Principal Enterprise Systems Engineer

AT&T

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Work type
On-site
Location
Atlanta, GADallas, TX
Salary
$116,700–$196,100 / yr
Posted
4 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday
Closes
Nov 22, 2026

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Below market

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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 100 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Principal Enterprise Systems Engineer

The Principal Enterprise Systems Engineer joins the Chief Information Office to define, operationalize, and scale Enterprise Release Management across Technology Services. This role involves establishing a consistent framework for release readiness, dependencies, and risks across large multi-million dollar strategic programs and infrastructure. You will build and operate data models, metrics, and tooling while developing enterprise scorecards and standardized playbooks. Key responsibilities include leading cross-organizational transformations, managing change-risk, and ensuring end-to-end traceability from business initiatives to production outcomes. You will utilize a technical stack including Jira Align, Jira Cloud, ServiceNow, GitHub/GitHub Actions, JFrog, LeanIX, and Power BI. Additionally, you will guide responsible AI use cases for release-risk assessment and intelligent scheduling within a complex, regulated environment to improve release predictability and velocity.

What you'll do

  • Define and evolve the Enterprise Release Management strategy, operating model, and roadmap across the organization.
  • Operationalize standardized release-management playbooks, dependency practices, readiness criteria, and governance.
  • Build and validate release data models, metric calculations, and reporting using Jira Align, ServiceNow, and analytics platforms.
  • Establish clear accountability and visibility into release scope, schedules, risks, and customer impact.
  • Lead portfolio-wide change-risk and resiliency capabilities, including application risk scoring and oversight.
  • Drive end-to-end traceability from business initiatives through source-code changes to production outcomes.
  • Define and guide responsible AI use cases for change validation, risk assessment, and intelligent scheduling.
  • Facilitate executive governance forums to communicate release health, strategic risks, and required interventions.

What we're looking for

  • 10+ years of experience in enterprise release management, technology transformation, software engineering, DevOps, or IT service management.
  • Demonstrated experience designing or scaling an enterprise operating model, governance framework, or technology-management capability.
  • Expert knowledge of Agile, SAFe, Waterfall, and Hybrid delivery models with experience in DevOps and CI/CD practices.
  • Hands-on experience with Jira Align, Jira Cloud, Jira Service Management, GitHub/GitHub Actions, and ServiceNow.
  • Experience developing executive-level dashboards and data-driven presentations using Power BI and related business intelligence platforms.
  • Working knowledge of AI-enabled analytics, generative AI, prompt engineering, and human-in-the-loop decision models.
  • Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Business, or a related field (preferred).
  • ServiceNow, SAFe, Agile, DevOps, ITIL, or product/program management certifications (preferred).

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