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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
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Listed pay typically runs
$98,100–$196,000
across 81 roles with salary data.
The Principal Systems Engineer (Government) is a senior individual contributor within the OSS Design & Architecture team. This role supports the design, development, integration, and documentation of Operations Support Systems for a critical government program. The engineer translates technical and operational requirements into practical OSS designs, interfaces, and system capabilities. Key responsibilities include developing high-level and low-level designs, performing technical trade studies, and managing requirements traceability across network management, monitoring, service assurance, configuration, inventory, performance management, fault management, and security. The position requires expertise in systems engineering principles, multi-vendor network environments, and telecommunications. Necessary skills include experience with network telemetry, SNMP, APIs, event management, and automation to solve complex integration issues and ensure scalable, supportable, and testable OSS solutions for mission-critical infrastructure.
What does a Systems Engineer earn?
Median $160000 from 251 postings across 41 companies.
Develop and document end-to-end OSS architecture, including functional requirements, data flows, and integration requirements.
Translate program, technical, and security requirements into detailed system and subsystem specifications.
Define and document interfaces between OSS platforms, network infrastructure, security systems, and operational tools.
Perform technical trade studies and engineering analyses to evaluate design alternatives and support decision-making.
Identify technical gaps, dependencies, and architectural risks while developing recommended technical solutions.
Coordinate with test engineering to establish verification requirements, integration scenarios, and acceptance criteria.
Maintain traceability between program requirements, architecture, detailed design, implementation, and verification activities.
Evaluate OSS products and vendor solutions against defined requirements and architectural objectives.
What we're looking for
Must possess a Customer Specific Clearance (#clearable).
Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Telecommunications, or a related technical field.
Significant experience in systems engineering, solution architecture, network management, telecommunications, or OSS environments.
Experience designing or integrating OSS capabilities within complex, multi-vendor network environments.
Strong knowledge of systems engineering principles including requirements analysis, architecture, interface definition, integration, verification, and validation.
Experience with network management capabilities such as fault, configuration, performance, inventory, monitoring, telemetry, and service assurance.
Systems Engineering
MBSE
SysML
UAF
CI/CD
Cameo Systems Modeler
Enterprise Architecture
Digital Engineering
Logic Design
I/O Design
Model Formulation
Computer Architecture Analysis
ITIL 4
Operating Systems
System Management Tools
Systems Integration
Requirements Decomposition
Systems Engineering
Solution Architecture
Virtualization
Networking
Storage
Data Center Infrastructure
ServiceNow
ScienceLogic
Cybersecurity
IT Service Management
Infrastructure Monitoring
Observability
Disaster Recovery
Capacity Planning
Systems Integration
high-availability
Requirements Analysis
Verification and Validation
Linux
Unix
Oracle Solaris
Cisco ASA
GitLab
LDAP
STIGs
SCAP
FIPS 140-2
Common Criteria
JSIG
Systems Architecture
Systems Engineering
Vulnerability Assessment
Configuration Management
Systems Modeling
backup, and redundancy
Red Hat
Linux
Palo Alto Firewalls
Cisco Switches
Panorama
ClearPass
Networking
Systems Architecture
Linux Kernel
Vulnerability Management
STIG
NIST
DoD
Hardening