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Senior Cloud Engineer

AT DISH
DISH

Senior Cloud Engineer

Littleton, CO

CO Salary Range: USD 96,250.00 - 158,125.00 per year

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 Mobile and Gen Mobile.

Department Summary

Our Wireless Technology organization is transforming the future of connectivity. We're doing it by building the country's first virtualized, standalone 5G wireless network from scratch. The foundation of a connected world, it's a network free of the limitations of the past, and flexible enough to satisfy all the social, economic and transformative needs of the changing world.

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Job Duties and Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities:
  • Act in a technical leadership capacity: Mentor junior engineers and new team members, and apply technical expertise to challenging programming and design problems
  • Develop highly available, fault-tolerant platform/cloud infrastructure designs and solutions
  • Establishes standards and guidelines for the design & development, tuning, deployment and maintenance of platform/cloud infrastructure, including backups, upgrade, and automation processes
  • Administration of ecr, ec2, ecs, iam, database, OSs and applications
  • Proactively identify and recommend updates to software or architecture as necessary before reaching capacity limitations
  • Create and maintain technical documentation and standard operating procedures
  • Monitor for and troubleshooting/triaging system problems
  • Develop automated responses to incidents so that manual intervention is not necessary
  • Champion system metrics (MTBF, MTTR, etc.) and convey them to decision makers on a regular basis
  • Manage priority of issues and tickets and participate in rotating an on-call schedule with other members of the team, including weekends
Skills, Experience and Requirements

Education and Experience:
  • Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical degree; six years related experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience
  • 4 or more years experience in Amazon Web Services or related technical experience
  • 4 or more years experience in programming using one or more of the following: Java, C++, Perl, Python, or advanced Shell scripting.
  • 3 or more years of experience performing general Linux and/or Windows system administration; including installation, maintenance, upgrade, configuration, performance tuning, troubleshooting and resolving operating system issues
  • 2 or more years experience with Agile at Scale, SAFe, and Lean Systems Engineering


Skills and Qualifications:
  • Ability to work in teams and collaborate with others to clarify requirements, quickly identify problems, and collaboratively find creative solutions
  • Ability to assist in documenting requirements as well as resolve conflicts or ambiguities
  • Highly developed written and verbal communication skills
  • Proven experience in Infrastructure-As-Code, automating deployments, cluster management, and systems security within a CI/CD Pipeline
Salary Ranges

Compensation: $96,250.00/Year - $158,125.00/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.

Client-provided location(s): Littleton, CO, USA
Job ID: Dish-89909
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