AT&T

Principal Enterprise Architecture

AT&T$155K — $261K *
Enterprise Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 7+ years of related experience in enterprise architecture or a closely aligned role.
  • Proficient with tools like LeanIX for enterprise architecture management.
  • Strong background in defining technology roadmaps and modernization strategies.
  • Hands-on experience with AI-enabled solutions in enterprise technology contexts.
  • Well-versed in enterprise architecture frameworks, governance, and application portfolio management.
  • Ability to effectively communicate with and influence senior leaders.
  • Practical experience working in complex, matrixed enterprise environments.

Responsibilities

  • Define and lead the enterprise architecture strategy and transformation roadmaps.
  • Collaborate with various departments to translate business needs into architecture directions.
  • Create architectural blueprints that encompass applications, data, and cloud technologies.
  • Oversee technology selection and implementation to ensure alignment with architecture standards.
  • Promote architecture frameworks and governance processes across the organization.
  • Assess new technologies, especially AI capabilities, to drive measurable business value.
  • Act as a mentor on technical architecture challenges.
  • Provide strategic insights to support investment decisions and modernization recommendations.

Benefits

  • Medical/Dental/Vision coverage
  • 401(k) plan
  • Tuition reimbursement program
  • Generous paid time off including 23 days of vacation and 9 holidays
  • Paid parental and caregiver leave
  • Adoption reimbursement
  • Short and long term disability benefits
  • Life and accidental death insurance
  • Employee assistance programs
  • Extensive wellness programs
  • Employee discounts on AT&T products and services
Full Job Description

This position requires office presence of a minimum of 5 days per week and is only located in the location(s) posted. No relocation is offered.

AT&T will not hire any applicants for this position who require employer sponsorship now or in the future. 

What you’ll do

We are seeking a highly experienced Principal Enterprise Architect to define and lead the enterprise technology strategy, target architecture, and transformation roadmap across the organization. This individual serves as a senior strategic leader responsible for aligning business objectives, operating models, data, applications, infrastructure, and emerging technologies to create a scalable, secure, resilient, and cost-effective technology ecosystem. The ideal candidate possesses deep expertise in enterprise architecture frameworks, business capability planning, application portfolio management, cloud transformation, AI-enabled solutions, governance, and technology modernization. This role partners closely with business executives, product organizations, engineering teams, security, operations, and technology leaders to establish architecture standards, drive strategic investment decisions, and enable long-term business growth and innovation.

  • Define and lead enterprise architecture strategy, target-state architecture, and transformation roadmaps that align business objectives with scalable, secure, resilient, and cost-effective technology solutions.
  • Partner with business executives, product organizations, engineering teams, security, operations, and technology leaders to understand business drivers and translate them into practical architecture direction.
  • Design high-level architectural blueprints across applications, data, infrastructure, cloud, AI-enabled solutions, and emerging technologies.
  • Guide technology selection, solution design, and implementation approach while ensuring alignment to enterprise architecture standards and long-term modernization goals.
  • Establish and promote architecture frameworks, governance processes, reusable patterns, standards, and practices across lines of business and value streams.
  • Evaluate emerging technologies, including AI-enabled capabilities, and determine where they can create measurable business value.
  • Support strategic investment decisions by providing architecture insight, risk assessment, modernization recommendations, and executive-level guidance.
  • Serve as a senior technical advisor and mentor, helping teams solve complex architecture challenges and make sound technology decisions.

What you’ll need

  • 7+ years of related experience.
  • Experience with LeanIX or comparable enterprise architecture management, application portfolio management, or business capability mapping tools.
  • Extensive experience in enterprise architecture, solution architecture, technology strategy, or a closely related architecture leadership role.
  • Strong experience defining enterprise technology roadmaps, target-state architecture, modernization strategies, and architecture standards.
  • Hands-on experience with AI-enabled solutions, AI strategy, or practical application of AI capabilities within enterprise technology environments.
  • Deep understanding of enterprise architecture frameworks, business capability planning, application portfolio management, cloud transformation, governance, and technology modernization.
  • Ability to work across business, product, engineering, security, operations, and technology teams to align solutions with enterprise goals.
  • Strong executive communication skills, including the ability to influence senior leaders and clearly communicate architecture vision, tradeoffs, risks, and recommendations.
  • Ability to evaluate and recommend platforms, technologies, methodologies, and architecture patterns for enterprise-wide use.

What you’ll bring

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field preferred.
  • Experience leading high-impact enterprise transformation, cloud, data, infrastructure, application modernization, or AI-driven initiatives.
  • Experience working in large, complex, matrixed enterprise environments with multiple lines of business and value streams.
  • Ability to balance strategic vision with practical execution, helping teams move from architecture concepts to implementation outcomes.
  • Strong knowledge of architecture governance, standards, reusable patterns, and modernization best practices.
  • Experience influencing technology investment decisions and helping leaders prioritize architecture initiatives based on business value, risk, cost, and scalability.
  • Curiosity around emerging technologies and the ability to identify where innovation can improve business outcomes, operational efficiency, and customer experience.
  • Architecture certifications or relevant technology certifications are a plus.

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Our Principal Enterprise Architecture jobs earn between $155,400.00 - $261,100.00 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:

Atlanta, Georgia, Bothell, Washington, Plano, Texas, USA:TX:Dallas / Three AT&T Plaza (308 S Akard St) - Co:308 S Akard St

Salary Range:

$155,400.00 - $261,100.00

About AT&T

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Size
203,000 employees
Market Cap
$131.2 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$5.1 billion
Founded
1983
5 Year Trend
+0.6%
Revenue
$171.7 billion
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