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JOB TITLE: Lead System Engineering

JOB LOCATION: 3400 W. Plano Parkway Plano, TX 75075

DUTIES: View site reliability engineers for CLOUD(Azure) to proactive functionality launched by reviewing user stories and code changes. Support scrum team to configure alerting, monitoring, dashboarding and impact analysis tools to optimize on-call processes and procedures. Document knowledge, conducting post-incident reviews, and drive lower Mean Time To Repair (MTTR) reduction. Coordinate and guide cloud migration of microservice based architecture on cloud various environments. Build and implement cloud service for the high availability, performance, monitoring, and incident response. Enable and provide infrastructure support for DevOps team including on-prem and cloud administration. Implement and enhance automation framework for delivery of microservices based arch applications using Java, J2EE, Jenkins, Maven, linux, and K8s, on both on-prem and in cloud. Work with application developers on a day-to-day basis to collect requirements for next release. Implement monitoring and alerting creating dashboards for specific metrics, set thresholds, and trigger alerts based on those thresholds interpret the alerts and automatically heal system. Perform root cause analysis brainstorming session on incident resolutions provide corrective and preventative measures to perform, avoid and mitigate future incidents working with DevOps teams. Demonstrate ability to work across teams to continuously analyze system performance in production, troubleshoot consumer and engineering reported issues, and proactively identify areas in need of optimization. Work with team to gather requirements, research, evaluate, design, plan, deploy, and support the ELK stack on Linux. Build highly-resilient, high-performance, scalable, and flexible systems. Work with Azure Cloud, Linux systems administration and scripting automation. Design, analyze and troubleshoot large-scale distributing systems. Debug production issues across services and levels of the stack. Develop tools Azure Resource Manager (ARM), Terraform, and Ansible. Work with Git and other source control systems. Work with Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS). Use tools to create and manage Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Delivery (CD) pipelines. Work with Microsoft Azure Public Cloud, PowerShell, Python systems automation, RESTful and WebSocket APIs. Work on Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and Internet Protocol (IP) stack, internet routing and load balancing. Use technologies including Log Analytics, Dynatrace Prometheus, Nagios, and Kafka. Implement, design, deploy Docker, Kubernetes, Serverless, Function and Lambda.

REQUIREMENTS: Requires a Bachelor’s degree, or foreign equivalent degree, in Applied Computer Science, Electronics Engineering, or Computer Engineering and 5 years of progressive, postbaccalaureate experience in the job offered, or 5 years of progressive, post-baccalaureate experience in a related occupation working with Azure Cloud, Linux systems administration and scripting automation; designing, analyzing and troubleshooting large-scale distributing systems; debugging production issues across services and levels of the stack; developing tools Azure Resource Manager (ARM), Terraform, and Ansible; working with Git and other source control systems; working with Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS); using tools to create and manage Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Delivery (CD) pipelines; working with Microsoft Azure Public Cloud, PowerShell, Python systems automation, RESTful and WebSocket APIs; working on Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and Internet Protocol (IP) stack, internet routing and load balancing; using technologies including Log Analytics, Dynatrace Prometheus, Nagios, and Kafka; implementing, designing, deploying Docker, Kubernetes, Serverless, Function and Lambda.

Our Lead System Engineerings earn between $161,600 - $237,400 yearly. Not to mention all the other amazing rewards that working at AT&T offers.

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

Our Lead System Engineering jobs earn between $158,200.00 - $237,400.00 USD Annual. 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

Weekly Hours:

40

Time Type:

Regular

Location:

Plano, Texas

Salary Range:

$158,200.00 - $237,400.00

AT&T and its subsidiaries are committed to equal employment opportunity. All hiring, promotion, and other employment decisions remain merit-based and free from discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, physical disability, mental disability, pregnancy, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, military status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. In addition, AT&T will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. AT&T is a fair chance employer and does not initiate a background check until an offer is made. Click here to learn more or request an application accommodation here.



Job ID R-122204 Date posted 10/01/2026
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