Principal System Engineering
AT&T
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This role pays more than 56% of similar roles. Most pay $169,550–$216,300 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $208k versus about $193k for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
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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 61 open roles on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs $117,350–$226,800 across 56 roles with salary data.
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The Principal System Engineering role sits within the Technology Services organization, where the individual serves as a senior technical leader for critical enterprise platforms and cloud services. This position involves designing, architecting, and evolving enterprise-grade applications and integration services by transforming business requirements into resilient technical solutions. The primary focus is on providing leadership for Kafka and IXBUS platforms to enable event-driven architectures and real-time data exchange across cloud and on-premises environments. Key responsibilities include managing platform reliability, security, scalability, and governance while driving automation-first initiatives in CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure. The role requires expertise in containerized workloads, microservices, and observability strategies. Candidates must possess deep experience in cloud infrastructure, lifecycle management, and disaster recovery to solve complex problems regarding system performance, operational excellence, and large-scale platform modernization within a high-demand enterprise environment.
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