Senior Database Administrator

Job Description

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.

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

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

The Infrastructure Organization requires a Senior Database Administrator with systems engineering expertise to manage complex database environments and mission-critical data center infrastructure. Maintaining high availability and resolving faults in a 24/7 production setting is vital to preventing customer-impacting outages and performance bottlenecks. This role addresses the challenge of scaling multi-platform database solutions (including Oracle RAC, open-source, and NoSQL systems) while modernizing database operations through automation and infrastructure-as-code. Leading key database projects and collaborating across engineering teams ensures robust, secure, and highly optimized data architectures.

What Success Looks Like (Objectives)

• Design, deploy, and administer robust Oracle RAC clusters alongside MySQL, PostgreSQL, and NoSQL databases to guarantee 99.99% uptime in a mission-critical environment.

• Design and implement automated, cloud-native database solutions utilizing DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), and infrastructure-as-code principles.

• Perform rapid fault management and proactive trend analysis to minimize outage times and meet departmental service level objectives.

• Lead multiple complex database migration and infrastructure projects simultaneously while mentoring junior team members to uplift overall engineering capabilities.

• Adhere strictly to change management policies while ensuring comprehensive, up-to-date documentation for all data center systems.

• Leverage generative AI tools to automate SQL tuning, optimize database schema performance, and streamline routine database administration scripting.

Skills, Experience and RequirementsCore Skills and Competencies (What you’ll bring)

• Strong skills in administering diverse database platforms, including Oracle RAC, OEM, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL, and various NoSQL systems.

• Deep understanding of DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, virtualization technologies (VMware, Kubernetes), and Linux systems administration.

• Critical experience in managing configuration management tools such as SALT, Chef, Puppet, or Ansible to automate database deployments.

• The ability to analyze and interpret complex performance data to identify trends and mitigate potential issues before they impact customers.

• Strong professional communication and collaboration skills to work seamlessly across teams and guide junior database engineers.

• AI literacy and application skills, specifically the ability to utilize AI assistants to write, debug, and optimize database scripts and automation workflows.

Additional Qualifications

• Database administration certifications

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in a technical discipline, or equivalent combination of education and experience

• 4 years of experience in database administration and systems engineering

• 4 years of experience with Oracle (including RAC and OEM), MySQL, and PostgreSQL databases

• 2 years of experience with NoSQL databases (Couch, Mongo, Cassandra), Microsoft SQL, Linux administration, and configuration management tools (SALT, Chef, Puppet, or Ansible)

Visa sponsorship not available for this role

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 ziprecruiter.com 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.

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