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Staff Packet Core Engineer

Dish Network

Dish Network

Littleton, CO, USA · United States
USD 151,681.91-151,681.91 / year
Posted on May 7, 2025
Company Summary

DISH, an EchoStar Company, has been reimagining the future of connectivity for more than 40 years. Our business reach spans satellite television service, live-streaming and on-demand programming, smart home installation services, mobile plans and products, and now we are building America’s First Smart Network™.

Today, our brands include EchoStar, Hughes, DISH TV, Sling TV, Boost Infinite, Boost Mobile, DISH Wireless, OnTech and GenMobile.


Department Summary

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Job Duties and Responsibilities

Staff Packet Core Engineer sought by DISH Wireless, L.L.C. in Littleton, Colorado.

Design, deploy, and support 5G core network functions across On-Premise or Public Cloud using the cloud-native infrastructure. Engage with vendor personnel at Nokia, Mavenir, and Oracle vendor personnel to set up new services and architecture. Manage 5G Network Functions (i.e., AMF/SMF/UPF, PCF, SCP, UDM/UDR, and Regulatory Services) and implement Service Based Interfaces. Responsible for Software LCM (Life Cycle Management), including Deployment using Orchestration, Integration with peer nodes, E2E Testing, and Software Upgrades. Investigate production customer-impacting issues to provide engineering recommendations and solutions. Participate in new feature testing for 5G Core Network functions concerning OSS/BSS systems interface. Analyze 4G/5G Call Flow related to voice/data and messaging services using 3GPP Specification reference.


Skills, Experience and Requirements

Requires Master’s degree (or foreign equivalent) in Telecommunications, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or closely related field plus 2 years of 5G Wireless Core Network Engineering, Telecommunication, OSS/BSS Software experience. Also requires experience with/using the following (which may have been gained concurrently):

  • 5G Packet Core (2 years)
  • Architecture, Design, implementation and troubleshooting (2 years)
  • Orchestration on Public Cloud (AWS required) (1 year)
  • RADCOM, Wireshark, Rekuten and Protocol Analysis tool set (2 years)
  • Kubernetes and Docker. (2 years)
  • DevOps and CI/CD methodology. (2 years)

Salary Ranges

Compensation: $151,681.91/Year
Benefits

Employment is contingent on successful completion of a pre-employment criminal background check, which may include a drug test.


Rate of Pay: $151,681.91


Benefits information available at careers.dish.com.


Apply at careers.dish.com. Ref: 2025-92608 if applying externally through careers.dish.com; Ref: 2025-92609 if applying internally. May also apply by emailing resume with (Ref: 2025-92609) to tasharedservices@dish.com. 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.