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Lead Systems Administration

Plano, Texas

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Job Description:

REMOTE TYPE: Remote Worker 

JOB LOCATION: 2900 W Plano Pkwy. Plano, TX 75075 [Hybrid position]

DUTIES: Monitor, analyze, and resolve issues in production. Work with architecture, labs, other operations support teams, and cloud tenants to maintain maximum stability, performance, and security for current environments and future cloud environments via AT&T DevOps philosophies. Ensure continual service availability. Troubleshooting and resolution of production problems. Provide incident response/management and root cause analysis. Proactive development and implementation of monitoring systems. Maintain and continuously improve tools, ad-hoc scripting, and automation infrastructure for configuration management, maintenance, testing, auditing, problem remediation, and capacity planning. Collaborate with and manages vendors to drive defect resolution and enhancements for internal customers to meet departmental or enterprise business needs, in addition to providing extended support as needed. Conduct routine hardware and software audits of servers to ensure compliance with established standards, policies, and configuration guidelines. Perform the setup, maintenance, and monitoring of backups of supported infrastructure. Develop, promote, and curate standard operating/method of procedures in conjunction with risk assessments to reduce hazards to the network. Perform security compliance, auditing, and remediation based on AT&T security policies in collaboration with CSO. Perform Operational Readiness Testing and Operational Acceptance Testing. Provide integration and advisement to tenants. Support of systems before launch through collaboration with TechArch, Labs, Application teams, and vendors by providing system design/architecture guidance, system review, and testing to ensure adherence to AT&T requirements and fulfillment of AT&T needs. Utilize cloud data management software (Informatica). Provide technical guidance and perform advanced administration tasks (TWS network administration, Informatica installations). Manage Operating System with Linux. Perform ETL operations and database performance tuning with tools (Informatica and Oracle). Execute cloud optimization technical consultancy and supporting cloud migrations with Microsoft Azure. Execute cloud optimization technical consultancy and supporting cloud migrations with Microsoft Azure. 

REQUIREMENTS: Requires a Bachelor’s degree, or foreign equivalent degree in Computer Information Systems, Computer Science, or Information Technology and five (5) years of progressive, postbaccalaureate experience in the job offered or five (5) years of progressive, post-baccalaureate experience in a related occupation utilizing cloud data management software (Informatica); providing technical guidance and performing advanced administration tasks (TWS network administration, Informatica installations); managing Operating System with Linux; performing ETL operations and database performance tuning with tools (Informatica and Oracle); executing cloud optimization technical consultancy and supporting cloud migrations with Microsoft Azure; and executing cloud optimization technical consultancy and supporting cloud migrations with Microsoft Azure.

Our Lead Systems Administrations earn between $157,325 - $178,200 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

Weekly Hours:

40

Time Type:

Regular

Location:

Plano, Texas

It 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-78044 Date posted 09/11/2025
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