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Principal Cybersecurity - Network Security Engineer

Dallas, Texas

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Job Description:

This position requires office presence of a minimum of 5 days per week and is only located in the location(s) posted.  No relocation is offered.

Join AT&T and reimagine the communications and technologies that connect the world. Our Chief Security Office ensures that our assets are safeguarded through truthful transparency, enforce accountability and master cybersecurity to stay ahead of threats. Bring your bold ideas and fearless risk-taking to redefine connectivity and transform how the world shares stories and experiences that matter. When you step into a career with AT&T, you won’t just imagine the future-you’ll create it.

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

  • Handles numerous important projects such as SME for multiple environments, intensive troubleshooting and SME for firewall policy and log collection/reporting.
  • Serves as technical resource for peers and other teams/organizations.   
  • Engage with various stakeholders such as vendors, external business partners, application development teams, additional technical support personnel, and leadership to deliver technical assessments, perform analyses, and resolve issues effectively.
  • Act as a tier 4 resource and provide training as required to operations teams.
  • Oversee complex projects and migrations to securely empower partners, identify and mitigate potential security risks, address outages, and manage events that could pose significant threats to AT&T.

Qualifications:

  • Preferred Bachelors degree in Information Systems, Engineering, Mathematics or Cyber Security or equivalent experience.
  • Typically requires 8-10 years of related experience.
  • Extensive experience configuring devices, next gen policies and troubleshooting all aspects of TCP/IP network configurations and firewalls across the following technologies: Juniper, Palo Alto or Fortinet.
  • Experience managing firewall and firewall management platforms including system design, performance testing, O/S and version upgrades, DR, log collection and reporting.
  • Requires excellent customer service and project management skills in a highly technical and very fast-paced environment. 
  • Ability to handle high level escalations during intensive troubleshooting and auditing requirements.
  • Additionally, this role demands the enforcement of best practices for security and perimeter technologies, along with a thorough understanding of business operations, including cloud services, content management, data centers, application development and hosting, and audit requirements.
  • Requires occasional 24x7 on-call technical support.
  • Requires Linux systems management experience using containers and virtual machines.
  • Requires Daily Office Presence-5 days a week in the listed location. No relocation assistance is provided.

Experience:

Requires 8-10 years experience

Must have firewall and virtualization experience.

Must know networking and OSI model at senior to expert level

Education:

Preferred Bachelors degree in Information Systems, Engineering, Mathematics or Cyber Security or equivalent experience.

#LI-Onsite  – Full-time office role-

Our Principal Cybersecurity, earns between $141,300.00-$211,900.00 USD Annual, Not to mention all the other amazing rewards that working at AT&T offers. Individual starting salary within this range may depend on geography, experience, expertise, and education/training.

Joining our team comes with amazing perks and benefits:

· Medical/Dental/Vision coverage.

· 401(k) plan

· Tuition reimbursement program.

· Paid Time Off and Holidays (based on date of hire, at least 23 days of vacation each year and 9 company-designated holidays)

· Paid Parental Leave.

· Paid Caregiver Leave.

· Additional sick leave beyond what state and local law require may be available but is unprotected.

· Adoption Reimbursement.

· Disability Benefits (short term and long term)

· Life and Accidental Death Insurance.

· Supplemental benefit programs: critical illness/accident hospital indemnity/group legal.

· Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)

· Extensive employee wellness programs.

· Employee discounts up to 50% off on eligible AT&T mobility plans and accessories, AT&T internet (and fiber where available) and AT&T phone.

AT&T is leading the way to the future – for customers, businesses and the industry. We're developing new technologies to make it easier for our customers to stay connected to their world. Together, we’ve built a premier integrated communications and entertainment company and an amazing place to work and grow. Team up with industry innovators every time you walk into work, creating the world you always imagined. Ready to #transformdigital with us?

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Weekly Hours:

40

Time Type:

Regular

Location:

USA:GA:Atlanta / 1025 Lenox Park Blvd Ne - Adm:1025 Lenox Park Blvd Ne

Salary Range:

$141,300.00 - $237,400.00

It is the policy of AT&T to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, AT&T will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.

Job ID R-45934-1 Date posted 02/07/2025
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