Senior Engineer - Storage & Virtualization

Job Description

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.

This role tackles the challenge of maintaining high-availability storage and virtualization infrastructure within a mission-critical spacecraft operations environment. The Senior Engineer ensures seamless data flow and storage reliability, preventing downtime that could jeopardize active missions. By automating complex workflows and upgrading legacy hardware, this position bridges the gap between traditional data center management and modern, scalable infrastructure-as-code architectures.

What Success Looks Like (Objectives)

• Maintain 99.9% uptime for mission-critical production data center storage and virtualization systems through proactive fault management and resolution

• Accelerate deployment cycles by developing infrastructure automation and configuration management scripts, shifting the team toward a "storage-as-code" model

• Optimize performance and security by leading end-to-end software and hardware upgrades for Dell, Pure, and Cisco MDS infrastructure

• Design storage requirements in collaboration with Spacecraft Engineering teams to ensure data accessibility and integrity for satellite operations

• Leverage AI-driven predictive analytics and storage monitoring tools to identify capacity trends and potential hardware failures before they impact production

• Drive the adoption of DevOps and SRE principles within the storage stack to streamline CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure resilience

• Collaborate with primary systems and network engineers to develop the expertise required to serve as a backup administrator for essential systems.

• Identify and resolve fundamental software, network, and RF problems, utilizing escalation protocols when appropriate

• Contribute to talent development by participating in hiring and onboarding, and providing occasional mentorship and task guidance to interns or junior engineers

• Other duties may be assigned.

Core Skills and Competencies (What you’ll bring)

• Deep technical expertise in managing enterprise-grade storage arrays such as Dell PowerStore and Pure Flash Array

• Advanced proficiency in designing and maintaining high-performance Cisco MDS fiber channel storage networks and fabric zoning

• Mastery of VMware environments and the intricate orchestration of storage resources within virtualized clusters

• Strong software development skills in Python or Go, including the ability to apply AI-assisted coding tools for infrastructure automation and efficiency

• Comprehensive knowledge of Linux and Windows Server administration within an Active Directory environment

• Proven ability to lead complex technical projects simultaneously while adapting to the fast-paced requirements of spacecraft operations

Additional Qualifications

• Advanced experience administering Microsoft Distributed File System (DFS) Namespaces and Replication in an enterprise setting

• Familiarity with configuration management tools such as SALT, Chef, Puppet, or Ansible

• Foundational understanding of GitOps, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud-native architecture

Minimum Requirements

• Location Policy: This role is exclusively on-site and not remote . Candidates must be willing and able to work from either our Cheyenne, WY or Gilbert, AZ office location.

• Minimum Education: Bachelor’s Degree in a technical discipline (Computer Science, Engineering, or related field)

• Minimum Experience: 5+ years of experience in systems engineering or storage administration

• Required Technical Skills: Must have at least 2 years of experience with:

  • Dell Unity, PowerStore, or Pure Flash storage arrays

  • Fibre Channel or iSCSI storage fabrics and switches (Cisco MDS preferred).

  • VMware Virtualization environments

  • Software development using Python, GoLang, or Java

• Legal Requirement: Must be a U.S. Person (a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident) as position requires access to U.S. export-restricted materials. Design storage requirements in collaboration with Spacecraft Engineering  and Operations teams to ensure data accessibility and integrity for satellite operations

• Availability: Must be able to participate in 24/7 on-call duties

Working Conditions

• Position requires work in/near a normal office environment adjacent to 24/7 operations and equipment data centers with possible: electrical shock, radiation, vibration, and computer/equipment noise exposure

• Typically works M-F normal business hours, but must be able to support work and on-call duties during off hours, weekends, and holidays as dictated by the needs of a 24x7 operation. Up to 10% travel.

• The role necessitates regular physical activity, including walking, sitting, and reaching, alongside the ability to handle computer hardware, maintain hand-eye coordination, and perform tasks involving climbing, balancing, kneeling, or crawling. Additionally, employees must be able to lift up to 50 lbs and utilize senses such as hearing and smell to ensure operational safety

Visa sponsorship not available for this role

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 jobs.echostar.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. Click the links to access the following statements: EEO Policy Statement , Pay Transparency , EEOC Know Your Rights ( English / Spanish )