Principal Systems Engineer (Government)

Location: Middletown, New Jersey, United States; onsite five days per week. No relocation is offered.

Salary: $174,100–$261,100 USD annually.

Company

AT&T Global Public Sector provides secure, IP-enabled, cloud-based network solutions and professional services to the federal government.

What you will do

• Support the Chief Engineer and Systems Lead in developing and maturing the end-to-end OSS architecture.
• Design and document OSS architecture, functional and system requirements, interfaces, data flows, dependencies, and integration requirements.
• Develop OSS content for High-Level Design and Low-Level Design documentation.
• Analyze network management, monitoring, service assurance, configuration, inventory, performance, fault management, security, and reporting capabilities.
• Evaluate products, vendor solutions, and design alternatives through technical trade studies and engineering analyses.
• Coordinate with operations and test engineering personnel on workflows, verification requirements, integration scenarios, acceptance criteria, and system integration activities.

Requirements

• 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 in complex, multi-vendor network environments.
• Strong knowledge of requirements analysis, architecture, interface definition, integration, verification, and validation.
• Experience with fault, configuration, performance, inventory, monitoring, telemetry, and service assurance capabilities.
• Customer-specific clearance is required.

Nice to have

• Experience supporting federal government, telecommunications, or mission-critical infrastructure programs.
• Experience with large-scale IP, WAN, SD-WAN, or managed network environments.
• Knowledge of SNMP, APIs, event management, configuration management, topology, inventory, automation, and performance analytics.
• Experience with laboratory integration, test and evaluation, system architecture, and production deployment.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment with a regular 40-hour workweek.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• 401(k) plan and tuition reimbursement.
• Paid time off, holidays, parental leave, and caregiver leave.
• Disability, life, wellness, employee assistance, and supplemental benefit programs.
• Employee discounts on eligible AT&T mobility, internet, fiber, and phone services.