Incident Manager, Wireless NOC

Company Summary
EchoStar is reimagining the future of connectivity. Our business reach spans satellite television service, live-streaming and on-demand programming, smart home installation services, mobile plans and products.
Today, our brands include Boost Mobile, DISH TV, Gen Mobile, Hughes and Sling TV.
Department Summary
Our Wireless Technology team is transforming the future of connectivity by building and enhancing the country's first virtualized, standalone 5G wireless network from scratch. Our network is free of the limitations of the past, and flexible to satisfy all the social, economic and transformative needs of the changing world.
Job Duties and Responsibilities
The Incident Manager, Wireless NOC will be supporting DISH Wireless' 24/7 Network Operations Center. A successful Incident Manager will help lead a group of 5G Network Surveillance & Fault Isolation & Management teams supporting the end-to-end monitoring and troubleshooting of the entire 5G platform. The team will quickly analyze service and system issues, determine corrective actions and implement to restore services.
This position will escalate complex issues to our Advanced Operations & Engineering resources, and will determine root-causes for failure and develop corrective actions. Corrective actions can range from configuration changes to developing new operational procedures. This position will contribute to on-going process improvement reviews using Key Performance Indicator (KPI) metrics to eliminate errors, maximize hardware/software efficiencies, and increase service up-time leading to an overall excellent customer experience.
Key Responsibilities:

• Own end-to-end Incident Lifecycle Management (Sev 1-4), ensuring timely resolution and closure.
• Oversee incident response processes, prioritization, analysis, and follow-ups across teams.
• Collaborate with Advance Ops, Engineering, and Vendors to resolve critical/time-sensitive issues.
• Manage outages and escalations, ensuring adherence to assurance KPIs, SLAs, and process standards.
• Coordinate across functions (RF, Deployment, Tech Dev, Core, Cloud, etc.) to maintain service continuity.
• Track key issues, drive continuous improvement, and maintain national network availability >99.50%.

Skills, Experience and Requirements
Education and Experience:

• Bachelor/Master's degree or equivalent
• Minimum of 3+ years' of telecom/wireless experience
• Experience managing 4G/5G NOC shift environments and troubleshooting activities

Skills and Qualifications:

• Able to organize and prioritize dynamic schedules, balance team work loads and ensure incidents are managed quickly and efficiently to resolution
• Knowledge of 5G functional components (Core, RAN, Network, Transport, PaaS and gNB configurations)
• Motivated to grasp higher-level technology issues and troubleshoot to resolution
• Focused to work under pressure related to the scale of business impact and build strong working relationships both internally and externally
• Reliable, open and capable of working with minimum supervision
• Flexible, analytical thinker
• Enthusiastic and keen to learn new technologies and approaches
• Self-motivated, achievement-oriented with excellent people management skills and an ability to perform challenging tasks individually with ease
• Focused on being detail-oriented with strong organization skills
• Demonstrates ability to supervise and develop others
• Displays ability to work in a fluid atmosphere, handle multiple tasks and set priorities

Salary Ranges
Compensation: $83,160.00/Year - $118,800.00/Year
Benefits
We offer versatile health perks, including flexible spending accounts, HSA, a 401(k) Plan with company match, ESPP, career opportunities, and a flexible time away plan; all benefits can be viewed here: DISH Benefits .
The base pay range shown is a guideline. Individual total compensation will vary based on factors such as qualifications, skill level, and competencies; compensation is based on the role's location and is subject to change based on work location.
Candidates need to successfully complete a pre-employment screen, which may include a drug test and DMV check. Our company is committed to fostering an inclusive and equitable workplace where every individual has the opportunity to succeed. We are dedicated to providing individuals with criminal or arrest records a fair chance of employment in accordance with local, state, and federal laws.
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.