[Hiring] OSS Cloud DevOps Engineer @AST SpaceMobile

Role Description

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 third-party vendor 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.

• 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

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field — or equivalent professional experience.
• A minimum of 3+ 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 or Kafka.
• Scripting & Automation: Proficiency in at least one scripting language (Python, Bash, or similar) for automation tasks.

Requirements

• 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.
• 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.