Senior Network Automation Engineer

Company: Hughes Network Systems, LLC
Location: Germantown
Posted on: January 12, 2021

Job Description:

EchoStar Corporation (NASDAQ: SATS) headquartered in Englewood, CO, with additional locations world-wide, is a premier global provider of satellite solutions and technology services. Together with its major subsidiaries-EchoStar Satellite Services and Hughes Network Systems- EchoStar offers employees the opportunity to explore the boundaries of what's possible in the fields of engineering and the business functions transforming this engineering into revenue.Hughes has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Network Automation Engineer. This position will be located at our headquarters in Germantown, MD.Responsibilities:* Design and develop code for automating and orchestrating COTS components for our next generation systems* Automated deployment of bare metal, containers and virtual machines* Integrating COTS components with the rest of the system to provide initial staging and incremental updates in the field* Develop infrastructure as code to support features and upgrades for the current Jupiter Platforms* Platform development to host software application and features* Upgrade of Operating Systems and other COTS to keep them up to date on bug and security fixes* Provide repeated test and integration test beds an plans to verify and qualify engineering developed software releases.* Research and develop new ideas and technologies to integrate COTS and Hughes developed platforms in support of NFV, SDN and orchestration goals* Provide tertiary engineering on-call production supportBasic Requirements:* Bachelors degree in computer science, computer engineering or related technical field* 2 years of relevant work experiencePreferred Qualifications:* Knowledge of the Linux, Python and Ansible is preferred. Should be familiar with NFV/SDN technologies and frameworks like Openstack, ONOS/OpenDaylight, Docker, MANOEchoStar 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. Citizenship is required for certain positions. EEO is the law.

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