Senior Lab Network 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

Surpassing network limitations of the past, our Wireless Deployment organization is building the country’s first cloud-native, standalone 5G wireless network. This is the foundation of a connected world flexible enough to satisfy all the social, economic and transformative needs of today and the future.

Job Duties and Responsibilities

This position will support our Open RAN Center for Integration and Deployment (ORCID), serving a critical role in strengthening the global Open RAN ecosystem and building the next generation of wireless networks. 

This exciting grant represents NTIA’s ( National Telecommunications and Information Administration) largest award under the Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Fund. Learn more about the grant here: https://ir.dish.com/news-releases/news-release-details/dish-wireless-awarded-50-million-ntia-grant-5g-open-ran 

DISH Wireless is seeking a Senior Lab Network Engineer to design and engineer scalable network systems for our ORCID lab. The successful candidate will evaluate, test, select, and deploy foundational network elements, providing advanced technical leadership for complex projects, including upgrades to mission-critical network devices and services.

Key Responsibilities:

In this role, you will: 

• Effectively communicate engineering solutions through detailed high- and low-level diagrams
• Design, plan, and implement complex LAN/WAN/RAN configurations at a nationwide scale
• Establish requirements and provide analysis for network and services specifications, network design, network partitioning, and network architecture definition
• Provide advanced expertise in the development of network test, validation, and integration plans on projects and assurance of network integrity
• Work independently with vendors to understand, test, and drive new innovative features

Skills, Experience and Requirements

As a successful Senior Lab Network Engineer, you will have: 

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering preferred.
• 5+ years of experience in large enterprise or carrier environments.
• Professional networking certifications (CCNA/CCNP/CCIE) are a plus.
• Public cloud certifications in advanced networking or cloud network engineering are a plus.

Skills and Qualifications:

• Expertise in service provider IP routing (MPLS, segment routing, BGP, IS-IS, VRFs, QoS) and high availability configurations.
• Experience with network deployment and operations automation (Ansible), software-defined networking, network configuration automation (Perl, Python, Bash), and server virtualization (VMWare, OpenStack).

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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.

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. 

Salary Range

USD $96250.00 – $150125.00 / Year

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