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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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Listed pay typically runs
$98,100–$196,000
across 81 roles with salary data.
The Principal Architect (SE3) (Government) serves as a senior individual contributor providing contract-wide technical leadership for the Regional IT Services I team. This role involves defining target architectures, technical standards, and modernization roadmaps to support mission-essential services including video teleconferencing, land mobile radio, and structured cabling. The architect evaluates customer requirements to translate operational needs into cohesive technical strategies, ensuring end-to-end integration and interoperability across the regional operating environment. Key responsibilities include performing systems engineering, applying ITIL service-management principles, and collaborating with cybersecurity stakeholders to incorporate zero-trust principles. The role requires expertise in enterprise infrastructure, networking, unified communications, and cloud platforms. The position solves complex technical problems by identifying integration risks, managing technical debt, and prototyping emerging technologies to improve service delivery and mission outcomes.
What does a Architect earn?
Median $225000 from 45 postings across 26 companies.
Define and maintain the contract-wide technical architecture, principles, standards, and integration approaches.
Translate customer mission needs and operational constraints into cohesive architecture decisions and actionable technical requirements.
Assess proposed designs for interoperability, scalability, resiliency, performance, security, and cost-effectiveness.
Lead cross-service architecture analysis to identify dependencies, integration risks, and opportunities for standardization.
Partner with cybersecurity stakeholders to incorporate zero-trust principles and risk-management requirements into solution architectures.
Develop technical roadmaps, transition plans, and sequencing recommendations to support modernization priorities.
Facilitate technical design reviews and document key decisions, assumptions, tradeoffs, and technical risks.
Identify and prototype emerging technologies and automation opportunities to improve mission outcomes and service delivery.
What we're looking for
TS/SCI with polygraph clearance.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Cybersecurity, or a related technical discipline (equivalent experience may be considered).
10+ years of experience designing, integrating, modernizing, or governing complex enterprise IT environments.
5+ years of experience in an enterprise, solution, systems, or principal engineer capacity.
5+ years of systems engineering experience applying ITIL practices to complex enterprise IT services.
Broad technical depth across networking, unified communications, video, mobility, cloud/hybrid platforms, and automation.
Experience leading architecture reviews, technical design reviews, and cross-functional decision forums with disciplined documentation.
Working knowledge of federal cybersecurity and risk-management practices, including zero-trust principles and security-by-design.
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