Director, IT Infrastructure
Rocket Lab Corporation•Long Beach, CA
•$174,800 - $233,000•Onsite
About The Position
Based onsite at either our Long Beach, CA or Auckland, NZ facilities, the Director, IT Infrastructure reports to the CIO and develops IT support system strategies, processes and procedures to deliver reliable, repeatable, and scalable information technology solutions to meet Rocket Lab’s expanding business needs. This employee will ensure the efficient delivery of technology to meet the needs of Rocket Lab employees while ensuring high level of security and compliance standards.
Requirements
- 12+ years' experience with increasing responsibility in IT infrastructure with Operations, Data Centers, Virtualization, O365, Networks, Support, and Security.
- IT leadership in a globally diverse organization.
- Experience in high tech, engineering and/or manufacturing organizations.
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, or other relevant fields.
- US citizenship is required, due to program requirements.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in a high-availability 24/7 Cloud/AWS/Azure and On-Prem environment.
- Technical expertise in components like Windows, Linux, VMWare, iSeries, Networking, SAN, Switches, Firewall, Wifi and Access Points, etc.
- Experience with M&A (due diligence, integration planning, execution) and impacts on IT.
- Prior experience in rapid growth environment.
Responsibilities
- Development of a high performing team of IT engineers, located around the world, with priority on enabling our engineers to design, develop, and manufacture world class technology products and solutions.
- Leader in compute, storage, network, OS, and Devops technologies required to support a dynamic engineering company that is developing the latest Rocket and Satellite technology.
- Defines and manages IT infrastructure priorities with business leaders of Space Systems and Launch Operation teams to ensure aggressive business priorities are achieved by the team.
- Develops industry leading processes and procedures for manage global infrastructures services across many Rocket Lab facilities, with on-premises infrastructure as well as cloud-based infrastructure, while delivering high availably and uptime.
- Ensures fleet of infrastructure equipment meets Rocket Lab security and compliance standards.
- Develops relationships with vendors for procurement of IT software and hardware. Negotiates most favorable agreements for Rocket Lab.
- Develop strategy for 24x7 global support model.
- Travel domestically and internationally up to 30% of the time to support IT infrastructure operations globally.
Benefits
- Company stock as part of your total compensation package
- Employee Stock Purchase Program (with a 15% discount on company stock)
- Top-tier medical plans (HMO, PPO, and a zero cost HDHP option with a significant HSA company contribution)
- Dental and vision coverage
- Paid vacation and sick time
- 11 paid holidays
- Flexible spending and dependent care accounts
- Paid parental leave
- Disability and life insurance
- 401(k) retirement plan with company match
- Subsidized EV charging
- Onsite fitness centers (where available)
- Discounted gym memberships
- Complimentary snacks and beverages
- 50% employee discount on our popular merch store
- Variety of other employee discounts
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
