Data Engineer

DISH is a Fortune 200 company with more than $15 billion in annual revenue that continues to redefine the communications industry. Our legacy is innovation and a willingness to challenge the status quo, including reinventing ourselves. We disrupted the pay-TV industry in the mid-90s with the launch of the DISH satellite TV service, taking on some of the largest U.S. corporations in the process, and grew to be the fourth-largest pay-TV provider. We are doing it again with the first live, internet-delivered TV service – Sling TV – that bucks traditional pay-TV norms and gives consumers a truly new way to access and watch television.

Now we have our sights set on upending the wireless industry and unseating the entrenched incumbent carriers.

We are driven by curiosity, pride, adventure, and a desire to win – it’s in our DNA. We’re looking for people with boundless energy, intelligence, and an overwhelming need to achieve to join our team as we embark on the next chapter of our story.

Opportunity is here. We are DISH.

A successful Data Engineer will have the following:

• Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical degree; six years related experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience
• 2 or more years experience in data management systems or related technical experience
• Proficient understanding of distributed computing principles
• Experience with integration of data from multiple data sources
• Ability to work in teams and collaborate with others to clarify requirements, quickly identify problems, and collaboratively find creative solutions
• Ability to assist in documenting requirements as well as resolve conflicts or ambiguities
• Highly developed written and verbal communication skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• Certification through the level of Splunk Architect
• Experience with querying and designing databases using one or more of the following: MySQL, MS SQL, Oracle SQL, or other professional database system
• 6 or more years experience in programing using one or more of the following: Java, C++, Perl, Python, or advanced Shell scripting.
• 6 or more years of experience performing general Linux and/or Windows system administration; including installation, maintenance, upgrade, configuration, performance tuning, troubleshooting and resolving operating system issues
• 2 or more years experience in machine learning and statistical modeling
• 1 or more years experience with using the R statistical computing language
• 1 or more years experience with Agile at Scale, SAFe, and Lean Systems Engineering

DISH is seeking an innovative and passionate Data Engineer to join a DevOps agile team that provides analytical and operational data, design, and visualization. This team uses the scaled agile methodology to create a team-driven culture via ceremonies such as big room planning, demos, innovation days, and retrospectives. This position is an opportunity to design, develop, and contribute to the overall  engineering design of complex, real-time, mission critical environments that will propel the digital TV and movie delivery industry into the future.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Establishes standards and guidelines for the design & development, tuning, deployment and maintenance of information, advanced data analytics, and text mining models and physical data persistence technologies
• Identify, design, and implement internal process improvements: automating manual processes, optimizing data delivery, re-designing infrastructure for greater scalability, etc.
• Build analytics tools that utilize the data pipeline to provide actionable insights into customer acquisition, operational efficiency and other key business performance metrics
• Work with stakeholders including the Executive, Product, Data and Design teams to assist with data-related technical issues and support their data infrastructure needs
• Create data tools for analytics and data scientist team members that assist them in building and optimizing our product into an innovative industry leader

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