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EchoStar is reimagining the future of connectivity. Our business reach spans satellite television service, live-streaming and on-demand programming, smart home installation services, mobile plans and products.

Today, our brands include Boost Mobile, DISH TV, Gen Mobile, Hughes and Sling TV.

Surpassing network limitations of the past, our Wireless Deployment organization is building the country’s first cloud-native, standalone 5G wireless network. This is the foundation of a connected world flexible enough to satisfy all the social, economic and transformative needs of today and the future.

This position will support our Open RAN Center for Integration and Deployment (ORCID), serving a critical role in strengthening the global Open RAN ecosystem and building the next generation of wireless networks.

This exciting grant represents NTIA's (National Telecommunications and Information Administration) largest award under the Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Fund. Learn more about the grant here: https://ir.dish.com/news-releases/news-release-details/dish-wireless-awarded-50-million-ntia-grant-5g-open-ran

A Senior Systems Engineer with DISH Wireless will be directly working in environments supporting automated deployment and management on a cloud native environment. This role will work directly towards increasing automated recovery and zero touch provisioning using tools like: Kubernetes, Ansible, Terraform, Gitlab, Jenkins, and more.

Key Responsibilities:

• Mentor junior engineers and new team members, providing technical guidance
• Develop highly available, fault-tolerant infrastructure designs and solutions
• Establish standards and guidelines for Virtualization Platform infrastructure design, development, deployment, and maintenance
• Proactively recommend updates to software or architecture before reaching capacity limits
• Develop automated incident response processes to eliminate the need for manual intervention
• Champion and communicate system metrics (MTBF, MTTR) to decision-makers regularly

Education and Experience:

• Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field, with six years of experience or equivalent
• 6+ years of professional experience in Virtualization Platform services and tools
• 3+ years of programming experience in Java, C++, Perl, Python, Ruby, or advanced Shell scripting

Skills and Qualifications:

• Direct experience in bare-metal deployments of Virtualization Platform infrastructure
• Hands-on experience in Infrastructure-As-Code, automating deployments, cluster management, and systems security within a CI/CD Pipeline
• Experience with VMware on Cloud (VMC) on AWS and VMware infrastructure in large enterprise environments
• Knowledge of Kubernetes for containers and Microservices principles
• Practice of producing, maintaining, and versioning system documentation

We offer versatile health perks, including flexible spending accounts, HSA, a 401(k) Plan with company match, ESPP, career opportunities and a flexible time away plan; all benefits can be viewed here: DISH Benefits.

The base pay range shown is a guideline. Individual total compensation will vary based on factors such as qualifications, skill level and competencies; compensation is based on the role's location and is subject to change based on work location. Candidates need to successfully complete a pre-employment screen, which may include a drug test and DMV check.

The posting will be active for a minimum of 3 days. The active posting will continue to extend by 3 days until the position is filled.