Lead Technical Staff Member

AT&T

Lead Member of Technical Staff at AT&T focusing on designing network security solutions and infrastructure support. Engage in development and implementation of innovative technical architectures and security protocols.

Posted 5/21/2026full-timePlano • Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $180,200 - $270,400 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureLinuxPythonSplunkSQLUnix

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Conducts design and development work in the areas of new products and technologies, systems and platform architecture, hardware and software development engineering, technical security and QA design and certification
Work on new and emerging technologies and technical architectures on projects with a status between inception and implementation and software maturity
Serve as a subject matter expert during the continuous integration and continuous deployment cycle in a production environment focused on complex design, engineering and development
Work with colleagues, partner organizations, and vendors focusing on network security hardening and implementation of security infrastructure within the service provider network
Ensure security policy and best practices are adhered to for new technology introduction, respond to network impacting outages and perform root cause analysis for network impacting events
Document configurations and procedures for deployment for security and network infrastructure for vendors including Palo Alto, Trent Micro Tipping Point, Juniper, Cisco, Splunk, Tenable and GitHub
Provide on call support for security infrastructure and security services offered to our business customers and consumers
Work to replace end of service life network and security infrastructure
Utilize Windows, Linux and Unix
Utilize SQL, Python, and PowerShell
Perform network engineering and operations for a service provider network
Utilize Azure, AWS and Google

Requirements

What you’ll need

Requires a Bachelor’s degree, or foreign equivalent degree in Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science
5 years of progressive, post-baccalaureate experience in the job offered or 5 years of progressive, post-baccalaureate experience in a related occupation
Utilizing Palo Alto, Trent Micro Tipping Point, Juniper, Cisco, Splunk, Tenable and GitHub
Utilizing Windows, Linux and Unix
Utilizing SQL, Python, and PowerShell
Performing network engineering and operations for a service provider network
Utilizing Azure, AWS and Google

Benefits

Comp & perks

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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Hard Skills & Tools

network engineeringsoftware developmenttechnical securityQA designroot cause analysiscontinuous integrationcontinuous deploymentSQLPythonPowerShell