Principal System Engineering, SRE

AT&T

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Work type: On-site
Location: Plano, TX
Salary: $155,400–$261,100 / yr
Posted: 8 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live yesterday
Closes: Sep 18, 2026 (soon)
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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Similar $185k

This role $208k

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This role pays more than 58% of similar roles. Most pay $156,600–$214,125 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $208k versus about $185k for comparable roles.

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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.

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TL;DR · Principal System Engineering, SRE

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As a Principal System Engineering - SRE within the Systems Reliability and Software Delivery team, you will focus on identifying why production incidents occur and implementing proactive measures to prevent recurrence. You will analyze end-to-end system architecture across cloud environments, web applications, APIs, and databases using observability data to uncover root causes and systemic weaknesses. Your daily work involves creating high-quality postmortems and partnering with engineering teams to drive corrective actions. To succeed, you must utilize tools like T-APM, T-Trace, CatchPoint, Grafana, Power BI, and ServiceNow while leveraging Python, SQL, and AI-assisted analysis for pattern detection. You will navigate complex environments involving distributed systems, CI/CD pipelines, and Agile methodologies to transition the organization from reactive responses to proactive reliability by addressing infrastructure and software delivery challenges through data-driven insights and automated solutions.

Skills

SRE Python SQL Power BI Tableau Grafana CatchPoint ServiceNow Jira Cloud Git CI/CD Agile SAFe DevOps Data Analytics Gen AI ITSM Release Management Change Management Distributed Systems

What you'll do

Analyze production incidents end-to-end across applications, infrastructure, and cloud environments.
Use observability data to identify root causes, patterns, and systemic weaknesses.
Create high-quality postmortems based on incident insights.
Partner with engineering teams to implement permanent fixes and preventive improvements.
Utilize automation and AI-assisted analysis to shift from reactive response to proactive reliability.
Analyze operational data using tools, queries, or advanced analytics for pattern detection.
Drive corrective actions to eliminate recurring issues in the production environment.

What we're looking for

Must have 7+ years of experience in Systems Engineering, ITSM, or Release/Change Management.
Must have a professional background in SRE, Support, or QA.
Experience with observability tools such as T-APM, T-Trace, CatchPoint, or Grafana is required.
Proficiency in Python, SQL, Power BI, and ITSM tools like ServiceNow is required.
Must possess experience with SAFe, Agile, DevOps, CI/CD, and building Gen AI use cases.
Ability to perform deep root cause analysis for production incidents across cloud, web, and infrastructure environments.
Experience using AI or advanced analytics for incident analysis and pattern detection.
A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and relevant certifications (SAFe, Agile, DevOps, AI/ML) are preferred.

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