EchoStar Corporation · 4 days ago
Director, Transport - Telecom Services
Littleton, CO
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
$185K/yr - $235K/yr
10+ years expEchoStar Corporation is reimagining the future of connectivity with a wide range of services including satellite television and mobile plans. The Director of Transport Services will oversee the design and management of corporate services and data center services, ensuring a resilient network that supports various telecom applications across the organization.
HardwareSatellite CommunicationSoftware
Responsibilities
Build the team to support the overall objectives, including mentoring team members and guiding their career progression
Collaborate with engineering and corresponding product team on activities and progress
Provide technical input and insight during software design, development, code reviews, and testing
Direct team members on development tasks and research
Manage pricing and contract negotiations
Perform transport operational management
Oversee all ordering, design and management of various transport services such as local connectivity, Internet Access, LAN/WAN/VPN connectivity
Manage datacenter requirement design, ordering, and management in both private and public environments
Support public cloud providers where needed in the design of the network
Qualification
Required
10 years of experience managing teams of more than 10 engineers
Bachelor's degree required
Extensive networking knowledge (OSI network layers, TCP/IP)
Experience ordering circuits, dealing with transport providers, interconnect, number ordering, and overall connectivity with network elements
Experience supporting transport/traffic engineering components of network projects, such as VoIP traffic, data sessions, E911, and IP-based technologies
Detailed knowledge of fiber and satellite networks, including but not limited to, optical transmission technologies, Ethernet, wave, data networks, network synchronization, and microwave path design
Familiarity with telecom standards such as 3GPP, IEEE, and ITU-T
Detailed understanding of optical networks, OTN, DWDM, ROADM, FOADM, SDH, SONET, 40G/100G/200G/400G coherent optical transmission technologies, Ethernet, Wave, Switching, Routing, Data Networks, DCN, Synchronization of optical networks
Detailed knowledge of various interface SDH/TON/DWDM products such as Ciena, Cisco, Infinera, Juniper series routers and switches, and Alcatel Lucent
Experience implanting various OAM&P platforms, including but not limited to Ciena, Cisco, Juniper proNX, Northstar, Infinera, and ECI (EMS/NMS)
Working knowledge of data and VoIP network architecture, infrastructure components, and data traffic engineering
Preferred
10+ years of wire line network experience
Wireless experience preferred but not required
Master's degree highly preferred
Benefits
Versatile health perks, including flexible spending accounts
HSA
A 401(k) Plan with company match
ESPP
Career opportunities
A flexible time away plan
Company
EchoStar Corporation
EchoStar Corporation (Nasdaq: SATS) is a premier provider of technology, networking services, television entertainment and connectivity, offering consumer, enterprise, operator and government solutions worldwide under its EchoStar®, Boost Mobile®, Sling TV, DISH TV, Hughes®, HughesNet®, HughesON™ and JUPITER™ brands.
10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2023 (19)
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2020 (1)
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$50MKey Investors
National Telecommunications and Information Administration
2024-10-10Post Ipo Debt
2024-07-15Grant· $50M
2008-01-03IPO
Leadership Team
Charlie William Ergen
Chairman Of The Board
Recent News
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