Deputy Chief Engineer Systems (Government)

AT&T; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 144,000 - 277,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision coverage

401(k) plan

Tuition reimbursement program

Paid Time Off and Holidays

Paid Parental Leave

Disability Benefits

Life and AD insurance

Employee discounts

Job summary

AT&T Global Public Sector is seeking a Deputy Chief Engineer, Systems to provide senior technical expertise for architecture, design, and integration of complex IT and data center solutions for a large-scale federal program. You will work with the Chief Engineer and multidisciplinary teams to maintain an integrated technical roadmap and ensure secure, scalable, and interoperable systems.

Responsibilities include evolving system architectures, guiding design across domains, and ensuring

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related technical field required.
• Experience in systems engineering, solution architecture, network management, or OSS environments.
• Experience architecting and integrating enterprise platforms like ServiceNow or ScienceLogic in complex IT environments.
• Strong knowledge of compute, virtualization, storage, networking, and enterprise infrastructure.
• Experience developing and reviewing system architectures and interface documentation.
• Knowledge of systems engineering principles and architecture development.

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve system architectures and roadmaps for mission-critical IT and communications environments.
• Architect integrated solutions across compute, virtualization, storage, networking, data center infrastructure and supporting technologies.
• Translate requirements into system architectures, engineering requirements, interfaces, and design solutions.
• Support the Chief Engineer in setting technical direction, standards, and architectural principles.
• Provide technical integration across system, network, cybersecurity, infrastructure, operations, and test disciplines.
• Develop architecture alternatives and trade studies addressing scalability, performance, capacity, availability, resiliency, security, and lifecycle needs.
• Guide designs from high-level to detailed design, integration, testing, and transition to operations.
• Identify and resolve system-level dependencies, risks, gaps, and cross-domain challenges.
• Ensure architectures include redundancy, monitoring, and operational support considerations.
• Review architectures and vendor solutions for completeness and alignment.
• Collaborate with cybersecurity teams to incorporate security requirements into designs.
• Work with test and engineering teams to ensure measurability and verifiability of requirements.

Skills

Systems Engineering

Architecture

Solution integration

Leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering/CS/Engineering/IT

Tools

ServiceNow

ScienceLogic

Job description

This is a full-time onsite role based in the location(s) posted and is performed from the designated work location five days per week. No relocation is offered.

AT&T Global Public Sector is a trusted provider of secure, IP enabled, cloud-based, network solutions and professional services to the Federal Government. We are dedicated to recruiting, developing and empowering a diverse, high-performing workforce that is passionate about what they do, committed to our shared values and dedicated to our customers’ mission.

AT&T 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.

In this role, you will work closely with the Chief Engineer and multidisciplinary engineering teams to define and maintain an integrated systems architecture and technical roadmap. You will help ensure solutions spanning compute, virtualization, storage, networking, enterprise platforms, and supporting infrastructure are scalable, secure, resilient, interoperable, and aligned with customer mission and operational requirements.

Job Duties/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.

Required Clearance:

Customer Specific Clearance (#clearable)

Required Qualifications:

• 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 with the ability to communicate complex technical concepts to engineering teams, program leadership, customers, and other stakeholders.

Desired Qualifications:

• 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.

Our Deputy Chief Engineer System's earn between $143,700 - $276,900. Not to mention all the other amazing rewards that working at AT&T offers. Individual starting salary within this range may depend on geography, experience, expertise, and education/training.

Joining our team comes with amazing perks and 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 wireline phone

Weekly Hours:

40

Time Type:

Regular

Location:

Chantilly, Virginia

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