Job Duties and Responsibilities

Candidates must be willing to participate in at least one in-person interview, which may include a live whiteboarding or technical assessment session.

Boost Mobile is seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer to support automated deployment and management in AWS cloud-native environments. The position focuses on driving automated recovery and zero-touch provisioning across next-gen 5G infrastructure. Key focus areas include technical leadership, mentoring junior talent, and architecting highly available, fault-tolerant platform infrastructure to optimize performance metrics.

What Success Looks Like (Objectives):

• Serve as a technical leader to mentor junior engineers, onboard new team members, and resolve complex programming and design challenges
• Design, build, and maintain highly available, fault-tolerant platform and AWS cloud infrastructure solutions
• Establish organizational standards for infrastructure tuning, deployment, backup, and automation processes while monitoring key system metrics like MTBF and MTTR
• Drive automated responses to system incidents to minimize manual intervention and streamline triage workflows
• Leverage AI tools and AI applications to optimize cloud infrastructure monitoring, predictive capacity planning, and automated incident triage

Skills, Experience and Requirements

Core Skills and Competencies (What you'll bring):

• Deep technical expertise in administering AWS cloud services (ECR, EC2, ECS, IAM), databases, and operating systems
• Strong problem-solving, collaboration, and communication skills to clarify requirements, resolve ambiguities, and align technical strategies across teams
• Critical experience with container orchestration and Infrastructure-as-Code tooling including Kubernetes, Ansible, CloudFormation, and GitLab
• Critical experience with system metrics tracking, incident management, standard operating procedures, and technical documentation
• AI Application and AI Literacy competency, with the ability to integrate modern AI tools to enhance infrastructure automation and deployment workflows

Additional Qualifications:

• Proven experience with Infrastructure-as-Code, automating deployments, cluster management, and systems security within a CI/CD pipeline
• Strong programming background in languages such as Java, C++, Perl, Python, or advanced Shell scripting
• Background in Linux or Windows system administration, including configuration, performance tuning, and OS troubleshooting
• Familiarity with Agile at Scale, SAFe, or Lean Systems Engineering frameworks

Minimum Requirements:

• Minimum Education: Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical degree; or equivalent related experience
• Minimum Experience: 4+ years of experience in Amazon Web Services (AWS) or related cloud technologies
• Required Technical Skills: Must have at least 4 years of experience with:
  • Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) certification
  • AWS Cloud Services (ECR, EC2, ECS, IAM)
  • Automated deployment and orchestration tools (Kubernetes, Ansible, CloudFormation, GitLab)

Visa sponsorship not available for this position

Salary Ranges

Compensation: $96,250.00/Year - $137,500.00/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: EchoStar 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.