Principal Member of Technical Staff jobs in United States
cer-icon
Apply on Employer Site
company-logo

AT&T · 12 hours ago

Principal Member of Technical Staff

AT&T is a leading telecommunications company, and they are seeking a Principal Member of Technical Staff. The role involves defining technical solutions, providing leadership for network system architectural capabilities, and ensuring alignment with business and technical objectives throughout the lifecycle of projects.

CollaborationCommunications InfrastructureMobileService IndustryTelecommunicationsWireless
check
H1B Sponsor Likelynote

Responsibilities

Defines Technical Solutions and ensures alignment throughout the lifecycle
Provides leadership for the evolving network system architectural capabilities of the entire E2E solution
Works closely with the Lead Program Managers, Solution Architects and System Engineers to ensure that overall program and product strategies align with business and technical objectives
Facilitates important test design decisions for SAFe Trains, business unit projects & program needs
Specifies the components and their interactions that comprise the End to End Integrated Architecture including: Work with clients, stakeholders, and development teams to define detailed technical flow that can be utilized for client reviews, training, mops, testing (Unit Test, System Test, Integrated System Test, User Acceptance Test); Identify, capture feature capabilities throughout the system flow including interfaces and collaborations between them
Defines a shared technical and client vision focused on creating technical artifacts that provide visibility for the full Solution
Typically provides support in one or more of the following areas: Internal Processes including creation and management of policies/standards/processes, process improvement and transformation, tool deployment, and DevOps methodology; Financial Oversight including financial modeling and analysis, business case preparation and return on investment; Analysis/Reporting including metrics, scorecards, client utilization/satisfaction, performance analysis and gap identification; Planning including infrastructure program coordination, roadmap management, strategic and tactical planning; Resource Management including workflow and work entry management, project estimations; Communication including creation of leadership presentation material including video creation, event planning, and overall deliverables. May work across multiple internal and/or external organizations
Experience planning and delivering network systems used across multiple products and organizational units
Ability to define quality engineering strategies for automation, functional, integration/E2E & performance quality engineering services for assigned agile value streams
In-Depth experience with Agile, SAFe & DevOps methodologies
Experience with Behavior Driven Development (BDD)
Experience with public cloud platforms i.e. Azure, AWS, Google Cloud
Experience with JIRA implementation across projects, programs & applications
Develop and implement metrics to measure operational delivery effectiveness in project/release work
Contribute in Value Stream PI events to measure, manage and progress on quality engineering roadmap and delivery outcomes
Design E2E environment strategy, test strategy and FFA strategy in support to business unit projects, SAFe trains etc
Evaluate and select automation, functional and performance engineering tools for different products and applications
Align development teams to a shared technical direction and partners with those teams in elaborating the Solution and its interfaces
Validate network technology assumptions, evaluate implementation alternatives
Establish critical NFRs at the solution level, participate in the definition of others
Create and enable the Continuous Delivery Pipeline including:
Participate in planning, definition, and high-level design of the system solution and explore alternatives
Develop the Architectural Runway in support of new business Features and Capabilities
Work with portfolio stakeholders, Solution and Enterprise Architects, to develop, analyze, split, and realize the implementation of enablers
Participate in project planning, system and solution demos, retrospective workshops
Understand technical characteristics of and assist with architectural integration of external components, systems, and platforms

Qualification

AgileSAFeDevOpsNetwork ArchitectureCloud PlatformsTest AutomationAPIQuality ManagementProcess ManagementEmerging TechnologiesApplication DesignProgramming LanguagesService Oriented ArchitectureSystem Integration

Required

Experience planning and delivering network systems used across multiple products and organizational units
Ability to define quality engineering strategies for automation, functional, integration/E2E & performance quality engineering services for assigned agile value streams
In-Depth experience with Agile, SAFe & DevOps methodologies
Experience with Behavior Driven Development (BDD)
Experience with public cloud platforms i.e. Azure, AWS, Google Cloud
Experience with JIRA implementation across projects, programs & applications
Develop and implement metrics to measure operational delivery effectiveness in project/release work
Contribute in Value Stream PI events to measure, manage and progress on quality engineering roadmap and delivery outcomes
Design E2E environment strategy, test strategy and FFA strategy in support to business unit projects, SAFe trains etc
Evaluate and select automation, functional and performance engineering tools for different products and applications
Align development teams to a shared technical direction and partners with those teams in elaborating the Solution and its interfaces
Validate network technology assumptions, evaluate implementation alternatives
Establish critical NFRs at the solution level, participate in the definition of others
Create and enable the Continuous Delivery Pipeline including: Participate in planning, definition, and high-level design of the system solution and explore alternatives
Develop the Architectural Runway in support of new business Features and Capabilities
Work with portfolio stakeholders, Solution and Enterprise Architects, to develop, analyze, split, and realize the implementation of enablers
Participate in project planning, system and solution demos, retrospective workshops
Understand technical characteristics of and assist with architectural integration of external components, systems, and platforms
SAFe Methodology (SCRUM)
DevOps Methodology
Application Design, Architecture
Application Programming Interface (API)
Test Automation (Robot, Playwright tooling)
AI techniques (co-pilot)
Emerging Technologies
Network Architecture
Operating Systems and Environments
Process Management
Product and Service Design and Development
Programming Languages
Quality Management (Jira tooling)
Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)
System and Technology Integration
Target Architecture
Technology Architecture

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 is a telecommunications company that provides wireless communications, internet and digital television services.

H1B Sponsorship

AT&T has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship
Represents job field similar to this job
Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (575)
2024 (586)
2023 (282)
2022 (450)
2021 (271)
2020 (162)

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$5.04B
Key Investors
National Telecommunications and Information Administration
2025-09-19Post Ipo Debt· $5B
2024-02-12Grant· $42.3M
2023-01-19Grant· $2.2M

Leadership Team

leader-logo
Jeremy Legg
Chief Technology Officer
linkedin
leader-logo
Pascal Desroches
Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
linkedin
Company data provided by crunchbase