Dish TV Network is Looking for Senior System Engineer Full Time

DISH 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.

A Systems Engineer I with Dish Wireless will be directly working in environments supporting automated deployment and management on a VMWare 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.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Install, test, and administer virtualization using VMware and Hyper-V tools or similar interfaces
• Implement and maintain the computer systems so they are compliant with the organization’s guidelines or SOP (Standards Operating Procedure)
• Participate as first responder to critical incidents, ensuring rapid technical response
• Create and maintain technical documentation and standard operating procedures
• Develop automated responses to incidents so that manual intervention is not necessary
• Manage priority of issues and tickets to maintain the healthy operation of the wireless platform

A successful System Engineer I will have the following at a minimum:

• Associate’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical degree two years related experience or equivalent combination of education and experience
• 1 or more years of professional experience in VMware services and tools
• Direct experience with administering multiple VMware products across multiple remote locations and data centers
• 1 or more years experience in programming using one or more of the following: Java, C++, Perl, Python, Ruby, or advanced Shell scripting

Preferred additional experience:

• Understands concepts of Infrastructure-As-Code, automated deployments, and cluster management within a CI/CD Pipeline
• Has provided lower-tier support for:
  • Bare-metal and virtual machines
  • Cloud-native environments
  • Network equipment
• Experience with VMWARE infrastructure in an enterprise environment
• Experience in Kubernetes regarding containers / Microservices principles
• Disciplined practice of producing, maintaining, and versioning system documentation