{"id":1302875,"url":"https://alion.io/job/ast-science-edge-compute-engineer","title":"Edge Compute Engineer","company":{"id":2057930,"name":"AST SpaceMobile","domain":"ast-science.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/ast-science","size_band":"501-1000","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Greenhouse","truth_index":null},"role":"Industrial Engineering","role_family":"Industrial Engineering","seniority":"senior","employment_type":null,"work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Riga, Latvia"],"countries":["LV"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":40000,"max_usd":85000,"period":"year","method":"global_role_cell_scaled_by_country","sample_n":2945},"experience_years_min":5,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"Amazon EC2","optional":false},{"name":"Ansible","optional":false},{"name":"AWS","optional":false},{"name":"Configuration Management","optional":false},{"name":"Confluence","optional":false},{"name":"Debian","optional":false},{"name":"Docker","optional":false},{"name":"Draw.io","optional":false},{"name":"Git","optional":false},{"name":"GitOps","optional":false},{"name":"Grafana","optional":false},{"name":"IAM","optional":false},{"name":"Jira","optional":false},{"name":"Kubernetes","optional":false},{"name":"Linux","optional":false},{"name":"PKI","optional":false},{"name":"Platform Engineering","optional":false},{"name":"Prometheus","optional":false},{"name":"State Management","optional":false},{"name":"Terraform","optional":false},{"name":"Ubuntu","optional":false},{"name":"VictoriaMetrics","optional":false},{"name":"VMWare","optional":false},{"name":"VPN","optional":false},{"name":"Azure","optional":true},{"name":"Azure DevOps","optional":true},{"name":"cert-manager","optional":true},{"name":"GitHub Actions","optional":true},{"name":"GitLab CI","optional":true},{"name":"OPNsense","optional":true},{"name":"Packer","optional":true},{"name":"pfSense","optional":true}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-09-25T15:39:04Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-09-25","last_verified_at":"2026-09-27T00:27:23Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":1,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":0,"flags":["company_stale"],"days_open":1},"description":"AST SpaceMobile is building the first and only global cellular broadband network in space to operate directly with standard, unmodified mobile devices based on our extensive IP and patent portfolio and designed for both commercial and government applications. Our engineers and space scientists are on a mission to eliminate the connectivity gaps faced by today’s five billion mobile subscribers and finally bring broadband to the billions who remain unconnected.\nPosition Overview\nWe are seeking a Edge Compute Engineer to join the Latvia Design Center as the primary owner of our ground-segment compute and storage stack running the edge workloads running across all AST ground gateway stations. The Edge Compute Engineer owns the design, provisioning, and lifecycle of this platform across the full gateway fleet globally.\nThis is a design-and-operate role for a senior engineer who can define the edge compute reference architecture, build an IaC-driven fleet management stack, and take hands-on operational ownership. As the fleet scales, this role will also shape the edge compute platform for future edge functions beyond the current scope.\nKey Responsibilities:\nDefine and own the edge compute reference architecture: virtualization platform (VMware-based virtualization or Kubernetes), VM/container topology, storage layout, virtual networking, and resource governance across the gateway fleet\nDesign the platform to support confirmed edge workloads with headroom and architectural provision for deployment of future edge workloads\nMaintain architecture documentation, platform design records, and operational runbooks\nBuild and maintain Terraform-based provisioning pipelines and PXE/TFTP-based boot and instance management for consistent, repeatable gateway node deployment\nImplement Ansible-based configuration management and GitOps workflows to enforce auditable configuration state across all hypervisor nodes remotely\nManage virtualization cluster operations (VMware-based virtualization or Kubernetes): VM/pod lifecycle, HA, storage pools, virtual networking, and patching automation\nMaintain platform-level observability integrated into the central Prometheus/Grafana/VictoriaMetrics stack and support capacity planning as the fleet expands\nEnforce OS hardening baselines, PKI/certificate lifecycle (IAM Roles Anywhere, mTLS), encrypted storage, and firewall rules aligned with AST’s security governance\nCoordinate with on-site teams or vendors for server firmware, BIOS, and RAID configuration as needed; maintain accurate hardware and software inventory across the fleet\nQualifications\nEducation:\nBachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Telecommunications Engineering, or a related field - or equivalent professional experience.\nExperience:\nA minimum of 5 to 8 years of hands-on experience in infrastructure or platform engineering, with a strong focus on hypervisor administration, Linux systems, and infrastructure-as-code. Demonstrated experience designing and operating distributed or edge compute environments.\nDeep hands-on VMware-based virtualization or Kubernetes (K8s) - cluster management, HA/DRS, virtual networking, storage pools\nAdvanced administration (RHEL, Ubuntu, Debian) - systemd, network stack tuning, performance profiling, security hardening\nTerraform for infrastructure provisioning; PXE/TFTP-based boot and instance management; fleet-scale state management\nAnsible and GitOps workflows for drift-free, pipeline-driven configuration enforcement\nCisco/Juniper networking (switching/routing), VLANs, VPN (IPsec/WireGuard), PrivateLink/private connectivity, last-mile network management, firewall management\nAWS hybrid cloud - Direct Connect, Site-to-Site VPN, PrivateLink integration with on-premises infrastructure\nCertificate lifecycle management, mTLS, IAM Roles Anywhere, access control for production edge infrastructure\nPrometheus, Grafana, VictoriaMetrics - hypervisor and VM health dashboards and alerting\nDocker and Kubernetes sufficient to support containerized workloads on the edge platform\nEnglish proficiency at B2 level or above; able to collaborate effectively with peers in a globally distributed team\nSoft Skills:\nPlatform ownership mindset - treats the edge compute fleet as a product to be designed, documented, and evolved, not just kept alive\nProactive risk awareness - spots capacity constraints, configuration drift, and security gaps before they become incidents\nDisciplined remote operator - rigorous about change management, rollback planning, and validation procedures when working on live infrastructure without physical access\nClear technical communicator - documents architecture and runbooks precisely enough that a new team member can operate the fleet independently\nCollaborative across disciplines - works naturally with OSS architects, DevOps engineers, security, and network teams without needing a detailed brief for each interaction\nComposed under pressure - methodical and structured during incident response, even when coordinating across time zones with remote site teams\nTechnology Stack:\nVMware-based virtualization or Kubernetes (K8s)\nTerraform, PXE/TFTP, Packer\nAnsible, GitOps (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps)\nRHEL, Ubuntu, Debian\nDocker, Kubernetes\nCisco / Juniper (or equivalent), VLANs, IPsec / WireGuard VPN, PrivateLink, last-mile network management, firewall management (pfSense / OPNsense or equivalent)\nmTLS, cert-manager or equivalent\nPrometheus, Grafana, VictoriaMetrics, ELK stack\nAWS EC2, PrivateLink, Site-to-Site VPN / Direct Connect, IAM Roles Anywhere\nGit, Jira, Confluence, draw.io\nPhysical Requirements\nAbility to work in a standard office or remote home-office environment and use a computer for extended periods\nAbility to participate in occasional after-hours incident response actions\nThis job description may not be inclusive to the duties and responsibilities listed. Additional tasks may be assigned to the employee from time to time or the scope of the job may change as needed by business demands. \nAST SpaceMobile is an Equal Opportunity, at will Employer; employment is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.","description_format":"text","description_chars":6431,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":5,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[{"language":"English","level":"Upper-Intermediate (B2)","optional":false}]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Telecommunications"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-26T12:21:47Z"}],"liveness":{"score":86,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.86,"p_room":1,"age_days":1,"expected_fill_days":39,"reasons":["conf:0","win:early","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-09-27T00:58:18Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/ast-science-edge-compute-engineer","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/ast-science-edge-compute-engineer.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-09-27T00:58:18Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","usage":{"tier":"crawler","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":873,"day_limit":5000,"remaining_today":4127,"minute_limit":60,"resets_at":"2026-09-28T00:00:00Z"}}}