Design, develop, troubleshoot, and support microservices-based applications. Collaborate with stakeholders on requirements, implement DevSecOps/CICD practices, improve performance, security, and service assurance, and research new frameworks and automation.
Company Summary
EchoStar 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 EchoStar, Hughes, DISH TV, Sling TV, Boost Infinite, Boost Mobile, DISH
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 team members play a vital role in connecting consumers with the products and platforms of tomorrow.
Job Duties and Responsibilities
Principal Engineer II - Software sought by Hughes Network Systems LLC. in Germantown, MD.
Participate in requirements gathering and system design. Interface with Business Stakeholders to collaborate on feature design. Support queries from Business about the platform. Perform system and unit design according to technical requirements. Troubleshoot and support applications in test and production environments. Research new application frameworks and suggest improvements to the application portfolio. Respond to the change management requests including new features and bugs. Define and implement improvements for service assurance, performance, security, and robustness.
Skills, Experience and Requirements
Requires: Bachelor's degree (or foreign equivalent) in Computer Science or a closely related technical field plus 7 years of software application development experience in the job offered or similar roles.
Also requires 7 years of experience in each of the following (which may have been gained concurrently):
Salary Ranges
Compensation: $162,052.50/Year - $162,052.50/Year
Benefits
Employment is contingent on successful completion of a pre-employment criminal background check, which may include a drug test.
Rate of Pay: $175,427.00/Year
Benefits information available at https://echostar.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/echostar
Please go to https://echostar.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/echostar. Enter the job number 2026-99812 in the Search Jobs field and follow the instructions to apply.
EchoStar 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 EchoStar, Hughes, DISH TV, Sling TV, Boost Infinite, Boost Mobile, DISH
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 team members play a vital role in connecting consumers with the products and platforms of tomorrow.
Job Duties and Responsibilities
Principal Engineer II - Software sought by Hughes Network Systems LLC. in Germantown, MD.
Participate in requirements gathering and system design. Interface with Business Stakeholders to collaborate on feature design. Support queries from Business about the platform. Perform system and unit design according to technical requirements. Troubleshoot and support applications in test and production environments. Research new application frameworks and suggest improvements to the application portfolio. Respond to the change management requests including new features and bugs. Define and implement improvements for service assurance, performance, security, and robustness.
Skills, Experience and Requirements
Requires: Bachelor's degree (or foreign equivalent) in Computer Science or a closely related technical field plus 7 years of software application development experience in the job offered or similar roles.
Also requires 7 years of experience in each of the following (which may have been gained concurrently):
- Java, Node.js, Springboot, J2EE, Oracle PL/SQL, BPM
- DevSecOps and CICD
- Virtualization and containerization technologies
- Test automation with Jmeter and Junit or similar tools
- Databases both relational and non-SQL
- API Gateway (APIGEE,NGINX,Kong), Swagger
- Public Cloud (GCP)
- Google Cloud Pub/Sub,Apache Kafka, JBoss FUSE, JBoss EAP
- OSS/BSS Domain
- Microservices Architecture
Salary Ranges
Compensation: $162,052.50/Year - $162,052.50/Year
Benefits
Employment is contingent on successful completion of a pre-employment criminal background check, which may include a drug test.
Rate of Pay: $175,427.00/Year
Benefits information available at https://echostar.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/echostar
Please go to https://echostar.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/echostar. Enter the job number 2026-99812 in the Search Jobs field and follow the instructions to apply.
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