Senior Video Engineering Technician - Full-time

DISH is a Fortune 200 company with more than $15 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 fourth-largest pay-TV provider. We are doing it again with the first live, internet-delivered TV service – Sling TV – 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 are driven by curiosity, pride, adventure, and a desire to win – it’s in our DNA. We’re 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.

The successful Senior Video Engineering Technician will have the following:

• Associate’s Degree (AAS)and 6+ years IT or video systems experience; or an equivalent combination of experience and education.
• 2+ years of experience with Windows and Linux operating systems.
• 2+ years of experience with networking protocols to include TCP/IP, BOOTP, TFTP.
• Must be a US citizen or a US Permanent Resident.
• Ability to visually monitor CCTV screens and respond to audible alarms
• Abililty to lift 50 pounds

 Preferred Qualifications:

• Familiarity with digital video routing systems.
• Familiarity with Linux and Windows Server operating systems
• IT certifications, i.e., MTA, MCSA, Server+, Network+
• Experience with professional digital video encoding equipment
• Experience with MPEG, transport stream, and/or packet data analyzers.  

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The Dish Uplinks Compression department at our Regional Uplink Centers, in Quicksburg, VA, is looking for a Senior Video Engineering Technician who will  implement and maintain all video and audio compression systems needed to support DISH customers.

Compression is responsible for the entire video encoding and multiplexing infrastructure within DISH and we constantly work to ensure our content quality meets or exceeds DISH specifications and customer expectations. At the heart of the broadcast center, Compression works across multiple departments to resolve concerns with audio and video quality, signal handling, encryption, specialized hardware and transmission. Compression is apt for someone who embraces new and specialized technologies, thrives on the improvement and sharing of knowledge, and seeks out unique challenges. Working in Compression requires a tenacious, detail oriented person who is willing to work shifts to support our 24 hour services.

Primary responsibilities fall into the following categories:

• Repetitively operates, monitors, and configures MPEG content in a multi-channel broadcast environment.
• Manages networks controlling, monitoring, and distributing digitally encoded audio/video content.
• Works closely with multiple engineering and network groups on all levels of the organization.
• Evaluates and troubleshoots the transmission of digital video signals across local and wide area networks utilizing TCP/IP and fiber networks.
• Required to complete daily activity reports and maintain department documentation with accuracy and completeness. 

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