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Principal Member of Technical Staff

Plano, Texas

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Job Description:

Job Description - External

“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 Consumer Technology experience team is delivering innovative and reliable technology solutions to power differentiated, simplified customer experiences. 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 Responsibilities:

  • Apply engineering principles and practices in broad areas of complex technical project work that require in-depth analysis using advanced techniques, knowledge, and expertise.
  • Provide technical expertise within project teams.
  • Communicate and provide documentation for issues identified to both vendor and internal teams.
  • Represent the group internally across the company to provide functional and technical leadership and externally to submit vendor feature requests.
  • Develop Test Cases based on Architecture and Requirements documents.
  • Execute Test Cases based on test plans.
  • Automate existing test cases currently executed manually.
  • Review Method of Procedures (MOPs) documents.
  • Document all defects found during testing.
  • Work with third-party vendors as needed to help gather information required to resolve defects.
  • Participate in document reviews including Test Plans, MOPs, Architecture, and Requirement documents.
  • Support prplOS migrations.
  • Provide operational support and monitoring of the LCL Lab in Plano.

Education:

  • PhD in an approved field with 4 years of relevant experience, or a Master’s degree in an approved field with a minimum of 6 years of relevant experience, or a Bachelor’s degree in an approved field with a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience.

Qualiifications:

Candidates must have expert or advanced level experience with the following:

  • Proven experience working with Turquois and prplOS.
  • Through knowledge of operation of Residential Gateways and how to certify them.
  • Working knowledge of current ATT RGs and supported features.
  • Working knowledge of the LCL certification lab and the end-to-end environment.
  • Routing protocols such as OSPF, BGP, MPLS, and PIM
  • IPv4, Dual-Stack, native IPv6, GRE, IPSEC
  • XPON, GPON, and xDSL
  • Broadband Standards such as TR-069, TR-098, TR-104, TR-181, TR-369
  • Security standards
  • Element Management Systems (EMS)
  • Scripting languages like Python and test automation frameworks like Robot.

Our Principal Member of Technical Staff, earns between $180,200.00 - $270,400.00 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.

#LI-Onsite – Full-time office role-

 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:

Plano, Texas

Salary Range:

$180,200.00 - $270,400.00

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-52434 Date posted 01/23/2025
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  • Paid Time Off
  • Tuition Assistance
  • Insurance Options
  • Discounts
  • Training & Development

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