EchoStar Corporation (NASDAQ: SATS) is a premier global provider of satellite communication solutions. Headquartered in Englewood, Colo., and conducting business around the globe, EchoStar is a pioneer in communications technologies through its Hughes Network Systems and EchoStar Satellite Services business segments. For more information, visit echostar.com. Follow @EchoStar on Twitter.
EchoStar has an exciting opportunity for an Application Software Developer in our Hughes Network Systems division. This position will be located at our Gaithersburg, MD facility. The successful candidate will build batch and real-time data processing applications and pipelines as well as be responsible for deploying and managing these applications in the AWS cloud platform. The primary goal will be to collect and fashion data for use by our Data Science team who use the data in ML/AI applications to discover insights and trends that help our business make smarter, data-driven operational decisions.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, test, deploy, monitor, and maintain containerized applications in Java, Go, and Python that make up robust, scalable, and resilient batch and near real time streaming data processing pipelines running in AWS EKS
- Design, develop, test, deploy, monitor, and maintain containerized REST services that provide REST services to our customer’s applications
- Create Terraform plans and modules and use other cloud automation technologies to ensure all cloud resources are provisioned in a deterministic and repeatable manner
- Design, test, and deploy application monitoring, alerting, and log aggregation services to ensure complete observability, monitoring, and alerting for all our platform applications and services
- Help design, test, improve, and deploy AWS networking infrastructure that supports the running of resilient data processing pipelines, include network load balancers, VPC direct connect, and security groups
Basic Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related technical field.
- 5+ years of software development experience using Java, Go, and Python.
- 1+ years of experience with cloud computing in AWS, AWS IAM, EKS, ECR, Kinesis, NLB, Code Build, and Code Source
- 1+ years working in Linux
- 1+ years experience working with Docker and Kubernetes clusters
- 1+ years experience creating, running, and debugging Terraform plans and modules
- 1+ years experience building data pipelines for batch and streaming applications
Preferred Qualifications
- Working knowledge in Cloud based data architecture and development of applications.
- Experience with Confluence, Jira, and Bitbucket
- Experience creating, deploying, and running Apache Flink jobs in Kubernetes
- Working knowledge and understanding of IP networking in the context of AWS VPC networking
- Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills
- Excellent and clear communication and documentation skills.
- Strong collaboration skills. Must be comfortable contributing new ideas and solutions in frequent technical whiteboard sessions and challenging existing norms when you believe there is a better way
- Strongly aligned with the goal of designing and writing testable code with proven experience creating valuable unit and integration tests for application code
- Experience designing applications for observability using metrics, monitoring, logging, and alarming
- Experience with automating builds, tests, and cloud deployments
Will be eligible for discretionary bonus, with funding based on company performance.
EchoStar is committed to offering a comprehensive and competitive benefits package. Our programs are designed to provide you with the ability to customize your benefits to best meet the needs of you and your family. Our philosophy for these programs is to support and encourage healthy living and wellness. Our benefits package covers it all–from healthcare savings plans to education assistance and more!
- Financial: 401(k) retirement savings plan with company match; employee stock purchase plan; profit-sharing; company-paid life insurance, AD&D and disability
- Work-Life Balance: Paid Time Off (PTO), company-paid holidays, health and wellness events, exercise and sports facilities (locations may vary)
- Employee Incentives: Tuition reimbursement, employee referral program, year round employee events and community programs, discounts on Dish Network and HughesNet
- Health: Medical, Dental, Vision, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Health Savings Account (HSA) with opportunities to earn employer contributions; Health Care, Dependent Care and Transportation Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
EchoStar and its Affiliated Companies are committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, pregnancy, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, protected veteran status, disability, or any other basis protected by local, state, or federal law. U.S. Persons or those able to obtain and maintain U.S. government security clearances may be required for certain positions. EEO is the law.