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About AT&T
AT&T is a US-based telecommunications company providing wireless, broadband, and fiber internet service along with phone and connectivity products for consumers and businesses.
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The Deputy Chief Engineer Network provides senior technical expertise to support the architecture, engineering, integration, and evolution of complex enterprise network and communications solutions for a large-scale federal program. Working with the Chief Engineer and multidisciplinary teams, you will define end-to-end network architectures, engineering standards, and technology roadmaps across WAN, LAN, transport, cloud connectivity, and software-defined networking environments. Key responsibilities include architecting SD-WAN solutions, developing migration strategies, and ensuring network security, resiliency, and scalability. You will utilize skills in IP networking, routing protocols, network segmentation, and traffic engineering to translate operational requirements into technical designs. The role involves evaluating emerging technologies and conducting trade studies to support long-term network modernization and ensure interoperability across multiple technology platforms, service providers, and OEM solutions.
Define and evolve end-to-end network architectures, engineering standards, and technology roadmaps for WAN, LAN, and cloud environments.
Architect and integrate SD-WAN solutions including overlays, underlays, routing, segmentation, and secure connectivity.
Translate customer and operational requirements into technical architecture, interface definitions, and implementation strategies.
Engineer highly available and resilient network solutions addressing redundancy, failover, performance, and scalability.
Develop network migration and transition strategies to modernize existing infrastructure while minimizing operational risk.
Provide technical oversight for high-level and detailed design, integration, testing, and transition to operations.
Collaborate with cybersecurity teams to incorporate encryption, access control, and segmentation into solution designs.
Evaluate emerging networking technologies and conduct technical trade studies regarding performance, security, and lifecycle considerations.
What we're looking for
Must possess a Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Telecommunications, or a related technical field.
Must have experience in network engineering, network architecture, telecommunications engineering, or a related technical discipline.
Must have demonstrated experience designing and architecting complex WAN, LAN, SD-WAN, transport, and enterprise network solutions.
Must have strong knowledge of IP networking, routing protocols, network segmentation, resiliency, high availability, traffic engineering, and network performance.
Must have hands-on experience designing and integrating SD-WAN architectures, including underlay and overlay networks, routing, policies, orchestration, and secure connectivity.
Must have experience developing and reviewing network architectures, high-level and detailed designs, configurations, engineering standards, and technical documentation.
Must have experience with network capacity planning, performance analysis, troubleshooting, and optimization in large-scale environments.
Must have strong communication skills to explain complex network architectures and technical decisions to engineering teams, leadership, and customers.
Systems Engineering
Solution Architecture
Virtualization
Networking
Storage
Data Center Infrastructure
ServiceNow
ScienceLogic
Cybersecurity
IT Service Management
Infrastructure Monitoring
Observability
Disaster Recovery
Capacity Planning
Systems Integration
high-availability
Requirements Analysis
Verification and Validation
Systems Engineering
Systems Development Life Cycle
Requirements Management
System Modeling
CONOPS
AI
Software Functional Decomposition
Technical Standards
Systems Road Mapping
Systems Engineering
Robotics
Software Development
Control Theory
System Architecture
Avionics
Flight Systems
Aerodynamics
Electronics Troubleshooting
Prototyping
Data Analysis
UAV