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
As a Principal Solution Architect - Networking, you will serve as the senior technical authority responsible for defining the future state architecture, design standards, and technology strategy for enterprise networking platforms across hybrid cloud and multi-cloud environments. You will lead the development of scalable, secure, resilient, and highly automated networking solutions that support AT&T's most critical business applications and infrastructure.
Key responsibilities include:
- Define and lead the enterprise networking architecture strategy across hybrid cloud, multi-cloud, and on-premises environments.
- Develop reusable network patterns, reference architectures, and automation frameworks that establish standards and best practices across the organization.
- Drive the evolution of networking platforms to improve service resiliency, operational efficiency, and infrastructure consolidation initiatives.
- Architect highly available, scalable, secure, and fault-tolerant network solutions supporting mission-critical applications and services.
- Establish long-term technology roadmaps and networking standards aligned with business objectives and enterprise strategy.
- Lead the design and adoption of cloud networking, network virtualization, software-defined networking (SDN), and automation technologies.
- Provide technical leadership and architectural governance for routing, switching, control plane technologies, network security, and distributed systems.
- Partner closely with engineering, infrastructure, security, application development teams, cloud providers, and executive leadership to align technology decisions and enterprise standards.
- Evaluate emerging networking technologies and drive innovation through automation, orchestration, and modern infrastructure practices.
- Mentor architects and engineering teams while providing expert guidance on complex networking challenges and strategic initiatives.
- Influence the technical direction of AT&T at enterprise scale by creating the foundational networking capabilities used across the company.
What You'll Need- 7+ years of expert-level experience designing and architecting large-scale enterprise networking environments.
- Deep knowledge of hybrid cloud and multi-cloud networking architectures.
- Strong expertise in routing and switching technologies, network protocols, and control plane design.
- Experience with software-defined networking (SDN), network virtualization, and infrastructure automation.
- Advanced understanding of network security architecture and secure-by-design principles.
- Proven experience designing highly available, resilient, and scalable network solutions for mission-critical environments.
- Experience building networking strategies that support infrastructure consolidation, service resiliency, and operational excellence initiatives.
- Strong knowledge of cloud networking services across major public cloud platforms.
- Experience with automation, orchestration, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) methodologies.
- Understanding of large-scale distributed systems and the networking requirements that support them.
- Demonstrated ability to establish enterprise standards, architectural governance processes, and technology roadmaps.
- Strong collaboration, communication, and executive presentation skills with the ability to influence senior technical and business leaders.
- Experience leading cross-functional architecture initiatives involving engineering, security, infrastructure, and application teams.
Preferred Qualifications- Experience architecting enterprise networking solutions in Fortune 500 or similarly large, complex environments.
- Advanced expertise in cloud-native networking and multi-cloud connectivity strategies.
- Experience implementing network automation platforms and software-driven operations.
- Knowledge of emerging networking technologies, observability platforms, and modern infrastructure practices.
- Industry certifications in networking, cloud architecture, or security architecture.
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Our Principal Solution 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:
Alpharetta, Georgia, Atlanta, Georgia, Bothell, Washington, Plano, Texas, USA:TX:Dallas / Two AT&T Plaza (211 S Akard St) - Dat:211 S Akard St
Salary Range:
$155,400.00 - $261,100.00
