Senior Cloud Engineer

Echo Star 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.

Our Wireless Technology team is pioneering the future of connectivity. We're developing and enhancing a unique hybrid network model—combining our advanced, cloud-native 5G core with the nationwide reach of our partners. This approach ensures our network is flexible and powerful, designed to satisfy the social, economic, and transformative needs of the changing world.

Candidates must be willing to participate in at least one in-person interview, which may include a live whiteboarding or technical assessment session.

Boost Mobile is seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer to support automated deployment and management in AWS cloud-native environments. The position focuses on driving automated recovery and zero-touch provisioning across next-gen 5G infrastructure. Key focus areas include technical leadership, mentoring junior talent, and architecting highly available, fault-tolerant platform infrastructure to optimize performance metrics.

• Serve as a technical leader to mentor junior engineers, onboard new team members, and resolve complex programming and design challenges
• Design, build, and maintain highly available, fault-tolerant platform and AWS cloud infrastructure solutions
• Establish organizational standards for infrastructure tuning, deployment, backup, and automation processes while monitoring key system metrics like MTBF and MTTR
• Drive automated responses to system incidents to minimize manual intervention and streamline triage workflows
• Leverage AI tools and AI applications to optimize cloud infrastructure monitoring, predictive capacity planning, and automated incident triage

• Deep technical expertise in administering AWS cloud services (ECR, EC2, ECS, IAM), databases, and operating systems
• Strong problem-solving, collaboration, and communication skills to clarify requirements, resolve ambiguities, and align technical strategies across teams
• Critical experience with container orchestration and Infrastructure-as-Code tooling including Kubernetes, Ansible, Cloud Formation, and Git Lab
• Critical experience with system metrics tracking, incident management, standard operating procedures, and technical documentation
• AI Application and AI Literacy competency, with the ability to integrate modern AI tools to enhance infrastructure automation and deployment workflows

• Proven experience with Infrastructure-as-Code, automating deployments, cluster management, and systems security within a CI/CD pipeline
• Strong programming background in languages such as Java, C++, Perl, Python, or advanced Shell scripting
• Background in Linux or Windows system administration, including configuration, performance tuning, and OS troubleshooting
• Familiarity with Agile at Scale, SAFe, or Lean Systems Engineering frameworks

• Minimum Education: Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical degree; or equivalent related experience
• Minimum Experience: 4+ years of experience in Amazon Web Services (AWS) or related cloud technologies
• Required Technical
  
  Skills:
  
  Must have at least 4 years of experience with:
  • Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) certification
  • AWS Cloud Services (ECR, EC2, ECS, IAM)
  • Automated deployment and orchestration tools (Kubernetes, Ansible, Cloud Formation, Git Lab)

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