Senior Network & Datacenter Engineer – On‑Site

AST SpaceMobile

Lanham (MD)

On-site

Confidential

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

AST SpaceMobile is seeking a Senior Network and Infrastructure Engineer to build, maintain, and optimize the physical network and compute layer of our on-premises environments. The role ensures reliability, performance, and scalability of networks, firewalls, server hardware, racks, power, cabling, and related physical systems supporting global production, lab, and test workloads.

The ideal candidate brings hands-on datacenter operations experience with Cisco networking, physical compute

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
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Responsibilities

Deploy, install, rack, cable, and power physical servers, storage systems, and supporting hardware.
Perform hardware diagnostics, break/fix tasks, component replacement, and lifecycle upgrades.
Manage firmware, BIOS, and device-level updates to ensure reliability and security.
Maintain accurate inventory of physical compute assets, spares, and components.
Design, deploy, and manage enterprise network infrastructure using Cisco technologies (routers, switches, firewalls, VPNs).
Architect and implement AWS networking solutions (VPCs, Transit Gateway, Direct Connect, Route 53, security groups).
Ensure proper airflow, rack layout, cable management, power distribution, and space planning.
Coordinate with facilities for cooling, power budgeting, and physical security requirements.
Perform routine datacenter health checks, environmental monitoring, and audits.
Provide remote-hands support for global sites as required.
Provision bare-metal hosts and integrate hardware into virtualization or orchestration platforms.
Collaborate with SRE, cloud, networking, and platform teams to support high-availability workloads.
Troubleshoot hardware and OS-level issues (Linux/Windows) during physical interventions.
Maintain rack elevation diagrams, cabling maps, and hardware configuration records.
Develop and maintain SOPs for installation, decommissioning, maintenance, and emergency recovery.
Drive improvements in reliability, performance, physical infrastructure efficiency, and operational standards.