Lead System Engineering

AT&T•Plano, TX

2d•$171,765 - $237,400•Hybrid

About The Position

The Lead System Engineer will design performance testing strategies to validate the impact of changes on applications and consumer technology ecosystems. This role involves designing application tests, ensuring performance is integrated into solution design for issue identification and remediation, and reporting/escalating performance-related risks to stakeholders. The engineer will also identify and propose frameworks and tools to enhance performance, utilize CI/CD pipelines, perform workload characterization, and drive the definition of test cases for Non-Functional Requirements (NFRs).

Requirements

Requires a Bachelor’s degree, or foreign equivalent degree, in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Applied Computer Science and five (5) years of progressive postbaccalaureate experience in the job offered, or five (5) years of progressive postbaccalaureate experience in a related occupation utilizing Jenkins and CI/CD pipelines.
Requires five (5) years of progressive postbaccalaureate experience in writing script using at least one programming language like Java and SQL.
Requires five (5) years of progressive postbaccalaureate experience utilizing SaaS/cloud-based ecosystems such as ADO, JIRA, GitHub.
Requires five (5) years of progressive postbaccalaureate experience using windows operating system.
Requires five (5) years of progressive postbaccalaureate experience in understanding of Performance Testing, Compute, and storage.
Requires five (5) years of progressive postbaccalaureate experience utilizing tools like postman, SoapUI.
Requires five (5) years of progressive postbaccalaureate experience using Log Monitoring tools.
Requires five (5) years of progressive postbaccalaureate experience using modern software development tools, version control systems (ex. Git).
Requires five (5) years of progressive postbaccalaureate experience using Monitor system resources (CPU, memory, disk I/O, network bandwidth).
Requires five (5) years of progressive postbaccalaureate experience working with Veracode and vulnerability analysis.
Requires five (5) years of progressive postbaccalaureate experience applying advance knowledge of application architecture concepts, including topology, protocols, components, and principles.
Requires five (5) years of progressive postbaccalaureate experience working in Agile or DevOps environments.
Requires five (5) years of progressive postbaccalaureate experience utilizing caching strategies, memory management, concurrency, and multi-threading.
Alternatively, a Master's degree, or foreign equivalent degree, in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Applied Computer Science and three (3) years of experience in the job offered, or three (3) years of experience in a related occupation utilizing Jenkins and CI/CD pipelines.
Alternatively, three (3) years of experience in writing script using at least one programming language like Java and SQL.
Alternatively, three (3) years of experience utilizing SaaS/cloud-based ecosystems such as ADO, JIRA, GitHub.
Alternatively, three (3) years of experience using windows operating system.
Alternatively, three (3) years of experience in understanding of Performance Testing, Compute, and storage.
Alternatively, three (3) years of experience utilizing tools like postman, SoapUI.
Alternatively, three (3) years of experience using Log Monitoring tools.
Alternatively, three (3) years of experience using modern software development tools, version control systems (ex. Git).
Alternatively, three (3) years of experience using Monitor system resources (CPU, memory, disk I/O, network bandwidth).
Alternatively, three (3) years of experience working with Veracode and vulnerability analysis.
Alternatively, three (3) years of experience applying advance knowledge of application architecture concepts, including topology, protocols, components, and principles.
Alternatively, three (3) years of experience working in Agile or DevOps environments.
Alternatively, three (3) years of experience utilizing caching strategies, memory management, concurrency, and multi-threading.

Responsibilities

Design performance testing strategies that validate impact changes to the performance of applications and consumer technology ecosystems.
Design application tests that validate consumer technology ecosystems.
Ensure performance is built into the design of a solution in order to identify and remediate issues and defects.
Report and escalate issues related to applications or commitment risks to stakeholders.
Identify and propose frameworks and tools that enhance performance.
Utilize Jenkins or CI/CD pipelines.
Perform workload characterization and define workload mixes and targets from analytics.
Drive the definition of test cases that support the testing of NFRs.
Utilize testing tools including JMeter or LoadRunner or App Dynamics or Dynatrace or Grafana or Splunk.
Write script using C/C++ or Java or Python or Scala or R or SQL.
Utilize Kubernetes containers or Salesforce or Azure or AWS.
Apply advanced knowledge of infrastructure components including routers or load balancers or cloud products or container systems or networks.
Utilize SaaS/cloud-based ecosystems or ADO or JIRA or Confluence or GitHub or UNIX/Linux operating system or Chaos Testing or Performance Testing or Compute or storage.
Apply advanced knowledge of application architecture concepts or topology or protocols or components or principles.
Use Fiddler or Quantum Metrics or Exe Tool or Heap Analyzer or Google DevTools or Core Web Vitals or ELK.

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