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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 Infinite, Boost Mobile, DISH Wireless, OnTech and GenMobile.

Department Summary

Our Wireless Technology organization is at the forefront of transforming connectivity for the future. We're pioneering the development of the nation's first virtualized, standalone 5G wireless network from the ground up. This network represents the cornerstone of a truly connected world, unbound by the constraints of the past and adaptable to meet the diverse and evolving needs of our rapidly changing society, economy and technology landscape.

Job Duties and Responsibilities

As part of DISH's Advanced Operations team, the RAN Ops Engineer ensures the resiliency and operational integrity of the DISH Wireless network. They troubleshoot wireless communication infrastructure for data, voice, and video services, collaborating closely with Engineering and vendor teams. Responsibilities include analyzing service and system issues, identifying root causes, and implementing corrective actions, from configuration adjustments to procedural enhancements. Additionally, they contribute to ongoing process improvements using KPI metrics to enhance customer experience.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support escalated issues from the ORAN Tier I team, resolving them and escalating to the ORAN Tier III team for urgent resolution when necessary

• Participate in Sev 1 & Sev 2 outage bridges and provide on-call support on a rotational basis as the technical subject matter expert

• Perform analysis on RU/DU/CU node health checkups, user/system-level traces, performance monitoring, fault troubleshooting, and basic parameter audits and changes

• Participate in root cause analysis (RCA) efforts and prepare RCAs for outages/critical incidents in collaboration with engineering and other teams

• Engage with vendors to escalate critical or time-sensitive issues requiring their support and resolution

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Skills, Experience and Requirements

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related technical field with at least 3 years of experience in RAN (Preference for recent Open RAN experience)

Skills and Qualifications:

• Understanding of vRAN/ORAN architecture within a virtualized environment as outlined in 3GPP standards (Release 15 & 16)

• Knowledge of LTE, VoLTE, and 5G VoNR L2/L3 call flows, coupled with the capability to interpret and analyze traces (PCAP, GNB traces)

• Familiarity with AWS and VMware PaaS environments is advantageous

• Fluent in both verbal and written English, adept at providing clear communication to senior leadership regarding status updates, issues, and roadblocks

• Highly organized with strong self-motivation and a goal-oriented mindset, possessing excellent people management skills and the ability to tackle challenging tasks independently

Salary Ranges

Compensation: $83,160.00/Year - $136,625.00/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.

We pride ourselves on developing and promoting talent as an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer - Veteran/Disability. 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. We are a true merit-based organization and work hard so there are no artificial barriers to one's potential success. DISH is committed to a workforce where everyone's opportunities are limitless.

Consistent with this commitment, DISH will endeavor to 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 the employee or others, or is otherwise not required by law.