AT&T · 6 hours ago
Principal System Engineering
Atlanta, GA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$198K/yr - $212K/yr
3+ years expAT&T is a leading telecommunications company, and they are seeking a Principal System Engineering professional. This role is responsible for driving cross-functional team objectives, managing the release process, and ensuring the efficiency and reliability of software delivery in alignment with organizational goals.
CollaborationCommunications InfrastructureMobileService IndustryTelecommunicationsWireless
Responsibilities
Responsible for driving the direction of collective teams (cross functional and internal) to realize primary objectives and solutions using top level communications, methodologies, and tooling
Support the Director of Release Management in defining, creating, improving, maintaining, and implementing release process using data driven analytics to substantiate decisions that are integral to the organization’s key goals and objectives
Collaborate with Senior Leadership, Development, and Product Management in defining high level release Roadmap/Plans assuming overall responsibility for successful execution of the approved Release Plan
Align Release Governance’s best practices/recommendation with approved Release Calendar and Release Management Dashboards
Establish key metrics to measure and monitor progress of releases integrity
Carry out process evaluation, diagnosis, and optimization, demonstrates a thorough understanding of a major process flow, its components, and issues, helps others learn the tools and techniques for process value analysis
Coordinate detailed release schedules by analyzing dependencies, managing backlogs, and accounting for infrastructure updates, ensuring all timelines were aligned and achievable
Collaborate with software configuration management to ensure overall sequencing and integrity of all environment planning and usage as required by the delivery teams and production implementation
Work with Infra Design team to formulate environment strategy according to industry best practices
Facilitate release retrospectives to improve the Release Management processes while continuously adapting new methods for overall improvement of the continuous delivery process and methodology
Incorporate automation and AI into the release process so the team can operate more efficiently
Ensure that the software delivery process is not only efficient and reliable but also aligned with the organization's goals for innovation and quality
Plan the deployment of application components/microservices with related deliverables
Communicate the release-related tasks such as plans, timelines, requirements
Act as liaison between different teams, organizations, and stakeholders
Identify the risks that can delay the release and manage/mitigate them, such that the scope scheduled, quality of the release and end customer experience is not affected
Uncover issues and track the progress
Create plans for the implementation and deployment as per the release schedule
Lead deployment activities to deploy the software successfully including clearly documented run books, point of contacts and mitigation decisions and plans
Maintain information, leveraging tools and data related to build, test and release activities
Collaborate across teams and influence others to meet objectives
Innovate and drive continuous improvement in release engineering
Define, plan and manage release life cycle in an Agile framework
Perform development, testing, system architecture, or software configuration and deployment
Utilize Microsoft Application Development Operations (MS ADO), Jira iTrack, Power BI, Jenkins, GitHub, SharePoint and Wikis
Qualification
Required
Requires a Master's degree, or foreign equivalent degree in Information Systems or Computer Science
3 years of experience in the job offered or 3 years of experience in a related occupation innovating and driving continuous improvement in release engineering
Defining, planning and managing release life cycle in an Agile framework
Performing development, testing, system architecture, or software configuration and deployment
Utilizing Microsoft Application Development Operations (MS ADO), Jira iTrack, Power BI, Jenkins, GitHub, SharePoint and Wikis
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
Company
AT&T
AT&T is a telecommunications company that provides wireless communications, internet and digital television services.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$5.04BKey Investors
National Telecommunications and Information Administration
2025-09-19Post Ipo Debt· $5B
2024-02-12Grant· $42.3M
2023-01-19Grant· $2.2M
Leadership Team
Jeremy Legg
Chief Technology Officer
Pascal Desroches
Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
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