrid cloud engineering, SAST/DAST, secrets management, HSMs, cloud incident response and forensics, and log aggregation.
Benefits
- Onsite position at Rocket Lab’s Long Beach, California office, with physical work that may include prolonged sitting, standing, walking, computer work, and occasional exposure to production-area noise, dust, and fumes.
- Base salary range is $152,300–$165,000 USD, with company stock included in total compensation.
- Employee Stock Purchase Program with a 15% company-stock discount.
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage, including HMO, PPO, and zero-cost HDHP options with an HSA contribution.
- Paid vacation and sick time, 11 paid holidays, flexible spending and dependent-care accounts, paid parental leave, disability and life insurance, and a 401(k) with company match.
- Additional perks include subsidized EV charging, onsite fitness centers where available, discounted gym memberships, snacks and beverages, merchandise discounts, and other employee discounts.