AT&T

Principal Solutions Architecture

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

Qualifications

  • 7+ years of experience in relevant professional fields
  • Certification in specific areas required
  • Strong background in systems architecture, integrations, and cloud technologies
  • Proficiency in AI and data ecosystems
  • Ability to transform business requirements into scalable tech solutions

Responsibilities

  • Design end-to-end technical vision for AI products and solutions
  • Define ecosystem including applications, data, APIs, and integrations
  • Create reusable prompts to expedite AI solution development
  • Ensure enterprise readiness and long-term sustainability of AI solutions
  • Provide technical leadership through the project lifecycle
  • Partner with AI developers to translate vision into actionable capabilities
  • Resolve technical blockers and maintain alignment with enterprise standards
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams for successful project execution
  • Leverage existing enterprise assets in solution deployment

Benefits

  • Medical/Dental/Vision coverage
  • 401(k) plan
  • Tuition reimbursement program
  • Paid Time Off and Holidays (at least 23 vacation days and 9 holidays)
  • Paid Parental Leave
  • Paid 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 eligible 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.

The Artificial Intelligent (AI) Accelerator Team is a strategic AI product, solutions, and data science organization focused on rapidly identifying business opportunities, developing AI-powered capabilities, and delivering measurable business impact across organization. The team partners across the enterprise to accelerate innovation, integrate AI into core business processes, and drive value realization at scale.

We are building a high-performing team of leaders, architects, AI experts, product managers, data scientists, and delivery professionals who can transform ideas into deployed solutions, accelerate adoption, and deliver sustainable business outcomes quickly and effectively.

What you’ll do:

  • Design the end-to-end technical vision for AI-enabled products and solutions.

  • Define how the ecosystem works, impacted applications, data, APIs, platforms, users, integrations, and dependencies.

  • Creates effective, reusable prompts that streamline partner development and accelerate AI solution delivery.

  • Ensure AI solutions are built for reuse, integration, enterprise alignment, operational

  • readiness, and long-term sustainability.

  • Provides technical leadership from discovery through implementation, helping teams move from concept to production.

  • Partners with AI Developers translate solution vision into buildable AI capabilities.

  • Helps resolve technical blockers and ensure AI solutions are scalable, reusable, secure, and aligned to enterprise standards.

  • Collaborate with GSP and CDO partners to establish the enterprise solution approach across data, platforms, integration, security, and delivery.

  • Ensure solutions leverage existing enterprise assets, avoid duplication, and align with governance and compliance expectations.

  • Drives cross-functional alignment between business, AI developers, architecture, data, and platform teams to move solutions from concept to production.

What you’ll bring:

As a Principal Solutions Architecture, on the AI Accelerator Team, you will own the end-to-end technical vision for AI solutions, defining the ecosystem, driving reuse and enterprise alignment, and leading from discovery through production to deliver scalable, secure, and measurable outcomes.

This fast-paced, first-of-its-kind opportunity is to help shape the future of AI within AT&T Field Operations. We're looking for collaborative leaders who thrive in dynamic environments, embrace change, and are passionate about building culture, developing teams, and delivering meaningful business impact.

Our team leads with utilizing qualitative and quantitative analysis and research and close partnership with our clients. You'll work directly with business and operational leaders, including on-site engagement when needed, to identify opportunities, deploy AI solutions, and drive sustainable adoption. Our goal is not just to implement technology, but to embed AI into the way the business operates and delivers value.

What you’ll need:

  • Required Experience:

    • 7+ years of related experience in area of professional responsibility

    • Certification is required in some areas.

  • Desired Qualifications:

    • Command of architecture, integrations, cloud, AI and data ecosystems.

    • Applies and utilizes prompt engineering to obtain most from AI models.

    • Turns business needs into scalable, tech solutions.

    • Aligns stakeholders, bringing clarity to complex technical decisions.

    • Able to simplify and explain technical solutions.

    • Balances innovation, security, cost, ROI, and reliability.

    • Identifies reusable solutioning, not duplicating work.

  • Desired Education:

    • Bachelor’s degree (BS/BA) in Computer Science is preferred

Supervisor: No

Our Principal Solutions 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, Dallas, Texas

Salary Range:

$155,400.00 - $261,100.00

About AT&T

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AT&T Careers

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Industry
Net Income
-$5.1 billion
Founded
1983
5 Year Trend
+0.6%
Revenue
$171.7 billion
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