Senior Systems Engineer

Company Summary
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.
Department Summary
Our Wireless Technology team is pioneering the future of connectivity. We're developing and enhancing a unique hybrid network model-combining our advanced, cloud-native 5G core with the nationwide reach of our partners. This approach ensures our network is flexible and powerful, designed to satisfy the social, economic, and transformative needs of the changing world.
Job Duties and Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities:

• Deploying, maintaining, and managing systems supporting the network infrastructure composed of diverse technologies like Linux, Windows, AWS, VMware, and databases.
• Focusing on enhancing system reliability, performance, and security through monitoring, logging, and tracing.
• Translating high-level business requirements into technical project plans and maintaining high-level (HLD) and low-level (LLD) designs for systems.
• Contributing to the development of automation requirements for systems deployments, software lifecycle management, and operations support.
• Applying networking knowledge for seamless infrastructure communication.
• Actively participating in incident management, ensuring rapid response and recovery in case of system failures or outages.

Skills, Experience and Requirements
Required Skills and Qualifications
Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field, or equivalent work experience
• 7+ years experience with systems engineering responsibilities supporting Linux, Windows, AWS, VMware, and database management (MySQL, PostgreSQL, Mongo, and Redis).

Technical Skills

• Proven system engineering and administration experience.
• Solid networking knowledge including IP fundamentals, and experience with use of DHCP and DNS network services.
• Practical experience supporting implementation and support of Infoblox NIOS DHCP/DNS/IPAM (DDI) products and features.
• Automation experience supporting systems administration, not limited to Ansible, Shell scripting and/or Python scripting to perform standard operations.
• Experience with various Fault/Performance management systems (Solarwinds, Splunk, Cisco Vitria Via AIOps, Cisco Matrix).
• Experience with containerization and orchestration (e.g., Docker and Kubernetes, AWS EKS).
• Experience with CI/CD Tools: Jenkins, GitLab CI
• Experinece with Ticketing platforms: HP, JIRA, Remedy, QC-ALM, Rally

Soft Skills

• Strong problem-solving, time management, and multitasking skills.
• Excellent communication, teamwork, and adaptability to new technologies.
• Exceptional organizational skills to manage multiple projects concurrently, with competing priorities and periodic interruptions.

Visa sponsorship not available for this role
Salary Ranges
Compensation: $96,250.00/Year - $145,000.00/Year
Benefits
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. Our company is committed to fostering an inclusive and equitable workplace where every individual has the opportunity to succeed. We are dedicated to providing individuals with criminal or arrest records a fair chance of employment in accordance with local, state, and federal laws.
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.
We pride ourselves on developing and promoting talent as an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. EchoStar will accommodate the sincerely held religious beliefs of employees if such accommodations are not undue hardships and are otherwise within the bounds of applicable law. All qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with local, state, and federal law. You may redact any information that identifies age, date of birth, or dates of school/graduation from your application documents before submission and throughout our application process.
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