Telco SRE Engineer

<div class="content-intro"><p>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.</p></div><p><strong>Position Overview</strong></p> <p>We are looking for SRE/DevOps to join our AST’s Telco Software Development team to design and develop innovative telco software solutions and components. This is a hands-on engineering role for engineers who are motivated by building genuinely novel software in a fast-moving, greenfield environment. You will be embedded in a small, high-ownership team where your code ships into real network infrastructure, and where the technical decisions you contribute to will directly shape AST’s long-term differentiation. Candidates may come from a software engineering background (strong systems and backend, ideally with telecom exposure) or from other related engineering domains with solid software development skills.<br><br></p> <p><strong>Key Responsibilities:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Design and implement GitOps-driven infrastructure on Kubernetes using ArgoCD for continuous deployment and declarative infrastructure management</li> <li>Develop Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) solutions for telco infrastructure using Terraform and CloudFormation</li> <li>Build and optimize GitOps pipelines for automated, auditable infrastructure and application deployments</li> <li>Manage containerized workloads on Kubernetes clusters supporting LTE/5G core and RAN services</li> <li>Implement and optimize monitoring, logging, and alerting systems using Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, and similar tools</li> <li>Translate architectural specifications, interface control documents (ICDs), and functional & non-functional requirements into clean, well-tested, production-ready code</li> <li>Automate operational tasks to reduce manual toil and improve system reliability through declarative configuration management</li> <li>Document infrastructure architecture, runbooks, and standard operating procedures</li> <li>Collaborate with network engineers and software teams to ensure seamless infrastructure integration<br><br></li> </ul> <p><strong>Qualifications</strong></p> <p><strong>Education:</strong></p> <p>Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Telecommunications Engineering, or a related field — or equivalent professional experience.</p> <p><strong>Experience:</strong></p> <p>A minimum of 3+ years of DevOps/SRE production experience – exposure to telecom or network related development projects is a plus.</p> <ul> <li>Strong proficiency with Kubernetes, GitOps (ArgoCD), and containerization on AWS, Azure, or GCP</li> <li>Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, CloudFormation) and declarative CI pipelines (Azure pipelines, GitLab CI, or similar)</li> <li>Networking fundamentals</li> <li>Scripting/automation (Python, Bash, Go) and operations: monitoring (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK), security, compliance</li> <li>Demonstrated problem-solving ability and ownership mindset</li> <li>English proficiency at B2 level or above; able to collaborate effectively with peers and architects in a globally distributed team</li> </ul> <p><strong>Preferred Qualifications</strong>:</p> <ul> <li>Advanced GitOps patte