Technical Talent Acquisition Specialist
EchoStar, Englewood, CO, United States
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
The EchoStar Talent Acquisition team collaborates with innovative leaders across the organization, seeking individuals who embody our company's core values, creative spirit and drive to make a difference. From discovering and nurturing exceptional talent to navigating the complexities of an evolving and multi-dimensional business, our TA professionals are catalysts for positive change, both within the company and in their own careers.
Job Duties and Responsibilities
This role transitions our recruitment function from a reactive model to a proactive, sourcing-led engine that drives high-density talent acquisition for our engineering, product, and architecture teams. You will solve the challenge of technical talent scarcity by moving beyond application reviews to actively hunting passive engineers and unblocking complex hiring hurdles through real-time market insights. Success is defined by the ability to act as a high-energy technical advisor to Engineering leadership—leveraging tech-stack fluency and market intelligence to influence hiring decisions and deliver top-tier talent in an onsite, fast-paced environment.
What Success Looks Like (Objectives)
Map competitor talent pools and identify key technical hubs to build a sustainable pipeline of high-potential candidates for critical engineering, cloud architecture, and cybersecurity functions.
Conduct initial technical deep-dive screens to evaluate candidate alignment with specific tech stacks (e.g., Java, AWS, Microservices) and engineering methodologies before submission to hiring leads.
Meet or exceed a delivery target of 16 technical hires per quarter across varying levels of seniority while maintaining a Time in Process of 30 days or less.
Drive 20% of total hires through outbound sourcing of passive technical candidates to find niche talent.
Deliver high-quality shortlists with a 2:1 submission-to-interview ratio through rigorous technical assessment and alignment with specific engineering requirements.
Utilize AI-sourcing tools and technical market data to identify aging requisitions early and lead recalibration sessions with Engineering leaders to adjust requirements or sourcing strategies.
Skills, Experience and Requirements
Core Skills and Competencies (What you’ll bring)
Technical Fluency: Demonstrated ability to converse intelligently with engineering leads regarding software architecture, CI/CD, and specific developer frameworks to ensure accurate candidate matching.
Exceptional communication and influence skills required to partner directly with Engineering Directors and VPs, providing clear logic and evidence to guide technical hiring decisions.
Critical experience in full-cycle technical recruitment ownership, including strategic intake for engineering roles, high-activity outbound hunting, and complex offer negotiation for high-demand talent.
Technical mastery of enterprise ATS platforms like iCIMS and sophisticated proficiency in sourcing platforms and AI-search aggregators.
Analytical capability to perform technical compensation benchmarking and talent mapping, providing a clear view of the competitive landscape for specialized engineering roles.
AI literacy and application expertise used to automate technical candidate discovery, streamline screening workflows, and enhance the precision of niche skill identification.
Minimum Requirements
Minimum Education:
Bachelor’s Degree in HR, Business, Computer Science, or a related field.
Minimum Experience:
2+ years of experience in Full-Cycle Technical Recruiting (Engineering, Product, or Infrastructure).
Required Technical Skills:
Must have experience with:
Enterprise-grade ATS (e.g., iCIMS)
Technical sourcing platforms (LinkedIn Recruiter, GitHub, Stack Overflow)
Data-driven hiring pivots for niche technical roles
High-activity outbound sourcing for passive engineering talent
Location:
Ability to work 5 days a week onsite (non-remote).
Visa sponsorship not available for this role
Salary Ranges
Compensation: $63,150.00/Year - $90,000.00/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: 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.
We pride ourselves on developing and promoting talent as an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. 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. EchoStar will accommodate the sincerely held religious beliefs of employees if such accommodations are not undue hardships and are otherwise within the bounds of applicable law. All qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with local, state, and federal law. You may redact any information that identifies age, date of birth, or dates of school/graduation from your application documents before submission and throughout our application process.
EchoStar will 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 others, or is otherwise not required by law. EchoStar has a more detailed Accommodation Policy that applies to employees. EchoStar endeavours to make the company website accessible to users. Please contact leaves@dish.com if you would like to discuss the accessibility of our website or need assistance completing the application process. This contact information is for accommodation requests only; do not use this contact information to inquire about the status of applications.
Click the links to access the following statements: EEO Policy Statement, Pay Transparency, EEOC Know Your Rights (English/Spanish).
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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
The EchoStar Talent Acquisition team collaborates with innovative leaders across the organization, seeking individuals who embody our company's core values, creative spirit and drive to make a difference. From discovering and nurturing exceptional talent to navigating the complexities of an evolving and multi-dimensional business, our TA professionals are catalysts for positive change, both within the company and in their own careers.
Job Duties and Responsibilities
This role transitions our recruitment function from a reactive model to a proactive, sourcing-led engine that drives high-density talent acquisition for our engineering, product, and architecture teams. You will solve the challenge of technical talent scarcity by moving beyond application reviews to actively hunting passive engineers and unblocking complex hiring hurdles through real-time market insights. Success is defined by the ability to act as a high-energy technical advisor to Engineering leadership—leveraging tech-stack fluency and market intelligence to influence hiring decisions and deliver top-tier talent in an onsite, fast-paced environment.
What Success Looks Like (Objectives)
Map competitor talent pools and identify key technical hubs to build a sustainable pipeline of high-potential candidates for critical engineering, cloud architecture, and cybersecurity functions.
Conduct initial technical deep-dive screens to evaluate candidate alignment with specific tech stacks (e.g., Java, AWS, Microservices) and engineering methodologies before submission to hiring leads.
Meet or exceed a delivery target of 16 technical hires per quarter across varying levels of seniority while maintaining a Time in Process of 30 days or less.
Drive 20% of total hires through outbound sourcing of passive technical candidates to find niche talent.
Deliver high-quality shortlists with a 2:1 submission-to-interview ratio through rigorous technical assessment and alignment with specific engineering requirements.
Utilize AI-sourcing tools and technical market data to identify aging requisitions early and lead recalibration sessions with Engineering leaders to adjust requirements or sourcing strategies.
Skills, Experience and Requirements
Core Skills and Competencies (What you’ll bring)
Technical Fluency: Demonstrated ability to converse intelligently with engineering leads regarding software architecture, CI/CD, and specific developer frameworks to ensure accurate candidate matching.
Exceptional communication and influence skills required to partner directly with Engineering Directors and VPs, providing clear logic and evidence to guide technical hiring decisions.
Critical experience in full-cycle technical recruitment ownership, including strategic intake for engineering roles, high-activity outbound hunting, and complex offer negotiation for high-demand talent.
Technical mastery of enterprise ATS platforms like iCIMS and sophisticated proficiency in sourcing platforms and AI-search aggregators.
Analytical capability to perform technical compensation benchmarking and talent mapping, providing a clear view of the competitive landscape for specialized engineering roles.
AI literacy and application expertise used to automate technical candidate discovery, streamline screening workflows, and enhance the precision of niche skill identification.
Minimum Requirements
Minimum Education:
Bachelor’s Degree in HR, Business, Computer Science, or a related field.
Minimum Experience:
2+ years of experience in Full-Cycle Technical Recruiting (Engineering, Product, or Infrastructure).
Required Technical Skills:
Must have experience with:
Enterprise-grade ATS (e.g., iCIMS)
Technical sourcing platforms (LinkedIn Recruiter, GitHub, Stack Overflow)
Data-driven hiring pivots for niche technical roles
High-activity outbound sourcing for passive engineering talent
Location:
Ability to work 5 days a week onsite (non-remote).
Visa sponsorship not available for this role
Salary Ranges
Compensation: $63,150.00/Year - $90,000.00/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: 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.
We pride ourselves on developing and promoting talent as an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. 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. EchoStar will accommodate the sincerely held religious beliefs of employees if such accommodations are not undue hardships and are otherwise within the bounds of applicable law. All qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with local, state, and federal law. You may redact any information that identifies age, date of birth, or dates of school/graduation from your application documents before submission and throughout our application process.
EchoStar will 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 others, or is otherwise not required by law. EchoStar has a more detailed Accommodation Policy that applies to employees. EchoStar endeavours to make the company website accessible to users. Please contact leaves@dish.com if you would like to discuss the accessibility of our website or need assistance completing the application process. This contact information is for accommodation requests only; do not use this contact information to inquire about the status of applications.
Click the links to access the following statements: EEO Policy Statement, Pay Transparency, EEOC Know Your Rights (English/Spanish).
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