Senior Engineer - Storage

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 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 This role tackles the challenge of maintaining high-availability storage infrastructure within a mission-critical spacecraft operations environment. The Senior Engineer ensures seamless data flow and storage reliability, as well as data protection, 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 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. Participate in the identification and resolution of basic software, network, and RF problems, utilizing escalation protocols when appropriate Contribute to talent development by participating in onboarding and providing occasional mentorship and task guidance to interns or junior engineers Participate in 24x7 on-call responsibilities on a rotational basis 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 Unity, Dell PowerVault, and Pure FlashArray Proficiency in designing, deploying, and maintaining Cisco MDS fiber channel storage fabrics and zoning Familiarity with VMware environments and the management of storage resources within vSphere environments Basic development skills using PowerShell, Python, or GoLang Experience with Linux and Windows Server administration within an Active Directory environment Ability to lead multiple technical projects simultaneously Additional Qualifications   Preferred candidates will have experience administering Microsoft Distributed File System (DFS) Namespaces and Replication in an enterprise setting Preferred candidates will have deep technical experience with VMware vSphere Virtualization technologies Basic experience with Data Protection and Backup software such as Veeam Familiarity with configuration management tools such as SALT, Chef, Puppet, or Ansible Foundational understanding of GitOps, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud-native architecture Skills, Experience and Requirements   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