Senior AI and Enterprise Architect

Job Description 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 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

Candidates must be willing to participate in at least one in-person interview, which may include a live whiteboarding or technical assessment session.

EchoStar is navigating a complex digital transformation that requires harmonizing business strategies with advanced technology execution across OSS/BSS, cloud-native architectures, and network domains. This role addresses the critical challenge of designing and governing a cohesive, standards-based enterprise architecture framework that eliminates operational silos and modernizes legacy infrastructures. By integrating autonomous AI agent frameworks and machine learning models, this position solves key inefficiencies in network optimization and automated workflow decision-making. Ultimately, this strategic leadership ensures that technology investments are rationalized, scaled, and directly aligned with measurable business outcomes.

What Success Looks Like (Objectives)

• Lead the development and implementation of an enterprise AI architecture strategy to accelerate digital transformation and optimize network operations
• Design, train, and deploy advanced ML models and autonomous AI agent frameworks to automate intelligent workflows and solve complex operational challenges
• Establish robust architecture governance frameworks, standards, and reference architectures that ensure strict compliance with TOGAF and TM Forum Frameworx principles
• Define target-state OSS/BSS architecture roadmaps to transition the organization toward autonomous operations and seamless customer experiences
• Collaborate with cross-functional leadership, solution architects, and engineering teams to embed standardized architecture patterns and drive technology portfolio rationalization

Skills, Experience and Requirements

Core Skills and Competencies (What you’ll bring)

• Strong skills in applying TOGAF Architecture Development Method and TM Forum Frameworx to model complex telecommunications and cloud-native architectures
• AI application and innovation capabilities to design autonomous multi-agent orchestration systems using modern platforms such as AWS Bedrock, Google Vertex AI, or Databricks
• Critical experience designing enterprise-scale integrations, API strategies, and event-driven architectures across OSS and BSS domains
• Excellent strategic thinking and stakeholder influence to lead architecture review boards and drive technology rationalization across diverse business units
• Comprehensive knowledge of master data management, security architecture frameworks, and regulatory compliance standards like PCI-DSS and SOC 2

Additional Qualifications

• Familiarity with Zachman Framework, FEAF, or other enterprise architecture frameworks
• Experience with ArchiMate modeling language and comprehensive business capability mapping
• Knowledge of security architecture frameworks such as SABSA or NIST and operational risk management

Minimum Requirements

• Minimum Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or a related technical discipline
• Minimum Experience: 12 years of enterprise architecture experience, including at least 5 years in telecommunications or mobile network operators
• Required Technical Skills: Must have at least 5 years of experience with:
• TOGAF Architecture Development Method (ADM)
• TM Forum Frameworx (eTOM, SID, TAM)
• Enterprise architecture modeling tools (Sparx EA, Ardoq, LeanIX, or equivalent)

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Salary Ranges

Compensation: $154,275.00/Year - $208,725.00/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: EchoStar 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.

We pride ourselves on developing and promoting talent as an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. EchoStar will accommodate the sincerely held religious beliefs of employees if such accommodations are not undue hardships and are otherwise within the bounds of applicable law. All qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with local, state, and federal law. You may redact any information that identifies age, date of birth, or dates of school/graduation from your application documents before submission and throughout our application process. EchoStar will provide reasonable accommodation to otherwise qualified job applicants and employees with known physical or mental disabilities, unless doing so poses an undue hardship on the Company, poses a direct threat of substantial harm to others, or is otherwise not required by law. EchoStar has a more detailed Accommodation Policy that applies to employees. EchoStar endeavors to make echostar.com and jobs.echostar.com accessible to users. Please contact View email address on us.fitly.work if you would like to discuss the accessibility of our website or need assistance completing the application process. This contact information is for accommodation requests only; do not use this contact information to inquire about the status of applications. Click the links to access the following statements: EEO Policy Statement , Pay Transparency , EEOC Know Your Rights ( English / Spanish )