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Big Data Operations Engineer

AT DISH
DISH

Big Data Operations Engineer

Englewood, CO

CO Salary Range: USD 72,400.00 - 103,400.00 per year

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 Technology teams challenge the status quo and reimagine capabilities across industries. Whether through research and development, technology innovation or solution engineering, our people play vital roles in connecting consumers with the products and platforms of tomorrow.

Job Duties and Responsibilities

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As a Big Data Operations Engineer you will play a crucial role in managing and optimizing the infrastructure and processes involved in handling large volumes of data. In this role your primary responsibility will be to ensure the smooth and efficient operation of big data systems, typically within organizations dealing with massive datasets. Key aspects of their role include designing, implementing, and maintaining scalable and reliable data architectures.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Evangelist for data engineering function leveraging Big Data framework
  • Monitoring data pipeline
  • Support our software engineers and data scientists
  • Contribute to our cloud strategy based on prior experience
  • Independently work with all stakeholders across the organization to deliver enhanced functionality
  • Monitor Jobs using Oozie, Control M
  • Generate alerts for frequent job failures and come up with automation
  • Work with offshore team
  • Respond to emails, job failure within defined SLA
Skills, Experience and Requirements

Education and Experience:
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
  • 2+ years of experience in advanced Spark/Java programming. Specifically, monitoring Big Data data engineering jobs.
  • 2+ years SQL experience using Hive/Impala framework including SQL performance tuning
Skills and Qualifications:
  • Must be from a Data warehouse/Big Data background.
  • Knowledge of using, setting up, and tuning resource management frameworks such as Yarn or Mesos
  • Experienced in production support for Big data pipelines, MapReduce framework, Oozie workflows, and scoop Jobs and external schedulers such as Autosys/Control-M
  • Experience in maintaining streaming jobs (producers/consumers) using Apache Kafka or AWS Kinesis
  • Experience in AWS services such as EMR, Glue, S3, Athena, DynamoDB, IAM, Lambda, Cloud watch
Salary Ranges

Compensation: $72,400.00/Year - $103,400.00/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.

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.

Client-provided location(s): Englewood, CO, USA
Job ID: Dish-90926
Employment Type: Other

Perks and Benefits

  • Health and Wellness

    • Health Insurance
    • Vision Insurance
    • Dental Insurance
    • Short-Term Disability
    • Long-Term Disability
    • HSA
    • HSA With Employer Contribution
    • FSA
    • Life Insurance
    • FSA With Employer Contribution
    • Fitness Subsidies
    • Pet Insurance
    • Mental Health Benefits
  • Parental Benefits

    • Birth Parent or Maternity Leave
    • Adoption Leave
    • Family Support Resources
  • Work Flexibility

    • Flexible Work Hours
    • Four-Day Work Week
  • Office Life and Perks

    • Commuter Benefits Program
    • Happy Hours
    • Snacks
    • Company Outings
    • On-Site Cafeteria
    • Holiday Events
  • Vacation and Time Off

    • Personal/Sick Days
    • Paid Vacation
    • Paid Holidays
    • Sabbatical
    • Leave of Absence
  • Financial and Retirement

    • 401(K)
    • 401(K) With Company Matching
    • Profit Sharing
    • Stock Purchase Program
    • Relocation Assistance
  • Professional Development

    • Tuition Reimbursement
    • Access to Online Courses
    • Internship Program
    • Work Visa Sponsorship
    • Leadership Training Program
    • Learning and Development Stipend
    • Promote From Within
    • Mentor Program
    • Shadowing Opportunities
    • Lunch and Learns