OSS DevOps Engineer

About the role

AST SpaceMobile and our global partners are building the first and only space-based cellular broadband network to be accessible by standard smartphones. Called SpaceMobile, this ultra-powerful network is being designed to provide connectivity at 4G/5G speeds everywhere on the planet – on land, at sea and in flight.

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