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 Wireless Technology organization is transforming the future of connectivity. We’re doing it by building the country’s first virtualized, standalone 5G wireless network from scratch. The foundation of a connected world, it’s a network free of the limitations of the past, and flexible enough to satisfy all the social, economic and transformative needs of the changing world.

Job Duties and Responsibilities

The Network Surveillance Engineer, RAN, Wireless NOC will be supporting DISH Wireless’ 24/7 Network Operations Center. The Network Surveillance (NS) Engineer will monitor the RAN Network, 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 5G ORAN platform. 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 the RAN EMS’s observability tools

Own responsibility for Incident identification, ticket logging 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/de-prioritizing incidents according to their urgency and impact on the business

Collaborate and escalate issues with the FIM, Advance Ops, Engineering 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 Integration teams, Tech Dev, Core, Cloud Infra, Network Engineering Market teams

Assist in driving resolutions for customer complaints (CXO) within service level agreements (SLAs) and ensure effective operational performance and management

Own responsibility for Trouble Tickets updated with all the technical details, and troubleshooting MOP’s 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 or equivalent

Minimum of 1-3 years' of telecom/wireless experience

Experience managing 4G/5G NOC shift environments and troubleshooting activities

Skills and Qualifications:

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)

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.

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.