Staff Engineer - Cloud and Platform Engineer

Company Summary
Our DISH Technology team challenges the status quo and reimagines capabilities across industries. Whether through research and development, technology innovation or solution engineering, our team members play vital roles in connecting consumers with the products and platforms of tomorrow.
Department Summary
Our DISH Technology team challenges the status quo and reimagines capabilities across industries. Whether through research and development, technology innovation or solution engineering, our team members play vital roles in connecting consumers with the products and platforms of tomorrow.
Job Duties and Responsibilities
We are looking for highly skilled Senior/Lead Tools & DevSecOps Engineer with deep expertise in CI/CD, Kubernetes, AWS, and DevSecOps tooling. This role requires a strong background in cloud automation, Devops Practices, Platform Engineering, and infrastructure-as-code (IaC) to drive efficiency, scalability, and security across our cloud environments. The ideal candidate is a self-driven engineer with excellent problem-solving skills, a passion for automation, and a strong ability to collaborate in a fast-paced environment.
Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, Debug, Automate and manage scalable CI/CD pipelines using GitLab, ArgoCD, Jenkins or similar tools
• Collaborate with development teams to ensure seamless deployment and integration processes
• Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions to ensure high system availability
• Automate deployment workflows for containerized applications using Docker, Kubernetes (EKS), and Helm
• Life cycle Manage the tools like ArgoCD, Gitlab Runners, Artifactory
• Design,deploy, and manage AWS-based infrastructure with a focus on security, scalability, and cost optimization
• Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, CloudFormation, and Ansible
• Optimize Kubernetes (EKS) clusters based Runners and Tools, ensuring high availability and efficient scaling
• Drive observability by integrating logging, monitoring, and alerting solutions (Prometheus, Grafana, Fluentbit, New Relic, Dynatrace, CloudWatch)
• Manage Tools and 3rd party components like Kafka, Redis, Elastic, Artifactory

• Enforce security best practices for AWS, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines, including IAM policies, encryption, and vulnerability management
• Drive security incident management and response in development tools, loud environments and CICD pipelines
• Partner with development, SRE, and InfoSec teams to improve system reliability and performance
• Mentor junior engineers and drive adoption of DevOps best practices across teams
• Stay up to date with industry trends and emerging cloud technologies

Skills, Experience and Requirements

• DevOps and CI/CD
• Strong proficiency in GitOps and CI/CD pipeline development using tools like GitLab, Jenkins etc.
• Experience with containerization tools like Docker and orchestration platforms like Kubernetes
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and Helm for container orchestration
• Cloud Expertise
• Deep understanding of AWS services such as EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, VPC, CloudWatch, Route 53, IAM, etc.
• Proven track record in designing, deploying, and managing production workloads on AWS
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• Extensive hands-on experience with IaC tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, and Ansible
• Expertise in automating infrastructure deployment and scaling
• Security and Compliance
• Knowledge of setting up and integrating security tools like SonarQube, Snyk, Palo Alto Prisma etc.
• Experience with security best practices in cloud and containerized environments
• General Skills
• Proficiency in scripting languages (e.g., Python, Bash) for automation
• Hands on development experience in Go/NodeJS is a plus
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving abilities
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills

Preferred Qualificiations:

• Educational Qualification
• Engineering / Masters in Information, Computer, Electrical Engineering or related field
• Certifications:
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Professional or Associate)
• AWS Certified DevOps Engineer.
• CKA/CKAD.
• Hashicorp certified Terraform Associate
• Familiarity with GitOps workflows and service mesh technologies (Istio, Linkerd)
• Experience with other cloud platforms (e.g., Azure, GCP) is a plus
• Familiarity with monitoring tools like Prometheus, Grafana, New relic or Dynatrace

Salary Ranges
Compensation: $110,100.00/Year - $157,300.00/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.
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.