AT&T

Operations Manager (Government)

AT&T • $125K — $275K *
Education, Government & Non-Profit
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of experience in operations management within safety-critical environments (FAA-defined)
  • Proven leadership in complex telecommunications and mission-critical operations
  • Expertise in network monitoring, service assurance, and incident management
  • Strong ability to lead cross-functional teams and coordinate with diverse stakeholders
  • Excellent executive communication and analytical skills

Responsibilities

  • Lead operations and maintenance of critical government network services
  • Direct governance across NOC/SOC, service desk, and performance management processes
  • Establish operational standards and continuous improvement practices
  • Coordinate with program management, engineering, and customer stakeholders
  • Ensure operational readiness of new services before production acceptance
  • Oversee operational reporting and major incident response
  • Provide operational status and recovery strategies to leadership

Benefits

  • Medical/Dental/Vision coverage
  • 401(k) plan
  • Tuition reimbursement program
  • At least 23 days of vacation and 9 company-designated holidays
  • Paid Parental and Caregiver Leave
  • Adoption Reimbursement
  • Disability Benefits (short and long term)
  • Life and Accidental Death Insurance
  • Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)
  • Extensive employee wellness programs
  • Employee discounts on AT&T services
Full Job Description

This is a full-time onsite role based in the location(s) posted and is performed from the designated work location five days per week. No relocation is offered.


The Operations Manager will have overall responsibility for the performance, operation and maintenance of services provided on a mission-critical telecommunications network. This leadership position will provide operational direction and governance across the environment and will work across all programmatic functions to establish an integrated operations model focused on reliable service delivery and continuity of operations.

Job Duties/Responsibilities:

·       Lead the performance, operations, maintenance, and service assurance of critical government network services and enterprise-level operational functions

·       Direct operations governance across the NOC/SOC environment, service desk, incident, problem, change, maintenance, restoration, fault, and performance-management processes

·       Establish operational standards, escalation paths, performance measures, service reviews and continuous-improvement practices

·       Coordinate with program management, engineering, security, test, implementation, BSS/OSS, suppliers, subcontractors and customer stakeholders

·       Ensure new and transitioned services meet operational readiness criteria before production acceptance, including monitoring, documentation, support procedures, training and handoffs

·       Oversee operational reporting, service-level performance, major incident response, root-cause analysis, corrective actions and chronic issue resolution

·       Provide clear operational status, risks, trends, recommendations and recovery strategies to AT&T and customer leadership

Required Clearance:

Customer Specific Clearances (#clearable)


Required Qualifications:

  • Minimum 10 years of experience managing services in the operations management of services in Safety-critical Environments as defined by the FAA
  • Demonstrated leadership of complex telecommunications, managed network, enterprise IT or mission critical operations
  • Experience with network monitoring, service assurance, incident/problem/change management, maintenance, restoration and operational performance
  • Ability to lead cross-functional teams and coordinate effectively with customers, suppliers, subcontractors and technical organizations
  • Strong executive communication, customer engagement and analytical, organizational, decision making skills.
  • undefined

Desired Qualifications:

  • Experience supporting the FAA National Airspace System or equivalent mission-critical federal telecommunications networks.
  • Experience with NOC/SOC, service desk, BSS/OSS, service assurance, operational readiness and performance-management environments.
  • Knowledge of IT service-management practices; ITIL or comparable certification preferred.
  • Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Computer Science, or a related field.

Our Operations Manager's earn between $125,000 -$275,000. 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 wireline phone

Weekly Hours:

40

Time Type:

Regular

Location:

Chantilly, Virginia

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Net Income
-$5.1 billion
Founded
1983
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$171.7 billion
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