Thursday, January 07, 2016

DISH - Unix Administrator

Summary: DISH is a Fortune 250 company with more than $14 billion in annual revenue that continues to redefine the communications industry. Our legacy is innovation and a willingness to challenge the status quo, including reinventing ourselves. We disrupted the pay-TV industry in the mid-90s with the launch of the DISH satellite TV service, taking on some of the largest U.S. corporations in the process, and grew to be the third-largest pay-TV provider. We are doing it again with the launch of the first live, internet-delivered TV Service SlingTV, that bucks traditional pay-TV norms and gives consumers a truly new way to access and watch television. Now we have our sights set on upending the wireless industry and unseating the entrenched incumbent carriers.
We have a bold sense of pride, adventure, and desire to win its in our DNA. And were looking for people with boundless energy, intelligence, and an overwhelming need to achieve to join our team as we embark on the next chapter of our story. Opportunity is here. We are DISH. 


Job Duties and Responsibilities: DISHs UNIX Admin team is at the forefront of technology. We are an enterprise environment where you can expect to work on both projects and hardware. In the past two years the team has succeeded in completing an entire network upgrade and in moving 15 millions subs in one night. 

Primary responsibilities fall into the following categories:
  • Applicant should have expertise in Linux and HPUX operating systems and have material operational knowledge.
  • Applicant will be responsible for Open Systems operational environment management, build out, integration, systems documentation, maintaining vendor support and technical interaction, technology implementation with and identifying sound technical solutions to execute the requirements of the business.
  • Applicant must work effectively with Systems Architects, System Administrators, Project Managers, DBAs, Developers and management to provide timely execution and support for business systems, planning, implementation and increased system uptimes.
  • Applicant must know or quickly learn the working environment technical and business, through self initiative and direction from senior staff and/or piers.
  • The applicant must assist in mentoring of team members and other workers relating to your job function and demonstrate leadership through technical knowledge, interpersonal skills, business knowledge, organizational skills and professionalism.
  • Applicant must be able to participate effectively on team and enterprise projects.