Lead Solution Architecture

AT&T • Chantilly, VA

28d • Onsite

About The Position

This position requires office presence of a minimum of 5 days per week and is only located in the location(s) posted. No relocation is offered. Join AT&T and reimagine the communications and technologies that connect the world. Our Consumer Technology experience team is delivering innovative and reliable technology solutions to power differentiated, simplified customer experiences. Bring your bold ideas and fearless risk-taking to redefine connectivity and transform how the world shares stories and experiences that matter. When you step into a career with AT&T, you won't just imagine the future- you'll create it. Design and implement scalable, secure, and efficient technology solutions that align with business and technical objectives, while providing technical leadership and facilitating crucial design decisions in collaboration with Enterprise Architects and System Engineers.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree desired in Computer Science, Engineering, Information technology, or related fields
• 5+ years of related experience with large scale TCP/IP networks and overlay/underlay networking technologies. (e.g., DMVPN/IPSec, SD-WAN, BGP, EIGRP, GRE/IPIP tunnels, VRF's)
• Hands-on experience with networking configurations and large-scale migration projects.
• Certification is required in some areas (CCNA or higher preferred)

Responsibilities

• Specify the Components and Their Interactions: Define high-level solutions with customers, stakeholders, and development teams. Determine primary components and subsystems, analyzing technical trade-offs. Identify interfaces and collaborations, defining higher-level functional and non-functional requirements (NFRs).
• Define a Shared Technical and Architectural Vision: Create a unified technical and architectural vision for the entire solution, ensuring alignment rather than focusing on specific components.
• Align Architectural Direction: Collaborate with portfolio stakeholders, customers, Enterprise Architects, System Engineers, and development teams to align the architectural direction.
• Establish Implementation Strategy and Technical Foundation: Develop an incremental implementation strategy and technical foundation for the architectural runway, preserving architectural flexibility through abstraction and generalization.
• Ensure Common Practices and Reuse: Promote the use of common technology, design practices, and infrastructure where applicable. Facilitate the reuse of code, components, and proven patterns, influencing common modeling, design, and coding practices.
• Provide 24x7 Tier 3/4 troubleshooting expertise for all network event escalations (Executive, Enterprise Customer, Product Management, Service Management, Tier 2, and Account Teams Escalations). Quickly troubleshooting complex IP/MPLS network problems is a fundamental requirement, requires in-depth knowledge of IP and MPLS protocols (e.g., BGP, OSPF, MPLS); strong analytical ability and problem-solving skills; and the ability to represent the LCM organization on resolution and remediation issues to senior executives.
• Contribute high-level, strategic solutions with significant positive impact to the Operations organization. Must be a technical leader and hands-on technology expert and able to work with all the organizations responsible for developing, building, and managing the IP/MPLS network. Must be able to communicate highly technical information to Technology Operations and Customer Support organizations.
• Design, develop, test, implement, document, and analyze overall architecture of systems, including hardware and software.

Benefits

• Medical/Dental/Vision coverage
• 401(k) plan
• Tuition reimbursement program
• Paid Time Off and Holidays (based on date of hire, at least 23 days of vacation each year and 9 company-designated holidays)
• Paid Parental Leave
• Paid Caregiver Leave
• Additional sick leave beyond what state and local law require may be available but is unprotected
• Adoption Reimbursement
• Disability Benefits (short term and long term)
• Life and Accidental Death Insurance
• Supplemental benefit programs: critical illness/accident hospital indemnity/group legal
• Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)
• Extensive employee wellness programs
• Employee discounts up to 50% off on eligible AT&T mobility plans and accessories, AT&T internet (and fiber where available) and AT&T phone

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Telecommunications
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees