Principal Member of Technical Staff
Dallas, Texas
Job Description:
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.
AT&T will not hire any applicants for this position who require employer sponsorship now or in the future.
Join AT&T and help shape the future of communications and technology that connect the world. We value innovators who seek to explore the unknown and challenge the status quo. Bring your bold ideas and fearless spirit to redefine connectivity and transform how people share stories and experiences. At AT&T, you won’t just imagine the future—you’ll build it.
AT&T Advanced Network Technical Support – System Engineering is seeking an experienced Cloud Engineer with expertise in the strategy, design, development, and implementation of projects in the cloud. The ideal candidate is experienced in cloud-based technology, with a firm grasp of emerging technologies, platforms, and applications. The candidate must have the ability to customize cloud technologies to help our customers become more secure and efficient.
The Cloud Solutions Engineer will lead and drive innovative end-to-end integrated systems engineering solutions of worldwide cloud platforms. They will collaborate with cloud vendors to plan, design, and implement cloud-based network functions / services. This individual must possess strong troubleshooting with an emphasis on operational automation coding skills with a passion for operating Internet-facing, as well as internal, infrastructure at scale with zero downtime. This role provides the opportunity to establish operational aspects of the infrastructure throughout the entire development life cycle. This includes designing, developing infrastructure as a code, automating deployment, operations, and monitoring processes. In addition, this role will help to guide and mentor other team members in cloud best practices and solution development. This is a software development and operations position in a highly collaborative environment working directly with Development, QA, Operations, and Product Management teams across multiple geographies.
What you’ll do:
Working as a Principal Member of Technical Staff, you will be required to demonstrate your highly technical skills within a specific technology discipline. To attain this technical level, you will be required to have or be capable of exhibiting significant contributions in specific complex technical areas. Your contribution can be external to the Company but shall be primarily internal. As the Principal Member of Technical Staff, you will be recognized in the company as a technical leader within a specific area and may lead projects of small to medium size and technical breath. In addition, you should have worked or be capable of working on projects of high complexity.
Ability to lead and contribute to large scale technical efforts and expertise in the following areas, with familiarity with other technologies, is a must: Networking, Network Operations and Processes, Operations tooling, Systems Platforms, Network Function requirements, SW development (especially in network and/or cloud functions), IP Networking, and SDN. You will also collaborate with engineering and development teams to evaluate and identify optimal cloud solutions (workload placement, packet forwarding-method, on-prem vs public vs. hybrid) and implementing Infrastructure as code practices integrated with CI/CD processes and tools.
What you’ll need:
Required Experience:
8+ years of related experience.
Certification is required in some areas.
Required Qualifications:
Systems Engineering, analytical and integration experience
7+ years of experience supporting software deployments, server, and database system administration
3+ years of experience with Microsoft Azure
Hands-on experience with Azure or other cloud services reinforced with architectural design experience
Experience with building systems such as Jenkins or Azure DevOps and source control systems such as GitHub.
Experience using monitoring tools like Azure Monitor, Datadog, Nagios, etc.
Intermediate Experience scripting in Java, PowerShell or Python
Strong understanding of networking concepts, protocols, and architecture
Understanding of DevOps, Scrum, and ITIL concepts
Experience with commercial SaaS platforms or other hosted infrastructure at scale
Experience with designing, building, and improving automated deployment and operations tools and processes including Apache Kafka, Grafana, Elasticsearch, Snowflake, etc.
Experience with Docker Containers and Kubernetes
Experience with Ansible, Terraform, CloudFormation or similar infrastructure automation and modelling toolkits
Advanced Linux, networking and storage expertise including L2, L3, DPDK, Linux kernel tuning, virtualization, and storage multipathing
Experience with troubleshooting all aspects of Cloud and Internet infrastructure, firewalls, load balancing, networking, routing, server performance, storage throughput and latency, etc.
Desired Experience:
Experience using Configuration Management Tools like Chef, Ansible, or DSC is a plus.
Investigation and debugging skills
Willingly shares relevant technical and/or industry knowledge and expertise with other resources
Resourceful and proactive in gathering information and sharing ideas
Excellent decision-making, problem-solving, teamwork, and time management skills
Excellent verbal and written communication skills to technical and non-technical audiences of various levels in the organization
Ability to work with teams across cultures fostering trust and collaboration
Required Education:
PhD in an approved field from an approved university with a minimum of 4 years of relevant experience or Masters in an approved field from an approved university with a minimum of 6 years of relevant experience or a Bachelors in an approved field from an approved university with a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience. Refer to Technical Career Pathway (TCP) website for approved universities and degree disciplines.
Supervisor: No
Our Principal Member of Technical Staff, earns between $169,000 - $283,800 annually. 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 phone
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Weekly Hours:
40Time Type:
RegularLocation:
Atlanta, GeorgiaSalary Range:
$169,000.00 - $283,800.00It is the policy of AT&T to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, AT&T will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. AT&T is a fair chance employer and does not initiate a background check until an offer is made.
Job ID R-96249-1 Date posted 01/16/2026
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