# Principal Network Engineer

ABOUT ROCKET LAB 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. Come shape the future with us. ABOUT THE ROLE Every Rocket Lab launch depends on networks that perform the first time, every time. From the HMIs and telemetry servers at the pad to live streams, mission control and customer connectivity, our Launch networks keep engineers, operators and customers connected through every stage of a mission. Based in our Auckland Production Complex, the Principal Network Engineer will be responsible for the implementation, administration and operation of all networks and firewalls supporting Launch and Launch Operations. This includes our Electron and Neutron launch systems and related sites, such as rocket launch sites and engine test facilities. You'll lead upgrades and new site commissioning, set the standards that keep our Launch infrastructure secure and reliable, and be the go-to network expert for the Launch team. This is a senior, hands-on techn

- **Id**: 3950616
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/rocket-lab-principal-network-engineer>
- **Role**: Networking
- **Role family**: Networking
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Auckland, New Zealand
- **Countries**: NZ
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 7
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-09T02:45:35Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-09
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-09T02:55:59Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 7358
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Launch Services, Satellite Manufacturing

## Company

- **Id**: 684473
- **Name**: Rocket Lab
- **Domain**: rocketlab.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/rocketlab-2>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Greenhouse

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 80
- **Open postings**: 74
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.784
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 44
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

## Technologies

- **Active Directory** — Optional: yes
- **AWS** — Optional: yes
- **Azure** — Optional: yes
- **DHCP** — Optional: yes
- **DNS** — Optional: yes
- **ISO 27001** — Optional: yes
- **Kubernetes** — Optional: yes
- **NIST 800-171** — Optional: yes
- **PKI** — Optional: yes
- **VMWare** — Optional: yes
- **Windows** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 7
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: yes

### Education

- **Level**: phd
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-09T02:55:59Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 44
- **Reasons**: conf:1, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T04:05:14Z

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