Lead System Engineering, Database Architecture and Engineering

AT&T

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Work type
On-site
Location
Atlanta, GA
Salary
$141,300–$237,400 / yr
Posted
5 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday
Closes
Oct 5, 2026 (soon)
Nearby
99+ roles within 25 mi

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Similar $180k
This role $189k
$123k most similar roles pay here $250k

This role pays more than 63% of similar roles. Most pay $152,750–$207,929 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $189k versus about $180k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

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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.

AT&T currently has 106 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $113,000–$215,800 across 100 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Lead System Engineering, Database Architecture and Engineering

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Lead System Engineering - Database Architecture and Engineering serves as a technical leader within the Database Architecture and Engineering team, focusing on automated infrastructure for enterprise database platforms. This individual contributor role involves designing, developing, and maintaining reusable Terraform modules and GitHub Actions workflows to provision secure, standardized environments across AWS, Azure, and hybrid clouds. The candidate will build automation for compute, storage, networking, and security components while integrating services like identity management, certificate handling, and monitoring. Key technical requirements include expertise in Infrastructure as Code, Linux systems engineering, and scripting using Bash, Python, or PowerShell. The role addresses the challenge of creating scalable, production-ready infrastructure for diverse databases including Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL, and MongoDB, ensuring these environments meet rigorous security, compliance, and operational standards across complex cloud migration and modernization initiatives.

Skills

Terraform GitHub Actions AWS Azure Linux Python Bash PostgreSQL MySQL Oracle MongoDB Cassandra DB2 CI/CD Infrastructure as Code Prometheus Grafana OIDC Active Directory

What you'll do

  • Design, develop, and maintain reusable Terraform modules for database-ready infrastructure across multi-cloud and hybrid environments.
  • Build and support GitHub Actions workflows to automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration, validation, and teardown.
  • Engineer core infrastructure components including compute, storage, networking, security groups, and identity integration.
  • Translate complex database requirements into standardized infrastructure patterns for various platforms like Oracle, PostgreSQL, and MySQL.
  • Integrate infrastructure with enterprise services such as certificate management, secrets management, monitoring, and backup systems.
  • Serve as a senior technical resource to troubleshoot complex issues across automation pipelines, cloud services, and operating systems.
  • Provide technical leadership by conducting code reviews, mentoring junior engineers, and defining engineering standards.
  • Ensure all automated infrastructure meets strict security, compliance, and operational readiness requirements.

What we're looking for

  • 5+ years of experience delivering Infrastructure-as-Code solutions using Terraform in a production environment.
  • 5+ years of experience building or supporting CI/CD workflows with GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, or similar platforms.
  • 5+ years of experience with AWS infrastructure services including EC2, EBS, IAM, KMS, SSM, VPC, and others.
  • Strong Linux systems engineering, troubleshooting, and scripting skills in Bash, Python, or PowerShell.
  • Demonstrated experience providing technical leadership and coordinating technical workstreams within an engineering team.
  • Working knowledge of enterprise security principles such as least privilege, encryption, secrets management, and network segmentation.
  • Ability to translate complex technical requirements into implementable engineering stories and documentation.
  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, engineering, or a related field (preferred).

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