Staff Engineer – Cloud Platform Strategy, Governance & Operations

Company Summary

Echo Star is reimagining the future of connectivity. Our business spans satellite television service, streaming and on-demand programming, smart home installation services, 5G wireless consumer and commercial services, internet and other enterprise products.

Today, our brands include Echo Star, Hughes, DISH TV, Sling TV, Boost Infinite, Boost Mobile, DISH Wireless, OnTech and Gen Mobile.

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

Define and own the long-term enterprise cloud architecture blueprint, including multi-year infrastructure evolution planning, technology standardization frameworks, and cross-business architectural alignment (25% of the time). Establish enterprise-wide cloud governance policies, including formal disaster recovery policy design, enterprise data lifecycle governance, regulatory alignment controls, and internal compliance auditing frameworks (20% of the time). Develop and maintain enterprise cloud security architecture models, including identity governance strategy, zero-trust architecture design principles, encryption standards definition, and risk governance frameworks (20% of the time).

Perform enterprise cloud technology portfolio evaluation, including market assessments, capability benchmarking, and long-range architectural direction setting for platform modernization (15% of the time). Serve as enterprise architecture approver for cloud initiatives, providing formal architectural review and sign-off authority to ensure compliance with enterprise design principles (10% of the time). Develop enterprise-level cloud financial planning models, including multi-year forecasting, infrastructure investment analysis, and cost governance policy design (10% of the time).

Salary: $169,062 to $180,000 per year.

LOCATION:

DISH Wireless LLC 5701 S Santa Fe Drive, Littleton, Colorado 80120

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS: Bachelor’s degree or U.S. equivalent in Computer & Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field, plus 5 years of professional experience as a Systems Analyst, Technology Analyst, or any occupation, job title, position designing, deploying, and maintaining scalable cloud and infrastructure platforms in an enterprise environment.

Must also have experience in the following: 5 years of professional experience developing and maintaining automation scripts, (including Power Shell and Python), to support cloud infrastructure, deployment workflows, and system administration tasks; 5 years of professional experience using CI/CD and version control tools, including Jenkins and Git Lab, to build, test, stage, and deploy infrastructure and application components; 5 years of professional experience designing, deploying, and supporting hybrid and multi-cloud infrastructure environments, including AWS (including EC2, S3, Cloud Watch, Glue, Athena, and Quick Sight), Kubernetes, and on-premises systems;

5 years of professional experience using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools, including AWS Cloud Formation, to provision, configure, and manage cloud resources in scalable and repeatable environments; 5 years of professional experience administering and maintaining virtualized and containerized environments, including VMware and Kubernetes, to support enterprise application and infrastructure needs; 5 years of professional experience managing enterprise network components, including gateways, DNS, DHCP, and IP address management (IPAM), ensuring secure and reliable connectivity;

5 years of professional experience performing server administration and infrastructure maintenance, including system configuration, monitoring using Cloud Watch, Grafana, and Kibana, patching, and troubleshooting; 5 years of professional experience working with data platforms and distributed systems, including SQL/No

SQL databases, Big Query, Spark, Hadoop, Hive, and Impala, to support scalable cloud-based solutions; 5 years of professional experience collaborating with cross-functional teams and third-party vendors to review technical deliverables, resolve infrastructure issues, and ensure solutions meet operational, scalability, and security requirements; and 5 years of professional experience implementing deployment, monitoring, and operational best practices to support reliable, maintainable, and secure enterprise cloud platforms.

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