Network Surveillance Engineer - Network & Transport

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 Wireless Technology team is transforming the future of connectivity by building and enhancing the country's first virtualized, standalone 5G wireless network from scratch. Our network is free of the limitations of the past, and flexible to satisfy all the social, economic and transformative needs of the changing world.
Job Duties and Responsibilities
The Network Surveillance Engineer, Network & Transport, Wireless NOC will be supporting DISH Wireless' 24/7 Network Operations Center. The Network Surveillance (NS) Engineer will monitor Transport & Networking equipment, creating & provide initial troubleshooting of 5G cell site incident tickets. The NS Engineer will work with a sense of urgency to solve issues efficiently and effectively to restore service to our customers, escalating issues to Tier II when necessary. A successful NS Engineer will be supporting the end-to-end monitoring and troubleshooting of the entire Network. The NS team will quickly analyze service and system issues, determine corrective actions and implement to restore services. This position will be required to escalate complex issues to our Fault Isolation & Management team, and will determine root-causes for failure and develop corrective actions.
Key Responsibilities:

• Own responsibility for end-to-end monitoring of Network and Transport equipment, as well as observability tools
• Own responsibility for Incident identification, ticket logging and impact assessment in the Service Now ticketing tool
• Own responsibility of Market chat groups, initial troubleshooting & necessary support
• Support site monitoring/health checks following maintenance activities (CR's)
• Oversee the incident management process and team members involved in resolving the incident, as well as driving Ticket management analysis and follow-up until closure
• Assist with prioritizing/deprioritizing incidents according to their urgency and impact on the business
• Collaborate and escalate issues with the FIM, Advance Ops, Engineering and Vendor teams when critical/time sensitive support and resolution is needed
• Manage outage and emergencies, including the agreed assurance KPI's & SLA
• Work in close collaboration across multiple functions within Dish: RF, Deployment and Integration teams, Tech Dev, Core, Cloud Infra, Network Engineering and Market teams
• Own responsibility for Trouble Tickets updated with all the technical details, and troubleshooting MOP's and templates
• Responsible to ensure the Open Incident backlog is at optimum levels
• Maintain the National Level Availability >99.50%
• Manage internal, external and customer incident escalations and follow-ups as well as process adherence

Skills, Experience and Requirements
Education and Experience:

• Bachelor/Master's degree in Engineering, Computer Science or Information Technology of similar field
• Minimum of 3-5 years' of telecom/wireless experience

Skills and Qualifications:

• Experience managing Network & Transport NOC shift environments and troubleshooting activities
• Able to organize and prioritize dynamic schedules, balance team work loads and ensure incidents are managed quickly and efficiently to resolution
• Knowledge of 5G functional components (Core, RAN, Network, Transport, PaaS and gNB configurations), and Network architectures, routing protocols such as IS-IS, BGP, MPLS, BFD, GNSS, PTP, CEF
• Motivated to grasp higher-level technology issues and troubleshoot to resolution
• Focused to work under pressure related to the scale of business impact and build strong working relationships both internally and externally
• Reliable, open and capable of working with minimum supervision
• Flexible, analytical thinker
• Enthusiastic and keen to learn new technologies and approaches
• Self-motivated, achievement-oriented with excellent people management skills and an ability to perform challenging tasks individually with ease
• Focused on being detail-oriented with strong organization skills
• Displays ability to work in a fluid atmosphere, handle multiple tasks and set priorities

Salary Ranges
Compensation: $72,400.00/Year - $118,900.00/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.