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Principal Engineer

EchoStar Corporation
Littleton, CO Full Time
POSTED ON 6/6/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 7/6/2026
Company Summary

DISH, an EchoStar Company, has been reimagining the future of connectivity for more than 40 years. Our business reach spans satellite television service, live-streaming and on-demand programming, smart home installation services, mobile plans and products, and now we are building America’s First Smart Network™.

Today, our brands include EchoStar, Hughes, DISH TV, Sling TV, Boost Infinite, Boost Mobile, DISH Wireless, OnTech and GenMobile.

Job Duties And Responsibilities

Principal Engineer sought by DISH Wireless L.L.C. in Littleton, CO

Define and validate the deployment of new functions, applications and infrastructures being deployed supporting the company networking infrastructure. Bring a solution design through the development phase into a mature product ready for commercial deployment. Gathering functional requirements, evaluating deployment scenarios (capacity, supportability, reliability, functionality, cost benefit), defining/documenting solutions, executing proof-of-concepts (as applicable), and guiding customer/partner organizations through connectivity processes for the company network. Responsible for planning, designing, integrating and driving large-scale routing, switching, and firewall. Creation of High Level Documentation and draft of Low Level Documentation (for Engineering/Implementation to finalize during implementation. Act as a final contact for any technical issues during integration related to network issues.

Skills, Experience And Requirements

Requires: Bachelor’s degree (or foreign equivalent) in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a closely related field plus 10 years of experience in job offered or similar roles in large enterprise or carrier environments. Requires CCIE or CCNP Certification or equivalent. Also requires 10 years of experience with/using the following (which may have been gained concurrently):

  • Deploy, Support, Design, Planning, Consulting, System Integration, and Network Operations.
  • Cisco routers and switches (Cisco IOS) and Firewalls.
  • Networking technologies: BGP, OSPF, ISIS, EIGRP, HSRP, VLAN, TCP/IP, MPLS, and STP.
  • Implementation, Decommission, Upgrades, Updates of switch/router and firewalls.
  • Manage hardware IOS, coordinating with vendors/partners for support.
  • Gather requirements, create specifications, and design solution for network projects
  • IP Addressing (CIDR/IPv4/IPv6).

Salary Ranges

Compensation: $166,000.00/Year

Benefits

Employment is contingent on successful completion of a pre-employment criminal background check, which may include a drug test.

Rate of Pay: $166,000.00/Year

Benefits information available at careers.dish.com.

Apply at careers.dish.com. Ref: 2025-92644 if applying externally through careers.dish.com; Ref: 2025-92645 if applying internally. May also apply by emailing resume with (Ref: 2025-92644) to tasharedservices@dish.com. The posting will be active for a minimum of 3 days. The active posting will continue to extend by 3 days until the position is filled.

Salary : $166,000

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