OSS DevOps Engineer

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.

Position Overview

We are seeking a skilled DevOps / Cloud Engineer to join the team responsible for managing core network platform - OSS. In this role, you will design, deploy, and operate cloud and hybrid infrastructure, build and maintain CI/CD pipelines, and take ownership of running in-house developed and third-party vendor delivered software in our environment. You will bridge the gap between infrastructure and application operations, ensuring our systems are scalable, secure, highly available, and cost-efficient.

Key Responsibilities:

Design, deploy, and manage AWS cloud and hybrid infrastructure solutions using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools

Deploy, operate, and maintain cloud environments across multi-account and multi-region AWS architectures

Deploy, configure, and operate vendor-supplied software within our cloud/hybrid environment, serving as the operational owner for these applications

Coordinate with vendors on installation, upgrades, patching, and configuration changes, translating vendor requirements into infrastructure and deployment solutions

Ensure vendor applications meet our availability, performance, and security standards through own monitoring and incident management processes

Own the security, availability, and reliability of infrastructure, applying best practices for IAM, encryption, and vulnerability management

Build, maintain, and improve CI/CD pipelines that automate testing, security scanning, and deployment workflows

Automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration management, and operational tasks to eliminate manual toil

Implement and maintain monitoring, alerting, and observability tooling to enable proactive issue detection and resolution

Analyze cloud performance metrics and resource utilization to continuously optimize system efficiency and control costs

Partner closely with internal and vendor teams to align on cloud infrastructure deployment and integration practices - bridging code and underlying infrastructure

Provide technical guidance and mentoring to teammates, driving engineering excellence

Qualifications

Education:

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field - or equivalent professional experience.

Experience:

A minimum of 5+ years of hands-on experience in cloud infrastructure, DevOps, or site reliability engineering roles.

Public Cloud Expertise (AWS, Azure or GCP): Proven hands-on experience with public cloud services including compute, networking, databases, K8s, IAM, monitoring

Infrastructure as Code: Proficiency in Terraform or AWS CDK for building and managing infrastructure at scale

CI/CD: Demonstrated experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, ArgoCD)

Containerization & Orchestration: Solid experience with Docker and K8s for application deployment and management

Hybrid & Multi-Environment Operations: Experience operating workloads across cloud and on-premises or hybrid environments

Third-Party Software Operations: Experience deploying and managing vendor-provided applications in cloud environments, including coordination of upgrades, patching, and configuration

Databases: Hands-on experience with SQL (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL/RDS) and NoSQL (e.g., DynamoDB, Redis/Elasticache) databases

Messaging & Queuing: Familiarity with message-driven systems such as SQS, RabbitMQ and/or Kafka

Scripting & Automation: Proficiency in at least one scripting language (Python, Bash, or similar) for automation tasks

Preferred Qualifications:

AWS or Azure/GCP certification (e.g., AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, Solutions Architect)

Skills in remote debugging and troubleshooting distributed systems

Familiarity with security and compliance frameworks (e.g., SOC 2, ISO 27001)

Experience with observability platforms (e.g. Prometheus/Grafana, ELK)

English proficiency at B2 level or above; able to collaborate effectively with global, cross-functional teams

Experience in software development is a plus

Background in telecom, satellite, or other high-availability, mission-critical environments is a plus

Soft Skills:

Strong problem-solving mindset with a bias toward automation and operational efficiency

Collaborative and communicative - comfortable working in a globally distributed team

Ownership mentality - take responsibility for end-to-end reliability of systems under your care

Adaptable and self-directed, with the ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment

Meticulous attention to detail in documentation, change management, and operational procedures

Technology Stack:

Cloud - AWS (EC2, EKS, RDS, DynamoDB, Elasticache, S3, Route53, VPC networking, IAM, CloudWatch)

IaC - Terraform, AWS CDK

Containers & Orchestration - Docker, K8s

CI/CD - GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, ArgoCD (or similar)

Messaging - SQS, Kafka, RabbitMQ

Scripting - Python, Bash

Databases - PostgreSQL, MySQL, DynamoDB, Redis

Monitoring & Observability - Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch

Version Control - Git

Physical Requirements

Ability to work in a standard office or remote home-office environment and use a computer for extended periods

Ability to participate in occasional after-hours incident response actions

This 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 .

AST 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.