Deputy Chief Engineer Systems (Government)

AT&T•Chantilly, VA

2d•$143,700 - $276,900•Onsite

About The Position

AT&T Global Public Sector is seeking a Deputy Chief Engineer, Systems to provide senior technical expertise supporting the architecture, design, integration, and evolution of complex IT, data center, and communications solutions for a large-scale federal program. The role is based onsite in Chantilly, Virginia, five days per week, with no relocation offered. Working closely with the Chief Engineer and multidisciplinary engineering teams, the Deputy Chief Engineer helps define and maintain an integrated systems architecture and technical roadmap. Solutions span compute, virtualization, storage, networking, enterprise platforms, and supporting infrastructure, and must be scalable, secure, resilient, interoperable, and aligned with customer mission and operational requirements.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Telecommunications, or a related technical field.
Demonstrated experience in systems engineering, solution architecture, network management, telecommunications, or OSS environments.
Demonstrated experience architecting and integrating enterprise platforms such as ServiceNow, ScienceLogic, or comparable IT service management, infrastructure monitoring, observability, and operations management solutions within complex IT environments.
Strong knowledge of compute, virtualization, storage, networking, enterprise infrastructure, and systems integration.
Experience developing and reviewing system architectures, technical designs, engineering requirements, and interface documentation.
Knowledge of systems engineering principles, requirements decomposition, architecture development, interface management, integration, and verification.
Demonstrated ability to evaluate technical alternatives and make sound engineering recommendations across multiple technology domains.
Ability to identify and resolve complex system-level technical and integration issues.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to communicate complex technical concepts to engineering teams, program leadership, customers, and other stakeholders.
Required customer-specific clearance; the posting states the candidate must be clearable.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Telecommunications, or a related technical field.
Experience supporting large-scale federal government, telecommunications, or mission-critical technology programs.
Experience architecting geographically distributed, high-availability enterprise infrastructure.
Knowledge of resilient architecture, disaster recovery, business continuity, and high-availability design principles.
Experience integrating cybersecurity requirements into enterprise infrastructure and system architectures.
Experience supporting formal engineering lifecycle activities, including requirements analysis, design reviews, integration, verification and validation, test, and operational readiness.
Experience with capacity planning, infrastructure modernization, technology lifecycle management, and OEM/vendor solution integration.

Responsibilities

Define and evolve system architectures and technical roadmaps for complex, mission-critical IT and communications environments.
Architect integrated solutions spanning compute, virtualization, storage, networking, data center infrastructure, enterprise platforms, and supporting technologies.
Translate customer, operational, and technical requirements into system architectures, engineering requirements, interface definitions, and design solutions.
Support the Chief Engineer in establishing technical direction, engineering standards, architectural principles, and system-level design approaches.
Provide technical integration across system, network, cybersecurity, infrastructure, operations, and test engineering disciplines.
Develop and evaluate architecture alternatives and technical trade studies addressing scalability, performance, capacity, availability, resiliency, security, interoperability, and lifecycle requirements.
Guide solutions through high-level design, detailed design, integration, test, implementation, and transition to operations.
Identify and resolve system-level dependencies, technical risks, architectural gaps, and complex cross-domain integration challenges.
Ensure architectures incorporate appropriate redundancy, fault tolerance, recoverability, monitoring, management, and operational support considerations.
Review system designs, architecture documentation, engineering artifacts, interface definitions, and vendor/OEM solutions for technical completeness and architectural alignment.
Collaborate with cybersecurity teams to incorporate applicable security requirements and controls into system designs.
Partner with test and engineering teams to ensure technical requirements and system designs are measurable, traceable, and verifiable.
Provide technical expertise during design reviews, integration activities, implementation, troubleshooting, and resolution of complex engineering issues.
Evaluate emerging technologies, capacity requirements, technology obsolescence, and lifecycle considerations to support long-term architecture planning.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision coverage
401(k) plan
Tuition reimbursement program
Paid Time Off and holidays, including at least 23 vacation days each year and 9 company-designated holidays, based on date of hire
Paid parental leave
Paid caregiver leave
Additional sick leave beyond what state and local law require may be available but is unprotected
Adoption reimbursement
Short-term and long-term disability benefits
Life and accidental death insurance
Supplemental benefit programs, including critical illness, accident hospital indemnity, and group legal
Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)
Employee wellness programs
Employee discounts up to 50% off eligible AT&T mobility plans and accessories, AT&T internet (and fiber where available), and AT&T wireline phone