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DISH Network L.L.C

ITSM/DevOps Manager

DISH Network L.L.C, Englewood, Colorado, us, 80151


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 Mobile and Gen Mobile.

Department Summary

Our Technology teams challenge the status quo and reimagine capabilities across industries. Whether through research and development, technology innovation or solution engineering, our people play vital roles in connecting consumers with the products and platforms of tomorrow.

Job Duties and Responsibilities

The ITSM/DevOps Manager role is to gather, analyze, and develop automation processes necessary in improving the productivity of software release processes thereby achieving the desired business goals, objectives, and needs at DISH. The team’s focus is to build a smooth and stable CI/CD development process in order to support DISH’s Software releases and ensure that they have a smooth release in the test and production environments in a timely manner so that the business requirements are met from a release management perspective.

Key Responsibilities:

Responsible for leading a team of professionals in the areas of Change, Problem, DevOps/Software Configuration Management, and ITSO Metrics

Create an environment that supports customer self-service and automation of routine service requests

Foster continuous service delivery optimization and improvement

Develop self-auditing and compliance capabilities around ITSO procedures

Develop and implement a strategy and roadmap for organizational excellence in the application of ITSO services, procedures, and tools

Oversee the process to ensure the Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and supporting Operating Level Agreements (OLAs) are published and met by support teams

Develop performance measures and consistently report metrics to IT Services Leadership team

Lead continual service improvement and ongoing process maturity through regular reviews of the process and tools, trend analysis, and metrics reporting, and through regular engagement with stakeholders

Provide direction and goal setting on strategy and operations

Provide tactical and strategic recommendations based on ITSO key performance measures

Develop and lead cross-process compliance and design coordination within the operations team and cross-functionally throughout the IT Organization

Establish and run Advisory Group reviews with stakeholders

Mentor service and process managers on ITSO concepts

May be responsible for on-call duties and response to emergencies on-site as needed

Building and setting up new development tools and infrastructure

Understanding the needs of stakeholders and conveying this to developers

Working on ways to automate and improve development and release processes

Testing and examining code written by others and analyzing results

Ensuring that systems are safe and secure against cybersecurity threats

Identifying technical problems and developing software updates and ‘fixes’

Working with software developers and software engineers to ensure that development follows established processes and works as intended

Planning out projects and being involved in project management decisions

Hire and Train employees to be successful

Craft communications possibly to leadership and the entire company

Other related duties as assigned

Skills, Experience and Requirements

Education and Experience:

BA/BS or MA/MS preferred plus 4-8 years of progressively related experience

Experience with code repository management, code merge and quality checks, continuous integration, and automated deployment & management using tools like Jenkins, SVN, Git,Team Foundations Server, Artifactory, ServiceNow or similar technologies

Experience Managing a team of IT professionals

Skills and Qualificiations:

Proficient with code repository software. Examples include: GIT, Subversion, Azure DevOps Server, Artifactory

Working knowledge of databases and SQL. Examples include: Oracle, MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, Mongo, Postgres

Deployment Automation tools: Jenkins, GIT pipelines, Azure DevOps Pipeline

Designing Change Control processes in a large enterprise

Designing Problem Management processes in a large enterprise

Ability to present key metrics to senior management

Excellent communication skills

Ability to effectively deliver information at executive levels and the entire organization

Other preferred software experience: Webmethods, Batches, Java, Visual Studio, Putty, Google Gsuite

Salary Ranges

Compensation: $96,250.00/Year - $130,000.00/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.

We pride ourselves on developing and promoting talent as an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer - Veteran/Disability. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. We are a true merit-based organization and work hard so there are no artificial barriers to one's potential success. DISH is committed to a workforce where everyone's opportunities are limitless.

Consistent with this commitment, DISH will endeavor to provide reasonable accommodation to otherwise qualified job applicants and employees with known physical or mental disabilities, unless doing so poses an undue hardship on the Company, poses a direct threat of substantial harm to the employee or others, or is otherwise not required by law.