Principal Systems Engineer - Streaming

Company Summary
EchoStar 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.
Department Summary
Our DISH Technology team challenges the status quo and reimagines capabilities across industries. Whether through research and development, technology innovation or solution engineering, our team members play vital roles in connecting consumers with the products and platforms of tomorrow.
Job Duties and Responsibilities
Our team works closely with engineering and business teams, including coordinating signals reception from providers, through multiple internal services, all the way to content delivery to our customers, for linear content as well as video on demand. As a member of this team you will be involved with design, creation, and support of tools to help manage these systems.
Key Responsibilities:

• Be involved with planning and coordination with engineering teams and develop deep understanding of business team needs, in order to provide solutions that empower our business teams
• Ensure best practices are followed in order to support systems over a long term basis, and promote collective awareness and understanding of systems through documentation, learning sessions, and individual interactions
• Participate in design discussions and incident retrospectives, providing operational level understanding as well as in-depth perspectives to provide meaningful solutionMentor and provide guidance to team members, as well as promote knowledge sharing across the organization as a whole
• Continually learn and adapt as systems and technologies evolve in a highly competitive market
• Coordinate with external vendors (signal provider partners, video systems providers, etc.) in order to provide informed feedback for architectural and cost planning decisions
• Develop and refine monitoring and alerting solutions, and participate in on-call rotation

Skills, Experience and Requirements
Education and Experience:

• Bachelors degree in related field or 15+ years experience required
• 10+ years experience in software engineering

Skills and Qualifications:

• In-depth experience with software project management, from design to implementation
• In-depth experience with programming languages such as python, Java, Go, Node.js
• Experience with industry DevOps technologies such containerization (Docker, kubernetes, etc), source control management (Gitlab), monitoring solutions (Dynatrace, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack, NewRelic, Datadog), CI/CD pipelines (including creation and maintenance of unit tests), and infrastructure-as-code tools
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills, with the ability to troubleshoot complex issues and find efficient solutions
• Good communication skills, to interact at highly technical levels as well as clearly convey ideas to other internal business teams

Desired Skills and Experience:

• Familiarity with technology and standards related to video streaming - ffmpeg, Sencore devices, SRT, Zixi, multicast networking, Harmonic/Elemental/Ateme encoding, BlackMagicdesign, etc.
• Familiarity with message brokers (Kafka, RabbitMQ)
• Experience with Linux server administration and server virtualization (VMWare)
• Experience with CDNs and caching technologies (varnish)
• Basic knowledge of security practices, such as OAuth, JWT, and applicable data privacy concerns and regulations
• Basic familiarity with databases (MySQL, postgres, MongoDB, DynamoDB, noSQL) including strengths/weaknesses according to usage cases

Visa sponsorship not available for this role
Candidates must be willing to participate in at least one in-person on-site interview.
Salary Ranges
Compensation: $127,050.00/Year - $181,500.00/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. Our company is committed to fostering an inclusive and equitable workplace where every individual has the opportunity to succeed. We are dedicated to providing individuals with criminal or arrest records a fair chance of employment in accordance with local, state, and federal laws.
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.