Principal Technology Risk Engagement (Cybersecurity)

Location: Full-time onsite role in Alpharetta, Georgia; Charlotte, North Carolina; or Dallas, Texas, performed from the designated work location five days per week. No relocation is offered.

Salary: $155,400.00–$233,200.00 USD annual.

Company

AT&T connects communications and technologies globally, with a Chief Security Office focused on protecting assets and advancing cybersecurity.

What you will do

• Lead complex technology risk remediation engagements across multiple organizations and technology domains.
• Drive accountability, action tracking, decision management, stakeholder coordination, and follow-through.
• Evaluate remediation plans, validate control effectiveness, coordinate evidence readiness, and assess residual risk.
• Identify blockers, ownership gaps, evidence deficiencies, and commitment drift.
• Orchestrate actions, decisions, approvals, and assurance activities required to achieve validated risk reduction.
• Prepare executive-ready risk posture updates and escalate material issues threatening remediation outcomes, distinguishing risk health from project health.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in technology risk, cybersecurity, audit, or governance.
• Experience leading complex cross-functional engagements in large enterprise environments.
• Strong program discipline, including commitment tracking, stakeholder management, action management, and executive reporting.
• Experience evaluating remediation plans, validating control effectiveness, and assessing residual risk.
• Ability to influence outcomes across organizations without direct authority.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Applicants must not require employer sponsorship now or in the future.

Nice to have

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Cybersecurity.
• Experience with large-scale technology remediation, audit response, resilience, lifecycle management, or risk reduction initiatives.
• Knowledge of NIST, COBIT, COSO, ITIL, ISO, ITAM, TLM, resilience, or related control frameworks.
• Certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CRISC, CGEIT, ITIL, PMP, or comparable technology risk credentials.
• Awareness of AI-driven risks, including adversarial ML, data poisoning, and model hallucination, and their mitigation in enterprise environments.

Culture & Benefits

• Regular full-time employment with a 40-hour work week and onsite work five days per week.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage; 401(k); disability and life insurance; and supplemental benefit programs.
• At least 23 vacation days annually, nine company-designated holidays, paid parental and caregiver leave, and additional sick leave where available.
• Tuition reimbursement, adoption reimbursement, employee assistance, and wellness programs.
• Employee discounts of up to 50% on eligible AT&T mobility, internet, fiber, and phone products.