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 Mobile and Gen Mobile.

Department Summary

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

Job Duties and Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities:

Project Implementation :

• Provide advanced technical leadership for complex project work

• Supply advanced technical direction and leadership to the junior members of the data networking team

• Work with various teams to gather requirements, create specifications, and design solution for network projects

• Provide hands-on implementation and ongoing care and maintenance for network projects

• Develop implementations in lab environment to prove out design specifications according to a test and validation plan

Network Operations:

• Maintaining daily operational responsibility for reliability of the DISH enterprise network with emphasis on user access both wired and wireless

• Follow necessary processes to ensure enterprise network systems and services meet an operational uptime of 99.95%

• Conducts advanced enterprise-level performance tuning as well as network performance audits on a regular basis

• Monitors ongoing availability of network services and processes

• Validate that customer network configurations are functioning per designs by validating log flows, event threshold settings, and alarm notification settings

Skills, Experience and Requirements

Skills and Qualifications:

• Practical experience related to WLAN, LAN, VLAN, 802.11 RF standards required

• Eperience with the amendments for roaming (e.g., 802.11k/r/v) strongly preferred

• Familiarity with high-availability/redundant wireless controllers like Cisco 9800 or 5508 required

• General technical knowledge of Cisco networking platforms and protocols/features to include Catalyst, debug, STP, Port Security, Port Authentication, ACL, Rogue Detection/Mitigation required

• Experience successfully supporting MacOS Wi-Fi esp. roaming in an enterprise environment is a strong plus

• Cisco Prime Infrastructure w/ CMX and/or DNA Center w/ DNA Spaces desirable

• Experience with Wi-Fi site survey using Ekahau (or similar) desirable

• Experience with Software Defined Networking (SDN), network configuration automation (e.g., using CPI), SD-Access, DNA Center is desirable

• Familiarity with these technologies is a plus: Cisco ISE and ACS (for 802.1x Wi-Fi and Wired authentication)

Salary Ranges

Compensation: $100,100.00/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. 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.

We pride ourselves on developing and promoting talent as an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer - Veteran/Disability. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. All qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with local, state, and federal law. We are a true merit-based organization and work hard so there are no artificial barriers to one's potential success. DISH is committed to a workforce where everyone's opportunities are limitless. Please note that you may redact or remove any information that identifies age, date of birth or dates of school attendance/graduation from your application documents before submission and throughout our interview process.