Staff Vmware Engineer

Company Summary

DISH, an EchoStar Company, has been reimagining the future of connectivity for more than 40 years. Our business reach spans satellite television service, live-streaming and on-demand programming, smart home installation services, mobile plans and products, and now we are building America's First Smart Network.

Today, our brands include EchoStar, Hughes, DISH TV, Sling TV, Boost Infinite, Boost Mobile, DISH Wireless, OnTech and GenMobile.

Department Summary

Our Wireless Technology organization is at the forefront of transforming connectivity for the future. We're pioneering the development of the nation's first virtualized, standalone 5G wireless network from the ground up. This network represents the cornerstone of a truly connected world, unbound by the constraints of the past and adaptable to meet the diverse and evolving needs of our rapidly changing society, economy and technology landscape.

Job Duties and Responsibilities

A VMWare Engineer at Dish Wireless will focus on VMWare cloud-native environments, enhancing automated recovery and zero-touch provisioning using tools such as Kubernetes, Ansible, Terraform, GitLab, and Jenkins.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide technical leadership by mentoring junior engineers and new team members while tackling challenging programming and design issues

• Design highly available and fault-tolerant VMware infrastructure solutions

• Establish standards and guidelines for VMware infrastructure design, tuning, deployment, maintenance, backups, upgrades, and automation processes

• Proactively identify and recommend software updates or architectural improvements to prevent capacity limitations

• Develop automated incident response mechanisms to minimize the need for manual intervention

• Advocate for system metrics such as MTBF and MTTR, regularly communicating them to decision-makers

• Manage issue priority and participate in an on-call rotation schedule with team members, including weekends

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Skills, Experience and Requirements

Education and Experience:

• Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field; or equivalent combination of education and experience
• 8+ years of proficiency with VMware services and tools through hands-on experience

Skills and Qualifications:

• Experience in bare-metal deployments of VMware infrastructure

• Proficient in building and administering multiple VMware products across various remote locations and data centers

• Skilled in programming using languages such as Java, C++, Perl, Python, Ruby, or advanced Shell scripting

Salary Ranges

Compensation: $110,100.00/Year - $170,000.00/Year

Benefits

We also 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.

This will be posted for a minimum of 3 days or until the position is filled.