Senior Network 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 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.
Job Duties and Responsibilities
Boost Mobile is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to design and engineer effective and scalable network systems that ultimately contribute to the success of our 5G network. The successful candidate will participate in evaluation, testing, selection and deployment of foundational network elements for a nationwide greenfield 5G network buildout. He or she will provide advanced technical leadership for complex project work, including functional subsystem upgrades for mission-critical network devices and services as well as strategic upgrades to the network.
Key Responsibilities:

• Effectively communicate engineering solutions through detailed high- and low-level diagrams

• Design, plan, and implement complex LAN/WAN/RAN configurations at nationwide scale
• Establish requirements and provide analysis for network and services specifications, network design, network partitioning and network architecture definition
• Provide advanced expertise in the development of network test, validation and integration plans on projects and assurance of network integrity
• Work independently with vendors to understand, test and drive new innovative features
• Provide mentorship to junior network engineers, fostering growth and development within the team; lead by example in strategic critical thinking

Skills, Experience and Requirements
Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in electrical/computer Engineering preferred
• Five or more years of professional experience in large enterprise or carrier space
• Professional networking certifications a plus - CCNA/CCNP/CCIE or equivalent
• Public cloud certifications a plus - advanced networking, cloud network engineer or equivalent

Skills and Qualifications:

• Service provider IP routing;
• MPLS and/or segment routing (SR-MPLS, SRv6)
• eBGP, iBGP, IS-IS, VRFs and QoS
• High availability, failover and redundant configurations
• Network deployment and operations automation (Ansible, Zero Touch Provisioning)
• Software defined networking (design and traffic engineering);
• Network configuration automation (scripting with Perl, Python, Bash)
• Server virtualization (VMWare, Openstack)

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.